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130 Countries 30 Languages 40,000 Educators 2 Million Youth iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and youth to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world.

My oldest 2 and soon 3 students attend a local magnet school that is part of the New Tech Network. I've been so grateful for PBL education for my students. It's not always perfect, but they've created some amazing projects and they've had a superior education to mine in terms of preparation for later life. When you put on a conference for mental health professions as a sophomore class, or create and entire interactive WWI exhibit for the community that made me cry, or try to convince real lawyers that you have enough evidence for a hearing to prosecute your ficitional suspect, you are doing some hard, fun learning!

The Network support districts, teachers, administrators and students to create dynamic learning environments where students succeed. This resource contains multiple resources for PBL implementation. Added for Week 1 of EDTECH542 - Summer

Manor New Technology High School in Manor, Texas, is a 100 percent project-based learning school. They are part of the New Tech Network of schools and their approach has yielded remarkable results, including a 98 percent graduation rate, with all of their graduates accepted to college.

In this lesson, students delve into the booming field. We offer examples of how The Times uses analytics to enhance its sports coverage, and we suggest ways that students can collect their own data to analyze and present information.

Technology integration is the use of technology resources -- computers, mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, digital cameras, social media platforms and networks, software applications, the Internet, etc. -- in daily classroom practices, and in the management of a school.

challengebasedlearning.org is a social networking site for educators and students interested in Challenge Based Learning (CBL) which is Apple's take on PBL. This is a page of resources created by educators. For a quick reference of what CBL is, check out this article: https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7080.pdf

Austin Kleon is a favorite of mine. I love his blog and weekly digest. We use his book Steal Like an Artist in our Design Thinking classes. Thank you for adding him to these bookmarks!

As a fan of using Twitter as a professional learning network, I look forward to joining into the Live PBL Twitter Chat that takes place every Tuesday on Twitter at 5:00pm pst/8:00pm est.