For many people, flipped instruction is nothing more than making or posting videos and then doing the homework in class. However, this is a bad assumption as this article demonstrates. This article goes through a number of assumptions and their subsequent misconceptions, thus providing a clearer picture of what flipped instruction is and how it can be a very beneficial mechanism for helping students learn.

This blog post is all about authenticity in project-based learning. A major criticism of PBL is that many projects fail to meet what some people have as a authenticity standard. For many if it isn't situated in the real world, working with real tools and problems, then it isn't authentic. However, this article provides a nice perspective on how there are varying degrees of authenticity, which are appropriate based on the context. This would be a great blog to follow if you are interested in PBL.

Compfight is a great resource for modeling appropriate use in the classroom. It is a search tool that allows you to search Flickr creative commons licensed photos that can be used royalty free. This is the perfect resource for teachers and students when creating multimedia projects. Also reinforces copyright rules which are so important as we head into a very digital world in this century.

This article provides a framework for integrating technology in the classroom responsibly by considering how technology interacts with both content and pedagogy.

This is a great way to measure how well technology is being integrated into the learning process.

This is where I go for most of my PBL resources. There is a nice DIY guide that takes educators through the process of creating a PBL unit. There are a number of documents and videos to help make the concepts easy to understand, while providing a practical implementation.

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