The term driving question itself tell so much about project based learning. The question is one that drives or pushes the students in the direction of learning that you want. While students should be navigating or steering themselves through learning, we don't just want them to wander aimlessly. Also when reading about the driving questions there were several things that stuck in my mind that were helpful. Is the answer to the driving question "googleable." If you can just look up and answer, it's not a good question. I also liked the idea of trying to "localize" the question by tying something meaningful from their own lives or something they know about into the question to bring the students in. There was also a tool on the BIE website called the "tubric" which I thought was very helpful if you got stuck in how to word the question.
Another tool I used this week was Xmind for the visual presentation of the project. I haven't learned all the intricacies of the program, but I thought there was a great deal you could do with it. I especially liked the way you can link sites or images to each "bubble". I could end up with a very usable lesson plan that would be very easy to follow with all materials accessible from that visual.
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