I wonder if PBL can be useful and practical in a language learning class! As I am new to this learning strategy, pls give me your feedbacks.

http://pbl-online.org/default.htm
I found a few ideas for PBL Bio at this site!

I would like to see PBL lesson plans for Chemistry and Biology. I teach inclusion classes. If anyone can point in the right direction I would appreciate it. Also looking for professional development on the east coast.

Sonia!!
I agree fully with what you said concerning the video.
I'm new to the project based learning approach, and now I want to add it so that it can aid my instruction. I'm a Junior High World and U.S. History teacher and I know this will help me move my teaching skills to the highest level possible. I agree with the MIT Professor about getting the students to apply what they learn, however I also believe good instruction blending with project based teaching and learning will greatly benifit both student and teacher. In a sense, both student and teacher will grow as leaders.
Ed Lloyd
Social Teacher
World and U.S. History

The key to PBL is to define a project that is relevant - not just to you as the teacher but to the students. It needs to matter to them in their world.
http://www.vickicaruana.blogspot.com

I think that education as a whole has under served our student population. I benefited greatly from the traditional learning environment that I was in. Today's group of learners have so many different things going on in their lives that I feel that we have to "catch their attention" with some new trick or method to keep them involved. I would definitely supplement my teaching with PBL. I think that it is really amazing and benefits those learners that like to move around in the classroom and pick things up from doing them. I think it would be foolish to bash traditional teaching as if its some antiquated dinosaur that needs to be put out of its misery. Teaching is a discipline and should be treated as such, but there is nothing wrong with teaching an old dog a new trick/method. lol. Educate smarter and not harder people. 1 luv

As a teacher, I like to work PBL with my students. It's the right way to things, I believe. When the students start from practice, they feel much more confortable and demonstrate higher levels of self steem.

That's exactly what came to my mind? How is it every time I watch a video on what great things are happening in schools I find they have so many more resources to work with? Some of the videos are not from the public system, I get that. However, I still get very frustrated when I see the haves and the have nots in a profession where all kids are equally important. By the way, great term, "stuffology" you nailed it!

Project based learning is a great strategy for all the reasons stated in the video clip. Unfortunately some may see it as a new learning strategy but it's been around a while. The expert from MIT states "to give up the idea of curriculum and replace it by a system where you learn this where you need it." It's a great concept and I fully agree with the comment made by the MIT professor. However, throwing out the curriculum, I am sure has been a heated topic of many discussions in many districts, and it's still driving what many teachers teach. Perhaps that's why the strategy seems "new". I like the idea of integrating the curriculum into project based learning. Realistically, for many teachers this may be the best compromise for now while the battle for useful informal student centered assessment vs standardized assessment, driven by curriculum, continues.

After watching this video, I reflected on how engaged the students were with their projects and how they took on that level of responsibility to work on the goal together. This was good to see vs. reading about it.