Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index.

Foreword by Leslie Conery

SECTION I: ANTICIPATION Introduction: "I'll Never Go Back" -- Chapter 1: Mapping the Journey - Seeing the Big Picture -- Chapter 2: Creating a Professional Learning Community

SECTION II: PACKING UP
Chapter 3: Imagining the Possibilities -- Chapter 4: Strategies for Discovery -- Chapter 5: Project Management Strategies for Teachers and Learners

SECTION III: NAVIGATING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE Chapter 6: Project Launch - Implementation Strategies -- Chapter 7: A Guiding Hand - Keeping a Project Moving

SECTION IV: EXPANDING YOUR CIRCLE Chapter 8: Building Connections and Branching Out -- Chapter 9: Making Assessment Meaningful -- Chapter 10: Celebrating and Reflecting

SECTION V: UNPACKING Chapter 11: Bringing It Home

APPENDIXES -- Appendix A: Essential Learning with Digital Tools, the Internet, and Web 2.0 -- Appendix B: National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS.S) -- Appendix C: Reading Group Guide -- Appendix D: Bibliography

"Reinventing Project-Based Learning offers educators an accessible guide for maximizing the benefits of project-based learning in today's technology-rich learning environment. This reader-friendly book speaks directly to educators, administrators, and professional development specialists who want to transform learning into a more active, student-driven experience, using technology tools for inquiry, collaboration, and connection to the world beyond the classroom. Examples from educators in manu different countries showcase this new vision of instructional design. The book itself follows the arc of a project, providing you with guided opportunities to direct and reflect on your own learning. With proven strategies, rich illustrations, classroom examples, and teacher interviews from around the world, Reinventing Project-Based Learning shows how to design authentic projects that make the most of available and emerging tools and technologies." (Book Cover)

K-12 teachers, professional developers, technology coordinators, library media specialists.