PBL+Starter+Kit

//PBL Starter Kit: To-the-point Advice, Tools and Tips for Your First Project in Middle or High School// by the Buck Institute for Education [|Enable Student Collaboration-GSU] [|eHow-Collaboration Skills] || These 3 sites offer ideas on how to emphasize (or introduce) fundamental skills for working in groups like time management, collaboration, and cooperation before you embark on a PBL unit with your students. || [|Critical Thinking Community] [|Critical Thinking Project-Washington State University] [|Mind Tools-Problem Solving] [|Mind Tools-Brainstorming] || Use these resources to help your students develop a foundation to think critically, solve problems, and ask good questions. || [] || These resources will assist your students in learning how to present what they have learned. || [|CyberSmart!Curriculum] [|Information Literacy Resources] || Teach your students how to do research and effectively use and evaluate resources with these online lessons from AT&T's Knowledge Network, CyberSmart!, and Library Support Staff. ||
 * **Chapter** || **Page** || **Resource** || **Description** ||
 * Spotlight Projects || p. 13 || [|High Tech High Projects] || Search the High Tech High website, including a project search feature by grade level and content, to find ideas to begin your own PBL experience. ||
 * Spotlight Projects || p. 16 || [|Envision Schools Project-Censorship] || Review the project summary, activities, and assessments for this PBL called "Banned in America." ||
 * Spotlight Projects || p. 22 || david@bie.org || Contact David Ross, former teacher and now director of professional development for the Buck Institute, about his US History PBL. ||
 * Spotlight Projects || p. 26 || [|Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science, and Language Arts] || Use the search tool on the ORC website to search for PBLS in math, science, and language arts. ||
 * Getting Started || p. 34 || [|Virtual Project Library] || The Project Library page on the BIE website houses links to 17 virtual project libraries with projects for all grades levels. ||
 * Planning and Preparing || p. 69 || [|YouthLearn]
 * Planning and Preparing || p. 70 || [|Critical Thinking Consortium]
 * Planning and Preparing || p. 71 || [|Public Speaking Tips]
 * Planning and Preparing || p. 71 || [|Project Management Tools] || Help students manage time and tasks. ||
 * Planning and Preparing || p. 72 || [|21st Century Information Literacy Lessons by Grade]