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Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge. In Gold Standard PBL, Essential Project Design Elements include:

This website goes into detail about what Project Based Learning is. This is a great tool other than the textbook to get a complete grasp on the concept. Not only does it describe PBL as "a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge", but it also provides steps to follow when creating an engaging PBL assignment lesson plan. These steps include: Key Knowledge, Challenging Problem, Sustained Inquiry, Authenticity, Student Voice & Choice, Reflection, Critique & Revision, and Public Product. Following this list of steps and making sure the lesson plan provides all of these points will make for an engaging class. Another component this website contains is a blog for educators to post about the Project Based lessons they implemented in the classroom. I believe sharing ideas with other teachers is one of the most helpful ways to improve your own teaching because you receive feedback and encouragement to what you are doing well, and what can be changed for the benefit of the class.

A list of links for project based learning ideas

Some of this are simply projects, but they can easily be transformed into project based learning. This are excellent ideas of projects for your classrooms.

A Better List Of Ideas For Project-Based Learning

This is a list of some project based learning ideas. The formatting is not the greatest, but the ideas are good.

This is a blog post from someone who coaches project based learning teachers. It can help everyone working on their own project based learning creation skills as well as help teachers coach fellow teachers on incorporating such an important learning tool into their classrooms.

This guide can help teachers incorporate project based learning in their classrooms no matter the subject.

This site provides many resources for teaching students the right way to make movies. It talks about the importance of story boarding, and discusses editing in real movies.

This website allows the creation of a storyboard. Features provided are a drawing tool, script writing, and actions. The most neat tool about this app is you can add collaborators. This would allow for students to work on one together and comment on each others work.

This website allows students to create storyboards online and has many built in images and characters. It is set up in the regular format of a storyboard.

This can be used on a desktop computer or found in the app store. It allows students to create mind maps, storyboards or basic outlines of an assignment.

This app can be found in the Apple Store and it allows you to create a video with many tools. Tools provided are text, picture uploading, pictographs, doodling, voice recording and much more. I found this to be easier to use than other options and great for kids!

General, Guest Video is creeping into the education world slowly but surely. In fact, 94 percent of teachers have effectively used video in the classroom during the course of one school year, according to a study by Educational Support Systems. Video can be useful in a number of lessons and classroom settings, and is especially beneficial in reading.

If you're having a difficult time thinking up a video project that will engage students this list has got 20 ideas.

In my classroom, video usually equals instant engagement. Students like to record it - especially because many of them get to use their phones for school purposes. But they like to watch them even more, and if those videos are produced by their peers, the interest skyrockets.

We've updated this post with even more ways to create dynamic, multimedia lessons. Take a look at 10 Ways to Add Video to Your Classroom. Videos are a great way to bring vibrancy into the classroom! For teachers, a video shares content in a powerful and engaging way.

Here are a few video production apps to use in the classroom! 

This website compiled a list of apps perfect for creating videos in the classroom!

by TeachThought Staff In education, perhaps one of the least utilized talents of iOS hardware is creating exceptional video. While it's not uncommon for teachers and students to use iPads to create videos, creating stunning videos that are compelling, well-produced, innovative, truly social, and/or something worth sharing with the world isn't so easy.

How To Use iMovie Tutorial Guide Trying to learn how to use iMovie? We're glad to help! Here is an easy 4 step screenshot breakdown to get you started in less than 5 minutes.

6 Easy Steps for Getting Started Using Free Plickers for Assessment. Data is an essential component in education, yet sometimes it can be viewed as a necessary evil for educators. In the past, a teacher may teach a lesson and require students to complete an exit ticket assessment activity to show mastery of the concept(s) reviewed over a certain time frame.