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Welcome to another online tool to allow for Formative Assessment and engage students in discussion. Answer Garden allows the teacher to set up a website that gathers student input and ideas. As students answer a question prompt, their answers appear on the home Answer Garden screen set up by the teacher. Both teacher and students have an opportunity to see what the ideas of the crowd really are. It is simple to use. Since this is a open web tool students should be reminded to not answer with personal or identifying information. No student log in is required. Ways to use Answer Garden: Pose a Driving Question Collect ideas and opinions Look for adjectives that describe a character in a book Use as a polling mechanism… large words most popular Look for number of class that can get a correct answer Incorporate in a Socrative Seminar Align words to an idea, concept, place, or object Compare and contrast using two Answer Gardens Exit ticket of a learned concept Get feedback on an upcoming test

"The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction."

Preparing for conversations about online safety

Has resources to raise awareness and understanding of digital citizenship for teachers, parents, and students.

This is a great starting point for anyone wanting to gain a basic understanding of Project-Based Learning. It is not only a great resource for teachers, but it is also beneficial for students, parents, and community stakeholders to view.

Sometimes it is as important to understand what something IS NOT. This animated video provides an overview of Project-Based Learning vs. Project-Oriented Learning.

View how assessment can be integrated seamlessly into project-based learning.

audience is allowed to ask questions and vote most important ones to the top.

Great ideas for making annotation an instructional tool

"A real-time group brainstorming and decision making app"