Reading Assignment (book): Chapter 8 in Grabe and Grabe.
Research on the effectiveness of project-based and problem-based learning is mixed. This analysis attempts to explain why this lack of consistency may exist.
Finally, here is our suggestion for presentations using the iPad. Explain Everything is a versatile and powerful app ($3 if I remember correctly) that suits a wide variety of situations in which a linear presentation would be useful.
Explain Everything creates video from the iPad, but is not screencasting. The app would not be the best way to demonstrate how to use an iPad app. Here is my technique for screencasting. This method can also be adapted to screencast from a Macintosh.
We explored the topic of project-based learning early in the course. Some find the approach overwhelming for less capable students and inefficient given the time constraints faced by many teachers. Of course, there is another side. Students have few opportunities to use the content they are expected to learn and projects are one way to provide such opportunities.
Storytelling has been a popular model for student projects.
Film making as a model for collaborative projects