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This is a paid service that will help schools add rigor and relevance to the learning process.  It can also be used in the development of instruction and assessment as we move to the Common Core and Customized Learning.

From Research to Practice: Slideshow by Laurie Posey, EdD

Teacher explains using flipped instruction with embedded Google form in which students respond during viewing. Great stuff.

Not just videos but a resource for creating your own videos to help you "Flip" instruction.

Educators use frequent formative assessments to determine the needs of each student at Forest Lake Elementary School, and then leverage technology to tap into their learning styles.

Professional Development, Curriculum, Instruction, & Resources to help schools move into the 21st century.

Instructional Technology Resources website sharing student expectations and important skills and knowledge K-12

Curriki, the online education community, is building the first website to offer free, open-source instructional materials for K-12. We have thousands of free worksheets, lesson plans, exams, project ideas and activities for English language arts, math, science, social studies, technology integration and other subjects. All of our educational material is contributed by teachers and partners and is free and open source.

Great resources from a instructional technologist dedicated to making a difference.

Objectives:Students will be able to compile information on given subjectStudents will be able to organize information on a given subject using tagsStudents will be able to present information Process: If you are presenting this lesson in a Web 2.0 class you will have many directions in which you can take this lesson. If you are integrating these tools and this lesson into a content area classroom, you will want to focus your lesson around what you want your students to find. 1. Have students respond to this prompt: Social Networks are closing us off from the rest of the world and creating a society of selfish, ego driven individuals. They are wasting time in workplace and are a constant disruption to a student's learning.  2. Explain that students would normally respond to this type of response in a written essay, however, that will not be the case today. Have students seek out information to either defend or challenge this prompt. Instruct students that they have the entire class period today to work in groups or individually and find clippings that support or challenge this prompt.

Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand Blog Flipping Instruction

Guided Inquiry: actively learning, construct knowledge, collaboration, teacher facilitates, assigned roles of manager, recorder, technician, and presenter.  Short daily quiz.  Read textbook and other information after the introduction in class.   Examine the recorders notes which are passed in and used to guide/adjust learning. Important that students discover the right answer and not be given any answers. (Problem-Based Learning) 

Sample Downloadable Teaching Units including Nutrient Cycles, Circulatory System, Chemistry Significant Digits, Classification of Matter