Resources

Project Based Learning Presentation Sheryl hosted a presentation for the beginning schools in February that focused on project based learning. This link has all of the information from the presentation; PowerPoints, videos, show notes, and links to resources.

[|PBL Checklists] Completing class projects can be fun for your students, especially if they know exactly what is needed. Creating guidelines can be time-consuming though, so we've made a way for you to do it in no time! To make a project checklist for your students, first choose the grade level for the type of project you want your students to do. You can choose from writing, presentation, multimedia, or science projects. On the next page, choose from our list of project guidelines, and make a checklist with the touch of a button! You can even add your own criteria to personalize your checklist.

[|Edutopia's PBL Resources] Articles, videos, project descriptions, lesson plans, research, advice, links....a treasure trove!

http://studentblogwikitools.wikispaces.com/ Student-created guide to 21st Century Learning Tools.

[|www.quia.com/pages/castleberry.html] Site created by a teacher at Pizitz Middle School. Check out her page for her 7th grade gifted students. She has rubrics for projects and links to social studies activities.

http://www.isparis.edu/page.php?id=55 International School of Paris - IB Design Cycle Information and Resources

[|Top 10 Ideas to Dive Deeper Into Technology and to Model Lifelong Learning by Cameron McKinley] Alabama's 2006-2007 Teacher of the Year shares ways to integrate technology into the classroom. mailto:cmckinley@hoover.k12.al.us?subject=Re:%20Top%2010%20site

[|www.iearn.org] This website has some great suggestions for getting started with Project-Based Learning. Also, there is a New Project Template.

I found the following on Tapped In..lots to explore here!
Collaborative Projects

Review--- and talk us into joining one of these with you!

CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet. http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html There are some cool projects at CIESE! (jeanne)

Collaborative projects allow your students to have experienced based learning and compare results with other students from around the world.

Read and see more here... http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic1.htm http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/index.html http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/active.htm http://www.iearn.org/projects/ http://www.siec.k12.in.us/west/online/join.htm

Be a Consumer Hero http://www3.sympatico.ca/dalia/buy0/buy0day.htm

Clean Water for Nicaragua http://www.iearn.org/projects/cleanwater.html

Eleanor Coerr's book Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes project http://www.cranesforpeace.org/

Earth Day Grocery Project http://www.earthdaybags.org/

KidCast for Peace http://www.creativity.net/KidCast/

Writer's Corner Cafe http://www.mv.com/Writers-Corner/Homepage.html

Beans Around the World [|http://www.beans-around-the] world.com/beanshome.html

http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/bd/new_page9.htm

Global SchoolNet
Dear Educators - You know the world is always a LOT less FLAT when you join Global SchoolNet to find out about online projects from around the world!

=>Turn on your speakers and click on this link to learn more! http://www.thesop.org/article.php?id=2739

It's your world now! Get connected at [|www.GlobalSchoolNet.org]

=>That's Hot! Join the Global Warming Student Speakout! http://www.google.com/educators/globalwarming.html

Attention Teachers - If you've been looking for new ways to engage your students in collaborative problem solving, here's a unique opportunity to do just that! Global SchoolNet is inviting educators to join the Global Warming Student Speakout! Co-presented with Google Education, this project gives youth a chance to brainstorm strategies for fighting global warming -- and have their ideas published in a full-page ad in The Washington Post! We hope this project helps you test the waters with software for online collaboration - and helps your students learn about the environment and civic participation. But, hurry! Don't get left out in the cold! The deadline to submit ideas is November 2nd, 2006

=>Bubble, Bubble, Toil, But No Trouble! [|http://www.bubbleshare.com]

Global SchoolNet has discovered another free cool online tool - called Bubbleshare. Bubbleshare is a fun new way to share your online photos and tell digital stories. You can add "bubble" captions, audio recordings and clip art. Then, with a simple click you can email your album to friends -- or post the photos to your blog. Oh - and there is more! You can even create puzzles and games from your photos.

=>Can You Dig it? Dinosaurs in Utah! http://www.globalschoolnet.org/expeditions/index.html

Join Global SchoolNet's next online expedition, as Emmy awarded host Jeffrey Lehmann takes you around the world in the PBS Weekend Explorer television series - all shot in spectacular High Definition! Starting October 25 Jeffrey will set out to dig for dinosaurs in Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument in Southern Utah. On the way, he'll be stopping by Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Canyon National Parks. And, he'll finish off by exploring Lake Powell by boat. He might even try his hand at wake boarding before it's over. And, you are invited to come along!

[|Links to find collaborative projects]