Project+Based+Learning

=Real and Relevant Project Based Learning= Lori Elliott - Presenter and Author of __Teach Like a Techie__ www.lorislatestlinks.com

What SKILLS do students need to become productive members of society?
 * Literate
 * Get along with others
 * Responsible

21st Century Skills A partnership CORE Subjects/21st Century Themes Critical Thinking Creativity and Innovation Collaboration Life/Career Skills Literacy: Media Information

Digital Native v. Digital Immigrant - Mark Prinsky Digital Natives born after1980. Technology is integral part of their lives. Digital Immigrants born before 1980. Did not grow up with technology.

Video: Project Based Learning by Buck Institute (available on Lori's website or here)

FREE Resources for Teachers and Students
Creative Commons is a valuable resource. Creators of music, art, or other media make their work available for use by the public. Teachers/students may need to give credit to the author and provide a direct link to the source when they use it.

Web Quests are a way of integrating project based learning with technology. You can search for web quests created by others. (Need to carefully evaluate the content though because some are quality while others are not.)
 * www.questgarden.com -
 * www.zunal.com
 * www.eMints.org - a more reliable source of quality web quests. Those that are included are evaluated before being accepted.

Weebly - Students (and teachers) can make websites easily. Free website creator. Voicethread - Free social media tool. Can upload video or pictures and students can comment on them. Can comment using text or voice. Skype in the Classroom - Create a teacher account to connect with other teachers/classrooms around the world. You can create a project or search for a project to join. iEarn - Collaborate with a world wide audience. Edutopia - Teacher resource for locating articles, ideas, and inspiration on Project Based Learning practices. Eduglogster - Students can create posters using multimedia: video, pictures, text, and audio Yodio - Students can create podcasts for free. Audio can be recorded from any phone! Possible ideas include students making tutorials or commercials.

Kim's notes from the class