Welcome to Fail Forward

Our mission as teachers is to re-imagine learning in the 21st Century by teaching about local history through project-based or problem-based learning (PBL).  PBLs are interdisciplinary, collaborative, and feature embedded content and technology.  The goal is for our students to design and create a "digital playground" that bridges the real world with the virtual world.  Working for Venturescapes, a firm based in 10 American cities, teams of students will collaborate within and across physical spaces to create end products ("exhibit components") which explore the community while fostering learning and encouraging collaboration and civic engagement.  We hope to share our experiences with colleagues, peers, and any other individual who takes risks in the name of student learning and who learns from failure as well as success.  Fail forward.
- Michelle King and Jeff Holliday (2011-2012)
This website is organized into five sections:
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Mt. Lebanon Foundation for Education Expanding the Boundaries of Learning Grant
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An Overview and Attempt at Transparency and Collaboration
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The Collaborative Workspace of Our Firm and an Access to Resources
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Student Final Products: An Act of Civic Engagement to Their Community
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A Collection of Thoughts and Miscellaneous Items
This project was made possible by contributions from the Mount Lebanon Foundation for Education.