Tapped In Session ~ Web 2.0 for Schools
Reinventing Project-Based Learning, Part 2
Thursday, October 17, 2007 at 5:00 Pacific/8:00 Eastern
Continuing the conversation they kicked off in September, Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss will dig deeper into topics addressed in their book, Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide for Real-World Projects in the Digital Age. See how crackerjack educators around the world are using digital tools for PBL. Think beyond the technologies themselves and explore the essential learning functions digital tools provide. Finally, see how professional learning is being reinvented, too.
Today's Topics
Reinventing PBL
- Read the ISTE book flyer
book flyer_REINVT.pdf - View the book's Table of Contents
- Visit the Reinventing PBL Blog and join the conversation about projects in the digital age
- Enjoy images of PBL in action around the world in the Reinventing PBL group on Flickr
Reinvented Projects
- GoogleLitTrips: www.googlelittrips.com
- Go to the link above, click on 9-12 at top, find Grapes of Wrath, click podcast.
- iHistory Podcast: http://ihistory.wordpress.com
- Kathy Cassidy’s classroom blog: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
Essential Learning Functions
- Book Excerpt (pdf) - Essential Learning Functions2.pdf
- A brief look at Essential Learning Functions
- American Memory Project http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
- CIESE http://www.ciese.org/realtimeproj.html
- World Data Center Systems http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/wdcmain.html
- Clay Burrel's A Broken World online textbook Wiki https://brokenworld.wikispaces.com
Reinvented Professional Learning
Learning from Blogging Educators
- Clay Burrell - Korea, HS, Interdisciplinary - Beyond School http://burell.blogspot.com
- Anne Davis - Georgia, K-5, Language arts - Edublog Insights http://anne.teachesme.com
- Jeff Utecht - Shanghai, K-12, tech coordinator - The Thinking Stick www.thethinkingstick.com
- Vicki Davis - Georgia, K-12, Interdisciplinary (Flat Classroom) - Cool Cat Teacher Blog http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
Learning in New Social Environments
- Classroom 2.0 http://classroom20.ning.com
- ISTE Island -Second Life www.iste.org/secondlife
Learning by Doing - Join a Project
- TakingIT Global http://www.takingitglobal.org
- Global SchoolNet http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html
- iEARN http://www.iearn.org
- IEEC (Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections) http://www.iecc.org