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Nice, downloadable guide with ideas on how to implement and assess PBL projects.

Project Foundry is an online learning management and student portfolio system that allows innovative educators to scale authentic, integrated, individualized learning.

effective tech management techniques

This is a New Tech Network school that is supposed to be one of the best in terms of whole-school integration of project-based learning in a one-to-one environment.  

Important article pointing to some future trends for projection use in the classroom.

Educational Leadership article provides 7 strategies to make projects meaningful for students. Let's get beyond PowerPoint presentations. Supports the rigor that teachers are expected to support with Core Contend Standards.

This looks an excellent project that could fit perfectly into the NY CL curriculum.

roject VoiceScape welcomes good ideas, films-in-progress or completed short films made by aspiring filmmakers in grades 7-12. The program provides mentorship to young filmmakers and showcases their work on a variety of PBS/POV related media. Fifteen young people will be selected for Project VoiceScape and will be honored in June 2011 at a ceremony in Washington, DC.

Interesting opportunities to reach a global audience by joining projects that use media and technology.

Wow...this video gives a great explanation of how our current students see technology as an essential part of their everyday lives. Show this to anyone who doesn't get it, and explore the whole project when you get a chance

If you are in a school this is good to know

This is a great example of how you can use Voicethread and Wordle to create a simple project on the topic of digital citizenship. I think the student and teacher could dig a lot deeper, but I really like the concept. This is perfect for NY CL.

Nice tie-in to Social Studies projects (most likely 8th grade). The trees that still live from the time of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima are called, Hibaku trees (A-bombed trees) -- I've sent away for some seeds for us.

this is a quote about simCEO from Edutopia- What if students created their own companies, complete with business plans? What if they could also buy and sell stocks in classmates' companies? What if they could see how stock prices fluctuated over a 10-year period rather than just a few weeks? The result of that brainstorming became an online simulation called SimCEO. Luebbe, principal of American International School of Budapest, has been fine-tuning his creation by sharing it with educators around the world. They have surprised him by taking projects in directions he never imagined. He expected teachers to focus on financial literacy and entrepreneurship. But some have brought in different content. "They might set the simulation in Colonial America or New York in the 1920s," Luebbe says, then ask students to consider how historical factors would have affected market prices. Because teachers determine all the content, he adds, "they can bring in demographic data, real or fictional news, historical events -- whatever they want." The game becomes an open platform for teacher innovation.""

Explore the world's museums through Art Project powered by Google. View hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

Tour museums around the world with street view.  

I see this as an excellent project idea for all NY CL schools and beyond.

These are some highly developed digital citizenship units. Take a look to support the development of your projects.

New online learning network we started late this year at a high school I'm working in.  Some good ESL projects in here -- make sure to check out Of Mice and Men!  

Us ethe internet to collaborate internationally on projects that make a difference to the world. i first joined some of these in Australia in the 90s...

This interactive art pad is an excellent tool to allow students the opportunity to create quick and easy painting projects. I really like that you can rewatch the process and see how the painter created their piece. It also provides you with a link so the painting lives on the web.