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At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • In these institutions, physicists have been pioneering teaching methods drawn from research showing that most students learn fundamental concepts more successfully, and are better able to apply them, through interactive, collaborative, student-centered learning.
  • students sit at 13 round tables equipped with networked computers.
Demetri Orlando

You're Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • It also noticed that middle-income people — as determined by ZIP code data — tended to order cabs more often just before market downturns.
  • the researchers determined that face-to-face communication was far more important to an organization’s work than was generally believed.

    Productivity improved 30 percent with an incremental increase in face-to-face communication

  • reality mining
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  • Pachube
  • Demetri Orlando
     
    some interesting examples of how cell phones/gps are being used in the field of "collective intelligence." I suspect some of this could be applied to a PBL project. (e.g. have students use pachube to contribute data)
Demetri Orlando

Describing the use of Diigo - please co-author - 32 views

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started by Demetri Orlando on 25 Nov 08 no follow-up yet
Demetri Orlando

College Work & Readiness Assessment - Council for Aid to Education - 0 views

  • Demetri Orlando
     
    This looks like an interesting way to measure 21st century and PBL skills.
Demetri Orlando

BIE: Project Based Learning: Handbook: Introduction to Project Based Learning - 0 views

  • Demetri Orlando
     
    This handbook for PBL looks like a great resource
Demetri Orlando

Bernie Dodge course on PBL & Decision Making - 0 views

  • Demetri Orlando
     
    Great resources listed here.
Demetri Orlando

Project Based Learning network - Teaching for Tomorrow - 0 views

shared by Demetri Orlando on 12 Oct 08 - Snapshot
  • Demetri Orlando
     
    This ning network focuses on sharing ideas, strategies, and thoughts on project based learning.
Demetri Orlando

Intro to online projects by Ladd Skelly - 0 views

  • Demetri Orlando
     
    A PDF of his presentation. Relatively basic but has some nice introductory slides that would be helpful to someone who had no experience with PBL or webquests or online projects.
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