Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle

shared by kynan robinson on 18 Apr 12 - Cached

shared by Andrew Williamson on 18 Apr 12 - Cached

shared by kynan robinson on 11 Oct 11 - No Cached

Projects are typically framed with open-ended questions that drive students to investigate, do research, or construct their own solutions.
...

Cancel
How can we reduce our school's carbon footprint? How safe is our water? What can we do to protect a special place or species?
...

Cancel
How do we measure the impact of disasters? Students use technology tools much as professionals do -- to communicate, collaborate, conduct research, analyze, create, and publish their own work for authentic audiences. Instead of writing book reports, for instance, students in a literature project might produce audio reviews of books, post them on a blog, and invite responses from a partner class in another city or country.
...

Cancel
...2 more annotations...
it consistently emphasizes active, student-directed learning
...

Cancel
Learning to read is no longer enough. Today's students must to be able to navigate and evaluate a vast store of information. This requires fluency in technology along with the development of critical-thinking skills
...

Cancel

1 - 3 of 3

Showing 20▼ items per page