PBL & Social Justice

Project-based Learning & Social Justice

BE THE CHANGE you want to see in the world...

Project-Based Learning

It's the PROCESS, not the end product of the project, giving students the opportunity to use critical thinking skills, to create and learn. - Me

To get to this site: http://bit.ly/pbljustice

PBL Resources:

http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning - Edutopia is a great place for teachers
http://www.bie.org/ - Buck Institute for Education

The Diva Dialogues - teaches video, blogging, Google Apps (Documents, Slides), research skills/information literacy, social justice, community involvement, formal writing. Pairs students with experts in the fields they choose (use your alumni department). Based on 20% Time Projects. Students have freedom of choice. Information Literacy Course

How to cite photos: http://nextvista.org/projects/Project-Citing_Copyright-Friendly_Media_from_Online.pdf (Rushton Hurley is an AMAZING resource - see more of his stuff at nextvista.org)
Google Apps for Education: Docs, presentations, sites
Weebly: Free websites, easy to use
Haiku Deck: Beautiful presentations
Kidblogs: Free, easy to set up for students (use .csv or enter by hand) - students don't need to give out their information.
Blogger: Free, uses GAFE
Sumo Paint - photo editor and paint program - free at Chrome Web Store
Goo.gl - URL shortener: If you use it while logged in, it will save all your shortened URLs to your account. (Add .qr to the shortened URL to make a QR code)
Creative Commons Search: find pictures that can be used, edited/altered, and shared (with citation)
TED Talks: Examples: Botox Food Curiosity
YouTube

The Poverty Project - using different aspects of Google Apps (Sheets, Slides, Documents), research, writing a persuasive paper, writing legislation, business letters (to senators, public), writing to a larger audience, public speaking, infographics, creativity

Information on The Poverty Project
LucidChart - Free graphic organizer (Free to K-12 through: https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/education/K12)
Easel.ly - Free infographic creator
Screenchomp - iPad screencast/whiteboard
Doceri - iPad screencast/whiteboard

Questions? Contact me anytime:

Twitter: @LisaTeachesTech

Email: mrsdelapo@gmail.com