CEET Meet (May'2012): Build a Project Based Course From the Ground Up ~ Sharon Betts

"where students interact with one another as they work on projects within the Language Arts -- in this case a book study project"

See also her Diigo bookmark list (tag = pbl) on project- & problem-based learning at

 http://www.diigo.com/user/josteen/abpc_pbl

"A place for teachers to share project-based high school curriculum"

One teacher's story of her plans to implement PBL with her students

Organised into modules to help you work through the process from idea to implementation:

~ backwards design

~ driving question

~ assessment plan

~ project mapping

~ in-class management

See also their parent page at http://pbl-online.org/

"...all of the TRS academics I spoke to during the course of my research endorsed
student-led learning and used some non-traditional forms of teaching and assessment, such as presentations and group projects. The majority reported good feedback from students. The academics also told me that IBL helps to strengthen the relationship between teaching and research."

"At My Science Box you'll find complete, scaffolded lesson plans to teach a 4-6 week middle school science unit through activities, projects, and field trips. Every lesson has been kid-tested with students."

"You can't tear students at Newsome Park Elementary School away from their schoolwork when it involves in-depth investigations with real-world applications."

Companion article in Edutopia -- http://www.edutopia.org/kindergarten-project-based-learning-video

Journey North is a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Journey North is an online science education project in which students track spring's journey across the northern hemisphere.

"During an interdisciplinary project, High Tech High students use the power of media in Humanities and the knowledge of scientific data in Biology to educate the public about the water quality at local beaches in San Diego."

Link to the video response posted with the original -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CEscBlL_1w&feature=watch_response&nbsp

"The Flat Classroom® Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. This project is part of the emerging tend in internationally-aware schools to embrace a holistic and constructivist educational approach to work collaboratively with others around the world in order to create students who are competitive and globally-minded."

"One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working isolated and alone, 2 or more classes are joined virtually to become one large classroom. This is done through the Internet using Web 2.0 tools such as Wikispaces and Ning."

"The project was co-founded by Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay(Beijing (BISS) International School, China) in 2006when Julie (then in Bangladesh) and Vicki joined their classrooms together for the first time to study and emulate the emerging flattened learning environment."