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Anyone else interested in blended learning? This site does a great job explaining how to effectively incorporate PBL in a blended or online learning atmosphere.

Edutopia video, a part of a series on Project Based Learning

Great intro for people like me who are new to the idea of project based learning.

Another timely article about Project Based Learning. I wish I had run across this before last weeks discussion addressing criticism.

A list of possible student outcomes for a PBL unit. Teacher can use this list to pick which outcomes they wish to focus on in each unit.

Good ideas to consider

I went to the AECT.org site to see what it had about project-based learning. AECT stands for Association for Educational Communications and Technology. It is a professional organization for people interested in educational technology. I first checked out its "divisions" to see if it had one dedicated to PBL (it does not). I eventually searched the site for the term, which surprisingly only resulted a few hits. One was an interview with Dr. Krista Glazewski, who serves as the editor for Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning (IJPBL). I was curious to see if that journal would include the topic of PROJECT-based learning, and it does. The interview was informative because it talks about the three main areas this journal covers (research, conceptual pieces, and "voices from the field"). Professor Glazewski explains that it is an open access journal, committed to remaining free to contributors and readers. (the first 10 minutes was especially informative)

This project analyzes a student's writing skills, media literacy, creativity, and teamwork abilities. This classroom newpaper will also enhance student, teacher, parent relations. Summarize the theme for this project. Why do this project?

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Possible idea for an PBL in an English, History of AVID classroom. Focuses on the use of research, MLA and 21st century skills.

This looks to be a good resource for K-12 inquiry-based projects that focus primarily on math and science (though there are connections to social studies and language arts). It is searchable by grade and subject.

This platform has a catalog of ready-to-use PBL lesson plans. You can also create your own lessons. The link below is a blog post about the site and includes an example video. https://classtechtips.com/2018/05/31/pbl-projects/

One of the project ideas I came across on the BIE website. The exploration of biomes works well with our ecosystems unit.

Sample PBL Project

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.

great links that provide a lot of information about PBL.