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1. OWNERSHIP is key. For this project, the students were not listening to me on why Twain was or was not a racist, they were showing me and the rest of class what they thought. They were invested in winning their argument. They knew that their work was going to determine if he was guilty or not. Although I gave the assignment, the students were in charge the rest of the way. It was their project and they wanted to do it win. When students feel they own what they are doing, they will work harder. When the audience is larger, they want to impress everyone. These are not crazy ideas, they are the results of owning the work they are doing. OWNERSHIP is a major factor in the value of PBL. 2. CREATIVITY is the another major part of the PBL and is closely linked with OWNERSHIP. Students were allowed to be creative in their work as a lawyer or witness. Witnesses needed to stay within character, but could add their own elements on the witness stand. Allowing the students to create gives them a bigger sense of OWNERSHIP. 3. Another part of the PBL is the COLLABORATION. Students were working with each other trying to decide the best plan of attack. Witnesses would meet with their lawyers and discuss how the questions they were going to ask and how they should dress. The Jury worked on group projects researching the previous public opinions on Twain and his writing. Students were sharing ideas freely with one another. I had three sections of American Lit at the time, so I had three trails running. Lawyers would help others in the other classes and trash talk the opposing lawyers as well. It was all in good fun, but the collaboration had students working hard with one another to accomplish this goal. 4. Depending on how you set up your project, CRITICAL THINKING, is also an important part of PBL. With my Twain Trail, students needed to think about both sides of the argument. Students needed to prepare their witnesses for potential cross-examination questions. They needed to

Nice easy discussion points on Copyright and Fair Use. Author includes some resources to images. Check out the comment section for conversation about this important topic.

The education section of the British Film Institute is a treasure trove of film clips, information and ideas. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams

A superb e-safety resource with separate sections for primary and secondary students to work through. Choose to sign in to save progress or use without signing in. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Literature for adults, YA, and kids--videos on interviews with authors, sections on For Writers and Audio & Video, and more for booklovers of all ages.

Still sage on stage, but good resource for engagement...the comments section has a good listing of similar tools as well and observes the inclusion of the SAP Web 2.0 tool into Prezi as well!

Search engine that catalogs the transcripts from online video lectures and presentations. When viewing a result you can skip to the section of the video that contains your search query.

An extensive science site with articles, videos and audio featuring the latest research. There is a good 'For Teachers' section with lesson plans and ideas. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

A writing project set up by a teacher to encourage quality writing. This is the FAQ section

A beautiful space science site. View a set of stunning flashcards about a variety of space topics. On other sections of the site to can view educational cartoon videos, worksheets and games. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

Print out this personal Thesaurus for younger learners. This PDF has a collection of words in each section, plus space for your children to write their own. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

interesting site and group researching technology and pedagogy

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge The community of teachers, researchers, and others interested in TPACK There are a number of ways to interact with others about TPACK- 1) Facebook, 2) Twitter, 3) Mendeley, and 4) sections of the TPACK.org site - in which TPACK.org is involved with social media.

This section of the catechism presents the Catholic perspective on Sin, Original Sin and their consequences in our lives.

Resources broken into K-6, 7-12, Parents. Section for teachers.

A superb science site, perfect for a nature project. View and upload geo-tagged photos of animals and plants as you find them in your surroundings. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

Record your nature findings on an interactive map or explore others observations.  Learn some facts about nature and wildlife in the resources section. 

can create a linkable image, such as a flowchart for a unit of work, and then students can click the link to each section of the unit.

The Egyptian section of the National Museum Scotland has a wonderful set of interactive resources and games that bring this ancient culture to life... so beware of the mummies! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/History

Alot of full text about Charlies Darwin

TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it (embed it) on your site or blog.