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Ideas for progress toward reforming public education, innovative uses of technology in the classroom and making school an authentic and meaningful experience.

"Last month we released Projects for all our education wikis. Our intention was to give you a better tool for group work, but, as many of you have pointed out, they're also great for project-based learning. Project-based learning, or PBL, grew out of early 20th century education reform, like the works of John Dewey. It generally involves directed, open-ended questions, real-life problem solving, and presentation to an authentic audience. And, of course, it's a great way for students to build collaboration and 21st-century skills while mastering content. We're really looking forward to hearing how you use PBL and the Projects feature in your classrooms. We're so excited, in fact, that we rounded up a few resources from around the web to help you out:"

reference to a longer essay by Mark Lilly & Tim Rahshulte. Good rules re planning, communicating, learning, in project management

reference to a longer essay by Mark Lilly & Tim Rahshulte. Good rules re planning, communicating, learning, in project management. "Projects require cooperation, collaboration, and coordination."

This is by far the best-educated cohort in our history - on paper, anyway - but apparently lacking in courage, judgment, capacity to analyse or even simple curiosity, except about immediate personal needs.