Eisenstat,+Sholom


 * [[image:sholom2.jpg width="95" height="143"]] || Sholom is finishing a 5 year stint as a Computer Resource Teacher in the York Region District School Board. He has been involved with personal computing and education since the 80's. Previously, he worked as Department Head of Computers and Site Manager at Markham District High School and before that in the TDSB at Don Mills Collegiate. Sholom was on the team at DMCI in the early years of the CyberARTS Program and shared a Prime Minister's Award for his work.

Sholom's educational vision is focused on how our digital tools and new thinking can support new 21st Century ways of learning. He has presented numerous times at ECCO Conferences, at SqueakFest and has been a regular at ASI for years. He is on the Steering Committee for the ABEL Summer Institute. ||
 * Sholom Eisenstat ||  ||

Project-Based Learning
PBL is a modern method of classroom management and unit design which can provide students with learning environments tuned to exercise students' inquiry skills, provide authentic learning opportunities, support differentiation of curriculum and engage students in complex problem solving real-world engagement.

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Resources
Video Introductions

An Introduction to Project-Based Learning
PBL Basics What is PBL?

Websites for PBL Buck Institute EDUTOPIA

Articles Main Course, Not Dessert How are Students Reaching 21st Century Goals With 21st Century Project Based Learning - Larmer and Mergendoller

Essentials for Project Based Learning Educational Leadership Sept 1010, ASCD.org

Research Supported PBL Practices

Apple Challenge Based Education []

Introduction to PBL

Blooms Taxonomyfor web 2.0 Faddel's Bicycle

Social Studies Curriculum Map

Squeak into the 21st Century
Squeak, or eToys, is a very powerful programming language designed to engage students, from grade 5 up, in mathematical inquiry. While designing and testing programmable objects, users learn fundamental mathematical and programming concepts as well as sophisticated analytical thinking skills that support STEM learning all the way through secondary school and beyond

After learning the basic tools of this programming environment, in a few minutes, students and teachers can build mathematically accurate simulations and animations. It has been used successfully in mathematical and scientific education all over the worl As with all programming languages, eToys is limited only by your imagination

eToys includes programmable objects enabling the user to control objects with joysticks and sliders, to record and play audio and video,

In the ASI workshop, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of designing 'eToys'.

Please have the latest version of Squeak / eToys installed and running on your computer! eToys software can be downloaded for all available operating systems at [|http://squeakland.org/downloa] Squeakland.org NASA Squeak Web Activities Taskilu.ca eToys Illinois eToys Quick Guide Squeak Tutorials Waveplace Tutorials UseIT Animation with holders Mathematical Toys math eToy demo Computers and Squeak as Environments for Learning Squeak Oracle