Project Based Learning

Buck Institute for Education's PBL checklist is very helpful .

http://www.bie.org/images/uploads/useful_stuff/Essential_Elements.pdf

Infogr.am http://infogr.am/beta/

I worry a a bit about reducing information into bits, because I think we lose comprehension and insight that way.  So I hadn't given this tool much thought when I  saw it on Free Technology For Teachers.  When I consider informational literacy, though, I see the benefit of this tool as a presentation technique for students. And when I see infographics like this

Classroom idea:  Students compare economies of different nations using graphic stats.