Inquiry and/or Problem Based Resources

Problem-Based Article:

Using Technology to Promote Success in PBL Courses
http://www.udel.edu/pbl/articles/Using-Technology-to-Promote-Success-in-PBL.pdf

A great article that explains how to use technology to promote success in problem-based learning.

It also gives information on how to teach students problem solving skills and teach them how to ask

productive questions.  It also explains how to implement problem-based learning to achieve the

greatest effectiveness for the students.

 

Lesson Plans and Activities:
The Ghost Particle
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/4271/preview/

This site includes information on inquiry-based lesson plans that teaches the student

to become engaged by asking questions and doing different kinds of experiments.  It also

gives information about how to encourage students to ask question and inquiry about a

certain topic.  This site includes handouts and website links that will assist teachers and students.

 

Project-Based Article:

Project-Based Technology: Instructional Strategy for Developing Technological Literacy

Authors: Moti Frank and Abigail Barzilai
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v18n1/pdf/frank.pdf

These authors explain how to compare project-based technology and project-based

science for an effective strategy in teaching literacy. They also explain the importance of

the comparisons of these project-based strategies.

 

WikiEducator– Web site: www.wikieducator.org

This site is great to share educational project-based plans with teachers and students.

It can be shared around the world and can collaborate content information to create an

open education resource for all to share.

 

Problem-Based Learning Activities

http://www.amphi.com/teachers/pgreenleaf/edtech/pblactivities.html

Great site with a variety of activities that uses problem-based learning strategies.

Some of the links that are offered focus on creating webquest to assist the student through

a self-guided learning tool.  This site also provides different activities ideas for different subject areas.

 

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