PBL offers teachers a new way to have their students learn content as well as 21st century skills. The students can have fun while learning, and even provide a service for others as part of the project. Be creative and have fun with PBL.

 

Some web resources to get you started:

Tech&Learning - http://www.techlearning.com/article/1784, http://www.techlearning.com/article/7942

Project Based Learning online -http://pbl-online.org/

Edutopia - http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning

THE Journal - http://www.thejournal.com/articles/23893, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/17124, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/17105

Checklists for PBL - http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

PBL Multimedia Project - http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/WhyPBL.html

Intro to PBL - http://www.gsn.org/Web/pbl/

Getting started with PBL - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA011887851033.aspx

Eduscapes PBL guide - http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic43.htm

from TechLearning article by David Andrade: http://techlearning.com/Blogs/20442