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"High school students are challenged to complete original and independent research that is characteristic of college-level courses.  BCPS students generate a research question, conduct a literature review, collaborate with content-area experts, develop an hypothesis, collect and analyze data, and present original research at an annual Student Independent Research Symposium."

One university library's experience on developing a game

As a set of life skills, project methods are learned starting at a very young age and continue throughout one's life. As a progression of learning skills, students begin applying project approaches to their learning in primary grades and continue through adulthood as lifelong learners. And as a series of developing career skills, students begin learning the professional aspects of project management in secondary school and continue their learning throughout their careers, with some choosing professional project management as a profession.

This is a great website that offers up-to-date information, videos and professional development in digital literacy for a vast audience.

IT Trends An Interview with the Center for Democracy & Technology's Michelle De Mooy To help school administrators, families, technology companies and state legislators sort through the patchwork quilt of state legislation on student privacy, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), an advocacy group, has developed a state-by-state survey of student privacy laws in partnership with the law firm BakerHostetler.

Some key goals for literacy are reading comprehension, being able to identify main ideas, and summarization skills. There are many excellent practices that can help students develop these abilities. Recently I came across a creative technique called " Text Reduction Strategy" ( see the article here by Andrea Heick at TeachThought).

Our group compiled a list of resources to share with staff as part of the staf dev. plan we created. The resources focus primarily on digital citizenship, blogging, and PLNs. If any of these are of use or you haven't come across them yet, feel free to explore at your leisure.

Video from Kansas State Libraries on how to choose a good topic covering personal interest, creativity, and not being too broad.