In July Project Foundry hosted the 2nd annual Project Based Learning un-Conference. The keynote speaker was Peter Pappas. He shared many great examples of how Project Based Learning is transforming schools and helping students explore their worlds, rather than subjecting them to the repetitive lower order thinking tasks characterized by most traditional schools. I would encourage people to visit his blog at http://peterpappas.blogs.com/ While you are there be sure to read the post “Back to school: Will It Be Test Prep or Project Based Learning.