Chapter 1: Mapping the Journey--Seeing the Big Picture
Assess your readiness to begin teaching with technology-rich, authentic projects.
Technology Focus: Social Bookmarking
Chapter 2: Creating a Professional Learning Community
Engage with colleagues, near or far, to build collaboration into project design and enrich your teaching practices.
Technology Focus: Online Communities
Chapter 3: Imagining the Possibilities
Establish the conceptual framework for your project. Why do “big ideas” matter in project design?
Technology Focus: Why Use a Wiki? {AU: OK? There are two TFs in this chapter.}
Technology Focus: Essential Learning Functions of Digital Tools, the Internet, and Web 2.0
Chapter 4: Strategies for Discovery
How do you begin designing a project? A guided design process helps, whether you build a project from scratch or adapt an existing project plan to meet your needs.
Technology Focus: Track Assets Online
Chapter 5: Project Management Strategies for Teachers and Learners
Teachers and learners alike benefit from improving their project management skills.
Technology Focus: Project Management with Technology
Chapter 6: Project Launch--Implementation Strategies
Get your project off to the right start by generating curiosity and preparing students for the active learning ahead.
Technology Focus: Screencasting
Chapter 7: A Guiding Hand--Keeping a Project Moving
Consider the critical roles of classroom discussions, technology use, and troubleshooting strategies in keeping the project moving forward.
Technology Focus: Podcasting
Chapter 8: Building Connections and Branching Out
Successful projects may take off in directions you did not anticipate. Imagine the possibilities for extensions and connections.
Technology Focus: Online Collaboration
Chapter 9: Making Assessment Meaningful
Near the end of the project, you put your formal assessment plan to use. With 21st-century projects, teachers are incorporating new approaches to make assessment more meaningful.
Technology Focus: Online Grade Books
Chapter 10: Celebrating and Reflecting
Culminating activities remind learners of where they have been and what they have gained along the way.
Technology Focus: Photo Sharing
Chapter 11: Bringing It Home
Build time for reflection and sharing into the project life cycle to make the most of your investment in meaningful curriculum design.
Appendix A: Essential Learning Functions of Digital Tools
Examine a wide array of digital tools through the lens of the essential learning they make possible.
Appendix B: ISTE National Education Technology Standards for Students
The new NETS*S express what students should know and be able to do to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly digital world.
Appendix C: Reading Group Guide--Questions for Discussion
Chapter-by-chapter questions are provided to prompt discussions and encourage reflection about your own practice.
Appendix D: Bibliography