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Students discover how their favorite story book characters use simple machines.

Young students are encouraged to use web based learning and WebQuests are a great way to introduce them to this. Combining literature with computer research encourages even the most reluctant of learners!

"Index to Group Activities, Games, Exercises & Initiatives"

50 Excellent Open Courses on Teaching With Technology September 8th, 2010 | Author: admin The information below is taken from a recent posting on www.onlinecollegesanduniversities.com. It is a listing of 50 free online courses that are offered on a wide variety of instructional technology topics. The courses are free, self-directed, and accessible over the internet.  Rather then listing a few examples in this posting I decided to paste all of the links below.

Primary students really benefit from this type of learning

Thoughtful response by Don Tapscott to NYT story on tech-distracted teens

Very interesting.

And, unlike the NYT article, the author references the studies he cites.

Project based learning covers a wide spectrum of the curriculum. See how a familiar substance - soap - is able to excite students to learn

Jennifer Wagner, creator of ProjectsByJen, has been succesfully encouraging teachers since 1999 to use online projects in their PreK-6 classrooms. Using various ideas, Jennifer will help you understand how online projects will help you make the most of your time in a variety of ways. Winning numerous awards for her creative ways in encouraging teachers to collaborate, her teaching style is very user friendly, creative, and personable.

When people ask about the inspiration for our style of videos, I often say that our videos reflect the way that I wish I had learned in school. My learning style wasn't a good match for the way I was taught. Recently we completed a custom video project with the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) that focuses on a Project Based Learning or "PBL", and boy did it open my eyes. I can now see that I needed teachers who put PBL to work. I needed to get up from my desk and engage. I needed to work on a real-world issue and use creativity and problem solving - what are known as 21st century skills these days. This video is an introduction to PBL and how it impacted a science teacher's students and helped their community.

This page contains web-based projects created by students at the University of Richmond in partial fulfillment of the requirements for teacher licensure in the state of Virginia.

discussed during Classroom 2.0 Live Meetup on April 30, 2008

The story of pbl with digital tools continues what the book of the same title starts - inspiring stories and methods of great pbl!

The kind of questioning, collaborative, active, lateral rather than hierarchical pedagogy that participatory media both forces and enables is not the kind of change that takes place quickly or at all in public schools.

Educational games created by U of Wisconsin and others

Information & Technology Skills for Student Achievement via Alan November BLC08 pre con: Add the 7th : Publish and get feedback