One of the many reasons I chose to enter the world of project-based teaching and turn Queensbury High School's Room 106 into a 21st-Century learning environment is because the canvas is vast and the opportunities for students are endless. That said, rebuilding from ground zero is one reason this teacher of nine years, feels like a rookie again.

Three reads I acquired in preparation for the classroom transformation include, Project Based Learning: A Guide to

Standards-Focused Project Based Learning, Edutopia: Success Stories for Learning in the Digital Age, and Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age.

There is plenty of utility in all three of these books, however, A Guide to Standards-Focused PBL and Reinventing PBL, are must-haves for your teacher bookshelf, if you are taking the "giant leap" into the 21st C.

This fall (2010) the leaders at QUFSD allowed my high school classroom to receive a makeover. Inside the walls of this 21st-Century classroom, I will challenge my students with projects. The literature that I teach will remain the same, however the palate on which I serve the curriculum will change dramatically.

In the spirit of project based learning (PBL) & the 21st-Century classroom (21st CLE), I am sharing a draft of a project I created using The Crucible. Take a look at the document I created on GoogleDocs, and PLEASE send feedback.

The Crucible SchoolTube Enactment