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In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully planned, managed, and assessed to help students learn key academic content, practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking), and create high-quality, authentic products & presentations.

Members of the REMC Instructional Technology Specialists in Michigan along with teachers from the state, have created this site to provide project-based activities which are aligned to the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S), and the Michigan Educational Technology Standards for students (METS) as well as the Framework for 21st Century Learning identified by the Partnership For 21st Century Skills.

The goal is to design student-driven learning experiences that are fueled by standards-based Essential Questions and facilitated by digital tools to provide students with flexible learning paths.

Free, interactive programs allow you and your students to learn more about our home planet and the universe beyond through video-conferencing and Web casts. Students of all ages can participate in live events featuring NASA experts and education specialists.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national  organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student.

Fun activity for Elementary and Middle School students to create Character Scrapbooks.

Engage your students by using the SimCity™ game to make learning come alive!

An iPad, iPod touch, or iPhone can be so many things: a camera, a book, a canvas, a calculator, a timer, a reference, a notebook, an audio recorder, a word processor, a camcorder, a video editing station, a videoconferencing device, a movie player, a scanner, a student response system, an instrument, a flash drive, a presentation station, and much more.

The SAT Virtual Smart Book ( VSB)will provide students with practice tests, explanations, and solution for each test item.

New generation of blogging tools. Easy to use and great for teachers to use with students.

Between the NBC "Education Nation" Summit, Waiting for Superman, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million gift to Newark city schools, there has been a lot of media attention focused on the topic of education reform. Unfortunately, much of it has excluded actual educators, let alone students. Furthermore, and perhaps as a consequence, the dialog has become divisive, blaming, and ultimately counter-productive. Click to watch or listen to this education reform discussion.

In the Radioactivity iLab, students explore how radioactive radiation changes as a function of distance. Below are all of the high school curricula that can be used to teach the Radioactivity iLab in different subject areas. Curricula are available for the following subject areas: PHYSICS AP PHYSICS BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY MATH

This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context.

Great article with lots of resources all on personal learning networks. I am in 100% agreement with this. I think all teachers should be involved and always learning. Isn't that what we ask of our students?

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments.

District 186 technology staff developed a grade specific Internet safety curriculum to be implemented beginning 2010. This curriculum addresses seven domains of Internet safety as set forth by the State of Illinois. The curriculum developed by district technology staff is flexible enough to allow schools within the district to choose when and how to teach the lessons, yet consistent enough to ensure all students receive the same knowledge and skills across grade levels.

Great math resources for middle school students.