Project: Updating Projects

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Projects

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Projects are one part of your instruction plan.

Technology is a must for projects.
Reliable, well designed rubrics focus on content AND skills.
Making real world, community/ cultural connections to students is a key.
Scaffolding learning and modified instruction fits in nicely.
Presenting projects to the world is a natural way to engage.

Resources
www.edutopia.org

www.bie.org

www.ascd.org

http://www.cultofpedagogy.com

www.pltw.org

www.gettingsmart.com

Articles
Rigor

Coginitve Flexibility

Project v. Problem