Daniel Mourlam's List: Educational Resources

For many people, flipped instruction is nothing more than making or posting videos and then doing the homework in class. However, this is a bad assumption as this article demonstrates. This article goes through a number of assumptions and their subsequent misconceptions, thus providing a clearer picture of what flipped instruction is and how it can be a very beneficial mechanism for helping students learn.

This blog post is all about authenticity in project-based learning. A major criticism of PBL is that many projects fail to meet what some people have as a authenticity standard. For many if it isn't situated in the real world, working with real tools and problems, then it isn't authentic. However, this article provides a nice perspective on how there are varying degrees of authenticity, which are appropriate based on the context. This would be a great blog to follow if you are interested in PBL.

This is where I go for most of my PBL resources. There is a nice DIY guide that takes educators through the process of creating a PBL unit. There are a number of documents and videos to help make the concepts easy to understand, while providing a practical implementation.

This article provides a nice overview of PBL and how educators at Manor New Tech High School are implementing it in their courses. The article takes the reader from the beginning of the process by selecting standards through implementation and final assessment.  This is a great article for those wanting to get started with PBL.