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[|Assistive Technology w/Lukas Bratcher] This is such an inspiring video. It describes how technology has helped a young man accomplish one of his dreams. He plays in the jazz ensemble and marching band at Mead High School in Spokane, Washington. The amazing thing is that Lukas is wheelchair bound and can't use any of his limbs. This guy is truly amazing--he's in the chess club and trains with the football coach. The way that he's able to due all of this is due to a local music shop owner who had the idea of creating a box with a joy stick attached to control the valve functions on his tuba. His all-time dream is to go to college on a muscial scholarship and become a professional musician. I have no doubt that his chances are great.

[|Toad Tracking] NatureMapping is a project that has these 4th graders loving life. This project teams up farmers and students in order to track the number of horny toads in the area of Waterville, Washington. The students learn how to read maps, create forms for tracking the animals, read GPS coordinates in the field, and create webpages with the information at the end of the school year. These students have actually made scientists aware that the horny toad is a lot more prevalent than once believed. What an accomplishment!

[|Hula to High Tech] In Honolulu, Hawaii, all 400 students in the school work with technology in some form or fashion. Kindergarteners give the weather report on a televised program in the classrooms, 1st graders have adopted a sea turtle and can track it on the Intenet. Other students use research methods to do book reports using storyboarding and animation techniques. Others create multimedia projects on the ancestery of their families. 6th graders test water samples in their sicence classes and give pertinent information to the government. A large part of these student's education comes from hands-on projects. I think this video gives a big thumbs up on PBL and the effects it can have in the classroom.