I am finishing up my spring break from teaching and I was very busy with a great deal of doctoral work during this time off. I worked on a lot of this website and edited some papers. Currently, I am preparing my presentation for a conference this coming Friday in Cambridge – it will be my first presentation of the research I did last fall on discourse in the PBL classroom. Those who read my proposal commented that they found it interesting, so I am hopeful that it will be well-received. I am looking forward to attending this conference simply to experience a research conference and prepare myself for perhaps a professional conference in the near future.

I had a wonderful conversation this week via Skype with a school in California that has implemented Phillips Exeter’s PBL curriculum this year. It was fun to discuss with their department some of the ups and downs of this year. Interestingly, many of the common obstacles that other schools have faced were what this school brought to the table in that conversation. Hopefully, they have found their stride and will continue their great work into the coming year.

I have got my forums up and running (well, my husband has) and hopefully we will begin some great conversations soon. I look forward to hearing from all of those who have been in contact with me about PBL in the past years and how they are all doing.