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The idea for sharing this post came from a session I recently conducted at the annual teaching conference organized by my university. A pedagogical conundrum was raised by a colleague whose enthusiasm and question stayed with me and inspired me to write this post. The question posed by this colleague is relevant to all instructors who have ever used group work to assess their students: How should one deal with the issues that arise when members of a group are not picking up their share of the responsibilities during a group work project?

Note: This post was originally called: Project Based Learning: Don't Start with a Question. However, through an excellent discussion below with Drew Perkins, I have changed the title to: Project Ba...

The scanners are standard equipment for police, but what's not settled is what happens to all the data collected. That data can link people to certain addresses and flag unusual activity.

"When note taking serves as the primary use of technology in the classroom, these studies [recommending hand-written notes] become a harbinger for technology opposition. "However, none of these studies question the teaching methods used in the classes themselves."