Resources

=Resources= The following resources will be used during the Intel Teach Thinking with Technology Course.
 * Back channel chat & Naomi's links from Day 1: [] - login educ8
 * Thinking Tools []
 * Social Bookmarking Tool Delicious []
 * Lesson Plan Template - This document will open in Word.[|Unit_Plan_Template.doc]

//__Please make sure you rename this document with your name in the title and save it to your file on BMW or on a jump drive.__//
[|Unit plan evaluation guide.doc]
 * BMW Intel Technology Academy Participant Rubric [|BMW Intel Technology Academy Participant Rubric.doc]
 * [|Sample_CFQs.doc] Sample Questions

=Project-Based Learning Resources on the Web= Buck Institute for Education www.bie.org * Buck Institute offers training and a handbook to guide middle school and high school teachers in incorporating project-based learning into the curriculum. The Web site also includes resources and research on PBL effectiveness.

George Lucas Educational Foundation www.edutopia.org * Edutopia provides a magazine, stories of innovative teaching and learning, summary of project-based learning research, along with a gallery of project examples (in print and video versions).

Intel® Education: Designing Effective Projects [|www.intel.com/education/designprojects] This resource includes a large collection of Unit Plans that integrate technology, models of classroom projects that integrate instruction in thinking skills, and tools and strategies for developing your own exemplary technology-supported learning. National Foundation for the Improvement of Education www.nfie.org/publications/ctb5.pdf* Connecting the Bits (2000) includes a chapter on "Project-Based Learning and Information Technologies." The Project Approach www.projectapproach.org* Maintained by Sylvia Chard, professor at University of Alberta and co-author of Engaging Children's Minds: The Project Approach (2000). [Note: Web site also available in a Chinese version.] Understanding Rubrics www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html* Heidi Goodrich Andrade is an assistant professor at the College of Education, Ohio University. Her work on rubrics was published in Educational Leadership, 54(4).