Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age - Softcover

Boss, Suzie; Krauss, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 156484238X ISBN 13: 9781564842381

Publisher: Intl Society for Technology in educ, 2008

Synopsis

Reinventing Project-Based Learning offers educators an accessible guide for maximizing the benefits of project-based learning in today's technology-rich learning environment. This reader-friendly book speaks directly to educators, administrators, and professional development specialists who want to transform learning into a more active, student-driven experience, using technology tools for inquiry, collaboration, and connection to the world beyond the classroom. Examples from educators in many different countries showcase this new vision of instructional design.

The book itself follows the arc of a project, providing you with guided opportunities to direct and reflect on your own learning. Starting with an assessment of your readiness to embrace technology-rich, authentic projects, the book then provides strategies to engage with colleagues and build collaboration in project design. The authors then discuss project management, implementation, and troubleshooting. Final chapters focus on assessment, reflection, and sharing. With proven strategies, rich illustrations, classroom examples, and teacher interviews from around the world, Reinventing Project-Based Learning shows how to design authentic projects that make the most of available and emerging tools and technologies.

Topics include:

-technology literacy
-technology integration
-teacher training
-curriculum design
-projects

Also available:

RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom - ISBN 1564842398
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The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is the trusted source for professional development, knowledge generation, advocacy and leadership for innovation. ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education. Home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET), and ISTE's annual conference (formerly known as the National Educational Computing Conference, or NECC), ISTE represents more than 100,000 professionals worldwide. We support our members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face the challenge of transforming education.

Some of the areas in which we publish are:
-Web. 2.0 in the classroom-RSS, podcasts, and more
-National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
-Professional development for educators and administrators
-Integrating technology into the classroom and curriculum
-Safe practices for the Internet and technology
-Educational technology for parents

About this title

About the Author

Suzie Boss is a founding board member of the Learning Innovation and Technology Consortium. As a writer/editor at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory she co-authored Learners, Language, and Technology, focusing on technology to support early literacy. As lead writer for the Intel Innovation Odyssey project she interviewed and showcased technology-literate teachers from around the world in a daily online feature. Boss has also published in Learning & Leading with Technology.

A former teacher in Oregon schools, Jane Krauss has long been an advocate for technology integration practices in elementary education. As director of Professional Development Services at the International Society for Technology in Education, Krauss traveled internationally delivering professional development workshops and presentations focused on technology integration. Krauss has also served as a consulting writer for the Learning Innovation and Technology Consortium and has published in Learning & Leading with Technology.

Review

'Reinventing Project Based Learning features great examples of extended learning opportunities for students coupled with best practice uses of the Read/Write Web technologies that are changing the world. Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss put the emphasis on learning, not on technology, and their many vignettes show how teachers are beginning to take full advantage of the new global connections we have at our fingertips. This is a journey that every educator needs to embark upon, and this highly readable road map is the perfect companion for the trip.' - --Will Richardson, author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms

Edition details

• Publisher: Intl Society for Technology in educ
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 156484238X
• ISBN 13: 9781564842381
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200