Project Based Learning

Want to know your learning style? Take the quiz. There are 24 questions, and it will take less than five minutes to complete. Try not to think too hard -- just go with your first thought when describing your daily activities and interests. At the end, you'll find out more about how you learn.

A list of "best" webquests

The Project-Based Learning designs on this website were created by West Virginia teachers who worked with the WVDE Office of Instruction through participation in the Teacher Leadership Institute, the Secondary PBL project, content-specific professional development in mathematics, and the Model Schools and Classrooms project

What real time events can we learn from? Here's a great example. I'd use this site whatsonwhen, "the worldwide events guide," to keep up with public events in places we connect with or study in PBL

I'll use this site whatsonwhen, "the worldwide events guide," to keep up with public events in places we connect with or study in PBL

Edutopia is offering a free month-long PBL camp (I'm facilitating). We're going to use the oil spill as the starting place for designing collaborative projects that get students thinking as problem-solvers. Great opportunities here for finding classroom partners and like-minded collaborators. Please join us!

good ideas for evaluation/assessment use for ALEX LP's  good teacher reference site

Students from two classes in the K6-8 school, Istituto Comprensivo Lipari II, Aeolian Islands, volunteered to adopt a monument in Lipari. The monument is a hypogeum, an underground chambre with big niches for sarcophagus and loculi for buried remains.

The Lost Lunchbox is the one of internet's first educational role-playing games (RPG) designed specifically for children in grades 3 -8. Conceived by Greg Nussbaum, creator of MrNussbaum.com, and designed by the team at igamestudio.com, The Lost Lunchbox is an unforgettable and exciting experience for students that incorporates critical thinking skills in multiple disciplines, problem solving, and a healthy dose of adventure and curiosity. The Lost Lunchbox is an outstanding, educational alternative to traditional video games that glamorize violence and promote mental stagnation.

animation  & claymation using only software (free) & webcam/video camera.