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Maine's Virtual Project-Based Program

Bloggers on Project Based Learning

Now that we do not feel the need to print posters, we can make them digital and make them much larger.  They are perfect for projecting or sharing as digital files.  Data visualizations and infographics are great teaching and learning tools. This resource was created and shared by Marie Caldwell.

The Online Resource for PBL: Resources to help teachers in middle school and high school design quality, authentic projects.

SketchUp Projects

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, provides free data and analysis on the social impact of the internet.

This is the site for making project videos.

Curriki, the online education community, is building the first website to offer free, open-source instructional materials for K-12. We have thousands of free worksheets, lesson plans, exams, project ideas and activities for English language arts, math, science, social studies, technology integration and other subjects. All of our educational material is contributed by teachers and partners and is free and open source.

A safe, private environment to use Aviary tools with your students.  Create private accounts, manage assignments and projects, use image editor, vector editor, audio editor, and creator.  All content and images are 100% school safe.

Objectives:Students will be able to compile information on given subjectStudents will be able to organize information on a given subject using tagsStudents will be able to present information Process: If you are presenting this lesson in a Web 2.0 class you will have many directions in which you can take this lesson. If you are integrating these tools and this lesson into a content area classroom, you will want to focus your lesson around what you want your students to find. 1. Have students respond to this prompt: Social Networks are closing us off from the rest of the world and creating a society of selfish, ego driven individuals. They are wasting time in workplace and are a constant disruption to a student's learning.  2. Explain that students would normally respond to this type of response in a written essay, however, that will not be the case today. Have students seek out information to either defend or challenge this prompt. Instruct students that they have the entire class period today to work in groups or individually and find clippings that support or challenge this prompt.

iPad Pilot Project Wiki

Great ways to interact with real photos in Google Maps. NIce things to incorporate into service learning projects or standalone service learning. Exciting and fun stuff!!

App Inventor is a great tool to teach programming to high school students.  Google Intern, Michelle Hutton, created the following 6 week curriculum.  This curriculum is a project based curriculum that allows students to explore the world of computer science through the creation of smartphone apps.  

created by Palm Beach County Schools, FL

Coding resource

ConSource is a free online library of constitutional history. We digitize and cross-reference source documents written by individuals who drafted, ratified, and influenced the creation of the U.S. Constitution and its Amendments. We also run programs and host events that make use of constitutional sources.