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IMSA's PBLNetwork. Virtual Information Inquiry: Inquiry. Kyle is beginning the journey of the student information scientist. In the chapter in edited by Stripling and Hughes-Hassell, Violet H. Harada (2003, p. 62) states: "We need to make a lifelong commitment to inquiry. Although the ability to think critically has always been important, it is imperative for the citizens of the twenty-first century. The decisions that our students make as individuals and as a society on issues that range from preserving and sustaining our environment to combating the atrocities of racism and terrorism will affect all future generations. The information to make responsible choices is at their fingertips.

This section focuses on inquiry and specifically information inquiry. Life-long Learning Life-long Learning and Schools Informal Learning Inquiry - Overview Aspects of Inquiry Information Inquiry Inquiry-based Learning Levels of Inquiry Models Information Search and Use Models 5As - Ian Jukes Big 6 & Super 3 - Michael B. FLIP IT - Alice Yucht WebQuest by Bernie Dodge. Harnessing the Power of the Web -- a  Tutorial for Collaborative Project-based Learning. Giving Students Meaningful Work:Seven Essentials for Project-Based Learning. Module Maker 1. Big List of Project Based Learning. The Advantages of Rubrics: Part One in a Five-Part Series. What is a rubric? Chocolate chip cookie rubricWhy use rubrics?

What is a rubric? A rubric is a scoring guide that seeks to evaluate a student's performance based on the sum of a full range of criteria rather than a single numerical score. A rubric is an authentic assessment tool used to measure students' work. Authentic assessment is used to evaluate students' work by measuring the product according to real-life criteria. The same criteria used to judge a published author would be used to evaluate students' writing. Rubrics can be created for any content area including math, science, history, writing, foreign languages, drama, art, music, and even cooking!

Chocolate chip cookie rubric The cookie elements the students chose to judge were: Number of chocolate chips Texture Color Taste Richness (flavor) 4 - Delicious: Chocolate chip in every bite Chewy Golden brown Home-baked taste Rich, creamy, high-fat flavor 3 - Good: 2 - Needs Improvement: 1 - Poor: Here's how the table looks: The Difference Between Projects And Project-Based Learning. The Difference Between Projects And Project-Based Learning by TeachThought Staff Projects in the classroom are as old as the classroom itself. “Projects” can represent a range of tasks that can be done at home or in the classroom, by parents or groups of students, quickly or over time. While project-based learning (PBL) also features projects, in PBL the focus is more on the process of learning and learner-peer-content interaction that the end-product itself.

The learning process is also personalized in a progressive PBL environment by students asking important questions, and making changes to products and ideas based on individual and collective response to those questions. By design, PBL is learner-centered. The chart below by Amy Mayer is helpful to clarify that important difference between projects and project-based learning.

What’s the Difference Between “Doing Projects” and Project Based Learning ? High Tech High - Project Based Learning. Seven Successful PBL Projects In March 2005 High Tech High received a $250,000 grant from the California Department of Education to disseminate project-based learning methods to teachers in non-charter public schools. As part of the project, High Tech High teachers have documented successful projects to share with collaborating teachers from local districts and across the HTH network. The current volume presents the fruits of these labors. The aim is simple: to offer practitioners useful, easily adaptable models of real projects. Read more... This New House How does human habitation affect the environment? Learn more » Millionaire How can an idea be transformed into a product that could make us millions? Learn more » San Diego Field Guide How can we be better environmental stewards of the San Diego Bay?

Learn more » Urban Art How do math and science influence artistic expression? Learn more » Vietnam Project learn more » Drug Project learn more » Machines learn more » Exploring Resources for PBL - Project Based Learning Boot Camp. Explore Resources for Reinventing Project-Based Learning Resource selection and annotation by Jane Krauss and Suzie Boss NOTE: These resource links were reviewed for relevance, quality, and interest at the time of this page’s publication. Many of these links go to independent Web properties with no direct connection to ISTE.

Tools and ResourcesRelated ReadingsBlogsPodcastsCollaborative Spaces Web Links for Tools and Resources for Project Planning, Assessment, Collaboration, and More Harnessing the Power of the Web: A Tutorial for Collaborative Project-Based Learning by Global Sch Global SchoolNet promotes international collaboration and offers a tutorial for designing rich projects to share with others. PBLNet by WestEd The PBLNet Design and Invention Center supports teachers, parents, and children interested in project-based learning, design, and invention. Back to top Related Readings Blogs Podcasts Collaborative Spaces. Project based learning. Coding in the classroom.