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"Why Project Based Learning (PBL)? Project Based Learning's time has come. The experience of thousands of teachers across all grade levels and subject areas, backed by research, confirms that PBL is an effective and enjoyable way to learn. Why are so many educators across the United States and around the world interested in this teaching method? The answer is a combination of timeless reasons and recent developments."

"Article explores some of the powerful instructional approaches that technology is helping to make possible, or bring to a new level, in classrooms and schools across the world."

"A list featuring some great resources for science teachers. These resources provide a wide variety of materials for teaching science from lesson plans, printables, activities, technology resources and many more."

"While in the midst of preparing a conference paper on the the use of digital media to enhance project-based learning, I come across some very helpful resources which I believe every teacher keen on using PBLas a teaching strategy should have. If 21st century learning focuses students abilities in incoporating the 4Cs ( Critical thinking, Collaboration, Creativity and Communication), project based learning is the operational methodology to achieve all of these skills at once. "

"The idea behind MentorMob is to let anyone create easy to access and view "Playlists" of web content (as an improvement on the inefficiency of scrolling search engine results and trying to identify which results are truly informative)"

""You want some great ed tech tools to use in your classroom? You got em'-50, to be exact! This article written by the folks from Edudemic features an extensive list of some of the most awesome technological tools you can find for teaching and learning. There's lots to explore here, so have fun!""

"Project Based Learning schools utilize an instructional approach built upon authentic learning activities that engage student interest and motivation. These activities are designed to answer a question or solve a problem and generally reflect the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom. Project Based Learning is a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks."

"31 iPad Apps For A Smoother-Running Classroom"

"30 Of The Best Apps For Project-Based Learning"

Great list of tools