Competency 9: Internet

I used Google Search with the phrase project based learning and found the Buck Institute for Education, Project Based Learning for the 21st Century website at http://www.bie.org/

The Buck Institute for Education was founded in 1987 to improve education by developing the teaching practice for Project-Based Learning (PBL) in order to give students real world experiences. The reason I chose this website is because it brings together many partners in educational research for PBL to support teachers and engaging students. The research is an important area of the organization’s goal for design, evaluation of learning methods, professional development, and collaboration with many school design organizations. It will be necessary for the school librarian to collaborate with the teacher in the management of student groups and assisting with technological resources. This website is important for my topic as it moves through different pages to explain what PBL is, examples, online project libraries, advice from teachers in preparation, planning, and assessing. It also includes a research page with many articles the design is based on.