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from a twitter colleague; all about the local watershed; applicable anywhere, PLUS, he has a really cool badge to encourage student comments on blog;D

Authentic learning, as we are finding it through our Professional Learning Networks, remains the most powerful form of professional education; it seems that this form needs to be incorporated within our more static, traditional form of teacher education.

W Gaskins reflections on the concept of "connected writing" and its relationship to authenitic learning for the adult learner; compare/contrast formal graduate classes with informal, yet powerful Professional Learning Network.

Wesley Fryer's techlearning blog post inspired the bookmark.

I use this opensource software for project management. Server-based, but easy to install, nice group features, and could be easily adapted to a classroom setting.

Andrew Miller, consultant for the Buck Institute for Education, details strategies for refining project-based learning questions.

"Use Glogster to make an interactive science poster."

Students can use these types of interactive posters to exhibit their final project.