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From Mara Linaberger Great discussion on the iPad everyone! Next Friday we will be launching an iPad pilot with 48 art, music and theatre teachers at IU1 as part of our ArtsEducator 2.0 project. You can read about our inquiry and preparation done this summer to get some practice in, and to think through some of the logistics these folks might face this fall with their own pad here:

"Are you ready to solve the challenges of space? Join the RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge! This is a unique education initiative that targets students in grades 9-12 and encourages them to explore and build skills essential for successful careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) through two phases of project-based learning and team competition"

"The Interactive Digital Education Academy (iDEA) offers K-12 educators immersive, high-quality, innovative professional development and support to integrate the filmmaking process into core content instruction. Participants receive a comprehensive, standards-linked filmmaking curriculum and learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs), instructional videos, stop motion projects, and other short films."

"Like an IMC in the real world, you will find... * tools for planning, using and managing your own environment, * a solid foundation for supporting standards and assessment practices, * classroom projects, lessons, units, field trips, extended studies, international databases in almost any subject and across subjects, * references and contests for students, * multimedia creation and samples, * professional development and publishing opportunities, * tips for school, family and community partnerships, public groups and private industry, and * space to conference with colleagues"

UnderTheMicroscope is a new website of the Feminist Press NSF Women Writing Science project developed by IBM. UnderTheMicroscope collects stories from women involved in science, interested in science, and those who are maintaining or pursuing science in science fields. The most interesting stories will be compiled and published as a survival guide.

great illustrations of examples

Some really simple, yet effective examples of elementary level student projects using cameras, interactive whiteboards, ComicLife, etc.

Social Studies project wikispace for 1920's.

A group of interested people have developed an interesting project for humanities courses, particulary social studies, language arts, and photography classes.

Another free music site for use with projects. Please follow their request to share your creations with them.

One of the biggest challenges to embracing project-based learning as a teacher, however, is the formidable task of structuring, monitoring, managing and evaluating student work.

A web page for a digital citizenship group project between Qatar Academy, Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia USA and Vienna International School in Vienna, Austria.

Thorough lesson plans for claymation project.

This blog will be maintained by several technology coaches from various school districts. It is our hope that each day we can provide an activity, tech tip or project idea that we have observed in our school.

Wikispaces now has a references feature that will make citing your sources easier. Whether you use your wiki for research or just want to keep track of the details around a project, references can help you better organize your work.

Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado. Interactive tools that enable students to make connections between real life phenomena and the underlying science which explains such p

Nice video explaining transformativeness in media projects. Great to show students.

Participate and make change happen

INTRODUCTION Using the news in the K-12 classroom is an excellent way to engage young people. Reading, writing and creating projects related to the news is part of most state's teaching standards. Students should be exposed to news via print (newspapers and magazines), and non-print (radio, Television, the Internet.) Both mainstream and non-mainstream sources should be included. To incorporate media literacy into your existing teaching, I recommend you download the core concepts of media literacy and the critical thinking questions handouts as a way of getting started.

Atomic Learning's Tech Skills Assessment helps you gauge technology skill levels, demonstrating skills can actually be applied. How is the Tech Skills Assessment unique? * Focused on how to use technology and how to apply it * Correlated to ISTE NETS-S 2007 standards * Easy identification of areas of greatest instructional need * Includes curriculum projects to target technology gaps * Comprehensive reporting system scalable to the needs of a district of any size * Can be completed in a single class period * Available with a subscription to the Technology Skills Collection