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21st Century Skills

The commonly accepted descriptions of 21st Century Skills provide support for a rationale for PBL because these skills are exactly what is needed for successful PBL. The following excerpt from Ted McCain's "leadership" handout is from 2002 which presages some of the more recent publications and websites on this:

• Information technology skills- it is important that all students have the skills required to use the technology that is driving the economy
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Posted by Demetri Orlando on November 7, 2008 at 3:30pm

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Welcome to this network for project and problem based learning. We seek to connect educators interested in pursuing this pedagogy. Please join in! If you haven't yet read Ted McCain's Teaching for Tomorrow, it's a wonderful introduction and rationale for PBL. The heart of this site is the discussion forums, but there is also blogging, photos, videos, shared bookmarks, and news feeds. It would be helpful to build a list of examples of PBL, so if you have implemented any PBL lessons in your teaching, please consider describing them here.

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Teaching for Tomorrow

Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest Feb 6.

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Links to PBL websites 5 Replies

Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest. Last reply by Sue Sheffer Feb 2.

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Starting out with problem based learning 3 Replies

Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Nov. 10, 2008.

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Describing PBL 1 Reply

Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Nov. 10, 2008.

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High School examples of projects from your experience 1 Reply

Started by Demetri Orlando in High School. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Nov. 7, 2008.

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Connecting each other with Skype, Twitter, & Diigo screen-names 2 Replies

Started by Demetri Orlando in General Interest. Last reply by Karen Douse Nov. 7, 2008.

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The role of technology in PBL pedagogy 1 Reply

Started by Demetri Orlando in Technology Related. Last reply by Ferdi Serim Oct. 13, 2008.

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