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Project Resources & Research

The main problem is not the absence of innovation in schools, but rather the presence of too many disconnected, episodic, fragmented, superficially adorned projects.

– Michael Fullan (2001)

Examples of Some PLPNetbook Projects from Victoria, Australia

Team 1 – BSE
Team 4 – DidgEs
Team 5 GRaSS
Mallee Murray Cods
Rosgrove Raptors
W2W
Heights Flyers
Team 16 Lab Rats
Team 17 BBV
5GPower
Bellarine Netbook

Examples of 2008-2009 PLP Projects

ADVIS Cohort
Abington Friends School
Baldwin School
Haverford School
Holy Child Academy
Montgomery School
Moravian Academy
Rosemont School of the Holy Child
Doane Academy
The Pilot School
Woodlynde School
Wyoming Seminary
Friends School of Mullica Hill
Benchmark School
The Hill School
West Chester Friends School
Academy of Notre Dame
Episcopal Academy
Springside School
The Shipley School
The King’s Christian School

Archdiocese of Philadelphia Cohort
Conwell-Egan Catholic High School
Archbishop Wood High School
Bishop Shanahan High School
Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School
Lansdale Catholic High School
Bishop McDevitt HIGH SCHOOL
Saint Pius X High School
Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast High School
Archbishop Carroll High School
Cardinal O’Hara High School
John W. Hallahan High School
Roman Catholic High School
West Philadelphia Catholic High School
Cardinal Dougherty High School
Father Judge High School
Saint Hubert High School
Little Flower High School
Mercy Vocational High School
Northeast Catholic High School
Archbishop Ryan High School
OCE

New Jersey Cohort
Union City School District
Springfield Public Schools
Quakertown Community Sch. District
Sayreville Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools – Curriculum & Instruction
Jersey City Public Schools – Special Education
Pascack Valley Reg. H.S. District
Vineland BOE
Keansburg School District
Kean University
Perth Amboy (Middle Schools)
Perth Amboy (High School)
Long Branch School District
Carteret Public Schools
Hopatcong Public Schools
State Leadership Team

Illinois-Ohio Cohort
Avoca School District 37
Leyden High School District 212
Northbrook School District 28
Sunset Ridge School District 29
East Maine School District 63
Forest Hills School District
Bedford City School District

International Cohort
Fredericksburg Academy- VA
Christchurch School- VA
St. Christopher’s School- VA
Flint Hill School- VA
Norfolk Academy- VA
Ravenscroft School- NC
Providence Day School- NC
Collegiate School- NYC
Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School- MO
CORE Fellows- New Zealand
Parramatta Marist High School- Sydney, New South Wales- Australia
St. Josephs College- Sydney, New South Wales- Australia
Holy Family School- Sydney, New South Wales- Australia
Toorak College- Melbourne,Victoria- Australia
Whitefriars College- Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Mooroopna Secondary College sponsored by School Library Association of Australia & State Library Victoria
Upwey High School- Innovation and Best Practice School
State Library of Victoria

Independent Schools Cohort
The Lovett School
Woodward Academy
Westminster Schools
The Walker School
Trinity School
Greater Atlanta Christian
Brookstone School
Second Baptist School
The Kinkaid School
Shorecrest Preparatory School
Berkeley Preparatory School
David Lipscomb Campus School
Lausanne Collegiate School
Chadwick School
Hawken School

Examples of 2007-2008 PLP Projects

Randolph CSD
Springville Griffith
Holland
Webster
Trace Your Trash
Our Lost Children
The Lovett School
Paideia School’s Pi 2.0 Class
Charlotte Country Day
Harpeth Hall
Greater Atlanta Christian
Presbyterian Day School
Randolph School
Lunch 2.0
K12 Learning 2.0 & 23 Things
FAQ- Learning 2.0
Lakeview Academy
David Lipscomb
Bolles School
25 Days to Make a Difference

Other Project Ideas

Flat Classroom Project
23Thingsters (NING)

Alabama Schools

More Alabama artificats

PBL and Inquiry Approach Videos

An Overview of Project Based Learning – 9min
MIT distinguished professor Seymour Papert is among a growing group of scholars who support project-based learning, in which students move from hands-on work to abstract thinking by solving real-world problems.

Horace Mann Magnet Middle School -8min
EAST labs

Research Papers, Articles, and Reports

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