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Let's be honest. Designing PBL for Math can be a different beast. With the pressure of high-stakes testing and a packed curriculum, I often coach teachers who are nervous about giving time to a robust PBL project. In addition, because of the plethora of math standards, it can be difficult to choose the right learning target(s) for the project. Here are some tips for teachers designing individual Math PBL projects.

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"Oh the irony. It's Teacher Appreciation Week and a video of a Texas teen blasting his teacher for not teaching him and his classmates goes viral. On Tuesday Duncanville High School sophomore Jeff Bliss went off on his world history teacher, Ms. Phung, and it was all surreptitiously filmed by a classmate who promptly uploaded it onto YouTube. From there it made it to the front page of Reddit, and the rest, as they say, is history."

Freebie! This is a 23 page document that contains years, graphics, and a brief description of 46 different major events in American History. Each page contains two different event mini-posters that can be cut apart and laminated.

Resources for teachers who are differentiating and using MAP

Backwards Edtech Tool Flow Chart

Great tips and tricks I needed to learn about since I have both devices.

"There's a big difference between using projects in the classroom versus project-based learning in the classroom. What are those differences, you ask? Lucky for you, friEdTechnology (great name) whipped up this snazzy side-by-side comparison outlining the biggest differences."

"Bullying is serious business. There are white papers, reports, and studies done on it all the time. But it's not always easy to find the most effective way to actually talk about bullying with students. If you're looking to prevent bullying, these books are for you."

"Critical thinking is an essential skill in our life.It is through thinking critically that we get to sideline our biases(cultural, racial,ethnic...etc) and see the clear picture.Critical thinking is a sort of meta-thinking, that is thinking about thinking. "

A fun geography game to play. 

Free to download and print for your classroom use by Krissy Venosdale

"Just like I limit the junk food in Grace's belly, I limit the junk books in her brain. I'll loosen up a little when she's old enough to read her own books, but as long as I'm doing the reading, we are reading the good stuff. If I am going to take the time to read to Gracie (and I do, every single day), I want to hear her a book that is stimulating. I want a story that draws me in and makes me want to read just one more chapter! I want it to expand what Gracie knows - either in experiences or feelings or understanding of the world. I want a story with layers  - something she may come back to again as an older kid or even an adult. There is no junk food here."

Katie and I can't cover the entire education app industry by ourselves. Luckily, there are dozens of other sites specifically devoted to education app reviews for teachers and students.

"This session (which will be presented at iPad Summit and Region 20 Tech Fiesta)  focuses on how elementary teachers can use a single iPad productively: in multiple settings and configurations such as whole group, pass around, small groups, and stations using both consumptive and product-based apps showcasing actual student work and app-tivities across the curriculum"