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=Why use real world projects in the classroom?=

[|Melbourne Declaration on Schooling on Educational Goals for Young Australians] Goal 2: All young Australians become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens Successful learners… areas and disciplines MELBOURNE DECLARATION ON EDUCATIONAL GOALS FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS
 * develop their capacity to learn and play an active role in their own learning
 * have the essential skills in literacy and numeracy and are creative and productive users of technology, especially ICT, as a foundation for success in all learning areas
 * are able to think deeply and logically, and obtain and evaluate evidence in a disciplined way as the result of studying fundamental disciplines
 * are creative, innovative and resourceful, and are able to solve problems in ways that draw upon a range of learning
 * are able to plan activities independently, collaborate, work in teams and communicate ideas
 * are able to make sense of their world and think about how things have become the way they are
 * are on a pathway towards continued success in further education, training or employment, and acquire the skills to make informed learning and employment decisions throughout their lives
 * are motivated to reach their full potential

Jenny Luca - Global Cooling Project http://jennyluca.wikispaces.com/Presentations - Virtual Learning Communities

Six countries collaborate on project Global Cooling a K-12 "Live Earth" []

[|From Kinglake to Kabul] A very powerful learning project for students. [|David Williams], [|Celeste Wahlberg] and [|Neil Grant]collaborated with students from Kinglake and Kabul to produce the 1000 Pencils project and book [|From Kinglake to Kabul.]

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Tania Sheko - Year 10 English - Global Flickr project - Multiliteracies project with Florida and Finland @http://throughgloballenses.wordpress.com/

=Collaborating with the World= Global 2 - [] Sign-up (if you would like to join this community) [] Blogging offers enormous opportunities for connecting with the world and leveraging added value to learning under the four strategies of Connecting, Communicating, Collaborating and Learning Collectively. For further reading refer to the white paper: [|Understanding Virtual Pedagogies for Contemporary Teaching and Learning.]

Collaborating
We web has made it easier to form networks. Whether it be blogging in the same space (such as the Global 2 space), commenting on blog posts, responding to other posts with posts of your own or simply by curating a blog roll, making connections with other learners is easy. Learners learning at this stage benefit from being immersed in their field of study, and thanks to their network are exposed to a diverse range of ideas, and informed of the latest developments and ideas. Collaborative learning, as we are defining it here, is learning where learners not only take responsibility for their own learning but also for the learning of others. It involves the learner not only responding to their own ideas and experiences but also to the ideas and experiences of other learners. Learners operating at this stage move beyond presenting their ideas and begin to reflect upon and articulate the change in their ideas and the experiences that have led to this change. Further experiences of others, that either confirm or challenge existing ideas and understanding, with learners using their blogs and other spaces, to contrast their opinions and experiences with the opinions and experiences of others. They also re-purpose and remix the work of others, to either re-emphasis the original purpose or apply the content and ideas for different purposes.


 * Benefits of Real World Projects in Education (Project-based approaches)**

@http://web.archive.org/web/20030812124529/www.k12reform.org/foundation/pbl/research/* In a comprehensive synthesis, John W. Thomas, Ph.D., examines the research base for project-based learning. Publisher Autodesk Foundation also sponsors the PBL network and publishes PBL success stories.
 * Autodesk Foundation**

http://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.
 * Buck Institute for Education**

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

@http://www.nfie.org/publications/ctb5.pdf* (PDF; 22 pages) Connecting the Bits (2000) includes a chapter on "Project-Based Learning and Information Technologies."
 * National Foundation for the Improvement of Education**