Edutopia in Action - Authentic Tasks

I have just found this wonderful video from edutopia which is about engagement theory and authentic tasks. While I fully understand the concept of engagement theory (Kearsley and Shcneiderman 1999) which incorporates the relate, create and donate method of student centred tasks, I was struggling to think of actual ideas for ' authentic tasks. So I did some research this morning and found this wonderful video (edutopia,2010) which demonstrates this concept. Engagement theory (Kearsley and Shcneiderman,1999) as identified by this school encourages problem based learning and real world task involvement, which in turn encourages life long learning. Students are directed to think about how and what they want to learn and begin to take responsibility for their own education, by guiding, developing and enhancing their own learning. This is in essence active learning. (Abiline Christian University,2000) References Abiline Christian University,( 2000)the ACU Adams Center for Teaching Excellence Edutopia (Youtube) 2010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeOpDAPaNYQ) retrieved 1/5/2010 Kearsely, G & Shneiderman, B (1999) Engagement Theory: A Framework for technology based teaching and learning. Retrieved 18th April, 2010 from http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/engage.htm Have a look, it certainly makes me so excited and I just want to get out there and teach! Video has been embedded at the bottom of the page.