Resources to support 21st Century teaching and learning including 1:1 computer, project based learning in addition to other resources will be available here. If you have a resource you'd like to share - please send it in. Thanks.
Project Based Learning resources including Buck Institute resources
The Question Is The Answer!
New research is more like shopping and cooking. We expect students to select and gather the choicest raw ingredients with great care and then cook their own meal. No microwave research reports! No fast food! No simple cut-and-paste.
http://questioning.org/module/module1.html
Buck Institute - main page
http://bie.org/
Buck Institute website resources
http://bie.org/object/offsite/pbl_online_org
Edutopia video - Manor Technology High School - all project based learning
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices
Education Technology Guy - Project Based Learning Resources
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.ca/p/project-based-learning.html?m=
Individual student assessment and project based learning
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/practical-pbl-challenges-of-assessment-katherine-piper
40 free STEM resources for Project Based Learning
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/connecting-pbl-and-stem-40-free-engaging-resources-to-use-in-the-classroom/
Project Based Learning and Common Core Standards - Matt Gillispie, Lancaster City SchoolsA "GOTCHA!" moment a his sophomore English class leads to an innovative project on mass hysteria. Lancaster High School teacher Matt Gillispie explains how he used the Common Core Standards - using ipads.
Checklists to support Project Based Learning and evaluation
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml
Involving Students in Checklist development
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/students.shtml
Project Based Learning Lesson Plans from various resources /links listed below
http://projectfoundry.org/project-based-learning-explained/project-based-learning-lesson-plans.html
West Virginia Department of Education - Dozens of project-based learning lesson plans that can be sorted by subject, topic or grade level. It’s a wonderful collection of plans for those who are just dipping their toes into PBL - people looking for specific examples of how a particular project was mapped out by another classroom. Multiple resources.
Buck Institute for Education - One of our favorite PBL resources - the Buck Institute for Education - has links to hundreds of project-based learning lesson plans categorized by subject and by source. Look for the “Project Search” form on the right side of their home page. 21st Century Schools - A handful of handy tools for those new to PBL, including a section on instructional strategies for the classroom. The mother/father of PBL.
Intel Education - Project examples of all subject types and grade levels, including elementary age. This has grade level specific lessons.
More multiple PBL resouces - multiple resources here.
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/project-based-learning/13-timeless-project-based-learning-resources/
21st Century Technology - free project based learning resources that will place students at the center of the learning.
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/free-project-based-learning-resources-that-will-place-students-at-the-center-of-learning/
Project-Based Learning A Resource for Instructors and Program Coordinators / National Academy Foundation - Partnerships for America's Youth This is a good resource for teachers.
http://naf.org/files/PBL_Guide.pdf
Problem and Project Based Learning Activities / multiple possibilities for PBL lessons and activities.
“Too often we give children answers to remember, rather than problems to solve.” Roger Lewin
http://www.mrsoshouse.com/pbl/pblin.html
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning plus Language Arts topics incorporating technology and internet
12 Valuable Wordle Tips You Must Read…Word Clouds in Education Series: Part 1
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/12-valuable-wordle-tips-you-must-read-word-clouds-in-education-series-part-1/
108 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom…Word Clouds in Education Series: Part 2
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/108-ways-to-use-word-clouds-in-the-classroom-word-clouds-in-education-series-part-2/
Welcome Back Wordle… Plus 7 Other Free Word Cloud Generators!
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/waiting-for-wordle-free-word-cloud-options-to-use-now/
Scoop.it - 21st Century teaching resources.
http://www.scoop.it/t/the-21st-century?_tmc=UEz8PYPLKwWD9ZiuhA7rVrPVY7-E41g2Y9LI1SEZU8Q
Teaching Writing in the Digital Age
http://www.scoop.it/t/the-21st-century?_tmc=UEz8PYPLKwWD9ZiuhA7rVrPVY7-E41g2Y9LI1SEZU8Q
Teaching Writing in the Digital Age
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9z71iNrlew&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
National Writing Project presentation 2009 Digital Writing Is...
Danielle DeVoss, "Digital Is"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMGDuUD-cjM&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMGDuUD-cjM&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active