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Project learning helps students apply what they learn to real-life experiences and provides an all-around enriching education.
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At School, Technology Starts to Turn a Corner
The new Web-education networks can open the door to broader changes. In the classroom, the emphasis can shift to project learning, a real break from the textbook-and-lecture model of education -- New York Times
Related Edutopia video: Representing Their Work Through Tech
New Charter High School a Model for CTE Education Nationally
The Trade Tech model educates students in a highly personalized and project-learning environment. No longer will students have to choose between college prep or career prep, because Trade Tech provides the opportunity to earn college credit, participate in work-based internships, and begin an accelerated apprenticeship program. -- MarketWatch
Related Edutopia resource list: School-to-Career: What You Can Do
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Featured Teacher: Laura Sandstedt
Instead of requiring all children to write book reports, Laura Sandstedt lets her students decide how to present the information. For instance, in lessons about westward travel, children have opted to create artwork and maps to demonstrate knowledge of the subject, and others studied music from that era and wrote songs and poetry. -- Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, Missouri)
Related Edutopia article: Louis Gomez: Project-Based Learning
Troubles Are History, Future an Open Book at New West Broward High School
At West Broward High School, instead of teachers reading from books, students will work together on classroom projects to creatively master subjects. One example is the Renaissance fair that Principal Dan Traeger is planning for the spring. The student newspaper will promote it, while culinary students will cook and serve food, and theater students will put on shows. -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
Related Edutopia article: How To: Breathe Life into History
Ingomar Science Teacher Keeps Bringing Innovations to His Classroom
With the Science Center for Teaching, Outreach, and Research on Meteorology, John Schaefers, a science teacher at Ingomar Middle School, had a chance to conduct air-quality testing and design a classroom activity to take back to his students. -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Related Edutopia article: Kids Watch a Weatherman at Work
Kentucky Students Will Track Butterflies
Some northeast Kentucky students are joining others from several states, Canada, and Mexico in a project to track and report the migratory patterns of monarch butterflies and hummingbirds. -- Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Kentucky)
Related Edutopia video: Children Practice Real Science by Monitoring Monarchs
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Opportunities and Resources
The George Lucas Educational Foundation Grant Information List
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WebExhibits (online, interactive museum that can facilitate project learning)
PBL Checklists (age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects)
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