Moving Into Project-Based Learning - PBL

• Edutopia - For inspiration and ideas around PBL
• Buck Institute for Education - The PBL Handbook for Scaffolding
• PBL-Online ; Putting Edutopia and BIE together to make PBL possible
• 4Teachers.org - The place to find the PBL Checklists and Rubistar rubric maker

"How can the students of MSSC drive an increase in voter turnout in the City of Madison in the 2008 Presidential Election?"

• Illinois Democratic Party
• Illinois Republican Party
• Illinois Republican Officials
• "It's My Life" Create-a-Strip
• Church Sign Generator
• Reading Facial Expressions & More
• The Buck Institute's Project Based Learning Planning Materials

Campaign Ads

• Campaign Ad Watch
• Historical Ads - "The Living Room Candidate"
• Political Cartoons

Video Resources

• Teacher Tube
• Archive.org - Moving Images
• TED Talks - Big Thinkers, Big Ideas...
• eThemes - Educational Videos

Landscaping Site

• Landscape Online
• Showoff.com Design Software
• Water Efficient Landscape Guide
• Landscape Materials Calculators

Free Science Sites

• Learning Science
• Physics Alive - Fun and Great Learning
• eThemes - Mass, Matter, and Weight
• Tools of Science

Video & Audio Production

• Audacity - Free Audio Recording Software
• Educational Podcast Network
• KidVid from 4Teachers.org
• edVoiceThread - Images, text, video, audio

Image Collections for School Use

• eTheme for "Educational Image Collections"
• Pics4Learning.com - Copyright released images specifically for school use
• Morgue File - Copyright released, high resolution images