2025/26 PBL Journey Kevin Sills by Kevin Sills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb Be Empowered! en-us 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC 2026-04-28 16:06:15 UTC hello@padlet.com kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815280 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815280 Love Letter, Break Up Letter kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815281 The class will be given computers to research.

Each students will be given the opportunity to write a “Love letter” or a “break up letter” to a current event in the olympics. They will import that letter into an AI system to see how it could be rewritten in a certain format: warm, friendly, stern, romantic, dramatic…

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]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815281 Entry Event kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815282 In our entry event for this PBL, we watched as many of the Winter Olympics sports as we could during our lunch period. We do not have a cafeteria so they eat in my room.

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815282 Dot Voting kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815285 After looking at all of their ideas for a new classroom using their mind maps, each group put together a list of things they thought were important for their own classroom plan. Each group then assigned a value to that idea. The more important ideas were given more money than ones they thought had less value in their classroom.

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815285 REFLECTION kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815287 This project was a little impulsive, but it turned out even better than I expected and was a welcome break from my normal teaching practices. The class was very creative and really enjoyed the protocol's that let them think outside the box.

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815287 Our Driving Question kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815288 What new sport could be introduced into the Winter Olympics that would bring excitement to the followers of outdoor winter sports?

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815288 QUOTES/CONTACTS kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815289 "Beanbags. Ever feel like just collapsing? Beanbags are perfect for that. When you do, they just go, BOOF."


"Couches. Kick back, relax, and read! Comfy, and it has many uses! Plus our current couches break all the time. Just ask Mr. Sills! He is always fixing them."


"Who wouldn't want a slide and with a loft in their room, they would be crazy!"


]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815289 Team Photo kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815290 7th Grade at HCS

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815290 kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815292 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815292 Need to Knows kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815297 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815297 Winter Olympics 2026 kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815298 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815298 Combin-ide-ation kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815303 Combin-ide-ation-The students took the ideas from their classmates and combined them to create some out of this world type of events for the winter olympics!



]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815303 New and Novel kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815304 New and Novel-What is a breakthrough idea for an event to be added to the current Winter Olympic games?


]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815304 Poster Sessions kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815306 Each group created a poster of what their olympic sport would look like. They first created a rough draft and then moved it onto an another poster for a more finished product.

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815306 Saturate and Group kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815307 -Saturate and Group-gather up all the ideas and start to sort them out into thoughts that work together

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815307 Authentic Audience kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815313 Here is our audience of 5th graders that filled in the "Two Stars and a Wish" document for the class.

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815313 Two Stars and a Wish kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815315 Each group displayed their projects poster that they created . Then they presented their ideas to another grade level. The audience wrote down two stars (things we liked) and one wish (something we think could improve).

]]> 2026-04-22 14:57:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815315 Think-Pair-Share kdsills https://padlet.com/kdsills/qyq3a7aopkguh1qb/wish/3879815317 The following day we gathered as a class and shared our thoughts and ideas together using a think/pair/share format.

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