Architecture students deconstruct the taco-
'Examining the ingredients in a taco paints a picture of the globalization of our food production network.'
So much else on GOOD much infographics.
Technology High curriculum in USA where students propose a project that they introduce to the community and teachers ask what do students need to know to accomplish this? What skills? Steps used by real world.
The space station's near misses with debris are a continual issue, which provides excellent resources for scientific project and problem based learning in science.
Project based learning using all or any of the three online resources offers a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges.
When first I heard the expression 'digital storytelling' I understood it to refer to fictional writing. At the time I believe it did but now it covers all manner of writing and what have we always got our children to do to demonstrate learning? Retell what they have been taught.
This doesn't necessarily move us far along Bloom's Taxonomy so what's the alternative? Anderson and Krathwohl (2001) have presented a reworking of Bloom that is suited to an age where material is deconstructed and reconstructed i.e. mashed. Creating, that 21 century skill, is at the apex.
If you (or someone you know) uses Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes with your students, here is a tie-in project to generate money for Japan post-earthquate/tsunami and be part of a communal art project.