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These "recipe cards" for Project/Problem Based Learning are intended for teachers to use with K12 students in groups, as well as individual students.
Each card creates student learning categorized as TimeTravelers, Artists & Inventors, Historian Challenges, StoryTellers, ProblemSolvers, Scientist Challenges, Career & Tech Ed.
The cards are meant to help teachers integrate core content and deeply embed creativity, problem-solving, and collaborative learning in each student, with or without the use of technology tools.
The core content pieces are the basic ingredients with which teachers can cook delicious content for their hungry learners.
Teachers are able to customize the driving questions in each of the content areas to fit the unique needs of their learners.
The cards guide teachers through the basic steps of the project, with ideas and suggestions for best practice.
The tips & tricks help establish a safe and respectful learning environment every single day of the year.

"Last month we released Projects for all our education wikis. Our intention was to give you a better tool for group work, but, as many of you have pointed out, they're also great for project-based learning.

Project-based learning, or PBL, grew out of early 20th century education reform, like the works of John Dewey. It generally involves directed, open-ended questions, real-life problem solving, and presentation to an authentic audience. And, of course, it's a great way for students to build collaboration and 21st-century skills while mastering content.

We're really looking forward to hearing how you use PBL and the Projects feature in your classrooms. We're so excited, in fact, that we rounded up a few resources from around the web to help you out:"

Anyone who wonders whether project-based learning can deliver rigorous, meaningful learning should pay attention to the lessons that emerged from a remarkable project called Dots in Blue Water.

This project is an awesome example of how far students can go with real-world challenges. And it all started because a teacher was wise enough to take a student's question seriously.

Here's a short-term project idea: Stop Bullying: Speak Up Comic Challenge takes on the subject of bullying with student-created comic strips. The challenge runs throughout October, using Bitstrips for Schools as a platform for comic creation. There's a gallery for publishing student work online, and best pieces will be published in a stop-bullying anthology.

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Resources for projects relating to 9/11 anniversary in which students examine artifacts, conduct oral histories, and think critically about media.

Wikispaces adds a new feature called Projects. Intended to help teachers and student teams manage project work.

PBL does not focus on stale memorization of boring textbooks, but motivates students to investigate from a multitude of sources just like historians, writers, and scientists do. On top of these skills though PBL is also about DOING. It is not enough for students to be passive about learning but to be actively involved taking it much deeper. PBL is much more like actual jobs than the traditional classroom is.

I recently spent three days with about 25 educators gathered for a Foundations of Innovation workshop in Detroit. This post describes a few take-aways. The experience has me thinking about differences/distinctions between PBL and design thinking.

This might be an unusual use of the Diigo PBL group but I'd love to have people analyze, improve, and add more project sketches to this doc. These are for a book I'm writing on PBL and inquiry. I'll credit the author for any contributions that make it into the book.

Project-based learning offers a host of benefits to youth during the academic day, but active learning doesn't have to stop when school's out. A new movement is underway to encourage PBL during summer vacations and after-school hours. Making PBL part of out-of-school time gives youth new opportunities to become leaders, thinkers, and problem-solvers.

Six math projects that integrate real-world math problems are presented as a teaching strategy for helping students develop a greater understanding of math.

"Here are some common misconceptions and how you could respond with a "fact check" if you're trying to explain or defend PBL. "

First in a two-part series for Edutopia, this post looks at entry events in PBL (check out the video from Manor New Tech HS to see a good one in action). Part 2 looks at the other bookend: culminating events.