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Robert Ryshke

Teaching + Today - 0 views

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    A site on project-based learning in mathematics.
Beth Holland

Explania - animated explanations & instructional videos - 3 views

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    Ever get stumped by a question? Explania may have the answer. Animations range from the history of football to the inner workings of the human heart. This is definitely a good resource and could be a good model for student technology projects requiring them to demonstrate understanding of complex topics.
Chris Harrow

MAZE A DAY - 2 views

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    A blog where Warren Stokes publishes new mazes he has created. Every day! What a cool project. You really need to check out the amazing creativity of this site!
Robert Ryshke

Project Zero - 1 views

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    A great source for inquiry based instruction and other teaching techniques, ideas, and conversation around creative instruction to improve student learning.
Robert Ryshke

Buck Institute for Education - 1 views

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    This is a good site for following through on ideas related to project-based learning. The CFT is working to bring the Buck Institute to Atlanta in July 2012 for a 3-day workshop at Drew Charter School.
Beth Holland

Edutopia - 1 views

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    Sponsored by the George Lucas Education Foundation, this is a great resource for research as well as case studies of best practices. They have a feature section on Project Based Learning.
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    Beth: One of my favorite sites, good resources, good blogs, and plenty of good ideas under key educational issues. Bob
Robert Ryshke

Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement | Edutopia - 2 views

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    As a teacher, my goal was to go home at the end of each day with more energy than I had at the beginning of the day. Seriously. Now, as I travel the country coaching teachers on how to successfully use project learning, my goal remains the same.
Robert Ryshke

Powerful Learning with PBL - 2 views

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    Look at this article on Edutopia's website that we written by Linda Darling Hammond and Brigid Barron on the merits of PBL. Really good piece that is quoted by many other people writing in this field.
Robert Ryshke

The Shield of Achilles Project: How I Used Digital Video to Make Classical Lit Relevant... - 0 views

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    Kenneth Olden teaches ninth and twelfth grade English in White Swan, Washington. His interests include project-based learning and classical literature. He is participating in the pilot program for the Teaching 2.0 Master's program through the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Follow Ken on Twitter @kennetholden.
Beth Holland

YouTube and the Quest for Audience - 0 views

  • “I love the fact that wether [sic] we like it or not, or better put ‘wether [sic] we know it or not’, we are a part of an international, interemotional and integrating system. But who is studying everyone [sic]? That’s the beauty. We are not being studied by anyone, but we are studying ourselves. It is an amazing system of theories and use.”
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    This article from Anthropology News discusses Prof. Michael Wesch's 2008 presentation at the Library of Congress - An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube. It is worth a read, especially with regard to the last statement, "
Kay Solomon

Random Team Maker - 1 views

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    If you want to generate teams and groups randomly (and quickly), you can't go wrong with this easy-to-use tool. Copy & paste the names of your students in one box, choose team names (optional), the number of teams you want to generate, choose your output format (HTML or Excel format), and click Generate Teams! If you don't like the teams, click Generate Teams! again. Very simple to use. And fast!
Chris Harrow

Some responses to replies to my posts on curriculum reform « Granted, but… - 2 views

  • The goal is always to emulate best practice.
  • The content does not determine the flow, the goals of meaning and transfer do. But content matters; it can’t just be projects. It takes artful design.
Beth Holland

Discovery Education - Curiosity in the Classroom - 0 views

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    This relatively new site from Discovery has some great resources for integrating STEM into the curriculum. It also gives students a look into future career paths.
Robert Ryshke

Breathing Earth - 3 views

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    Check out this site for PBL, global learning project.
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    This is a very powerful graphic rendering of what words cannot easily convey. Thanks, Bob!
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    I agree Jere. I think it is a great segway into PBL. Lots of good PBL could be generated by just looking at this site and starting to ask some interesting questions. Why? Bob
Chris Harrow

Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:The Joy of Blogging - 0 views

  • These 5th graders in a suburban elementary school in southeast Georgia have been engaged in a yearlong blogging project whose purpose was to create a space for the students to converse about what they were learning in class and beyond.
  • We chose to leave our blogs open, giving students a worldwide audience.
  • Because students' blogs were available for outsiders to view, we carefully reviewed guidelines for safe and responsible blogging
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  • n our classroom discussion on safe and responsible blogging, we advised students not to reveal personal identifying information. If they received anything online that made them feel uncomfortable, they were to minimize their screens and immediately report concerns to the teacher.
Robert Ryshke

Main Page - Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology - 0 views

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    This book is listed as an official publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Click here to see their publications. If you have adopted one or more chapters of this book for your class, I would like to know about it! Please use this form to let me know how you are using it. Homepage looks like a good site for resources on important topics in teaching, learning, and technology
Robert Ryshke

Making Learning Real: Problem based learning resources - 0 views

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    Site for resources on pbl and problem-based learning.
Beth Holland

Thinkfinity - from the Verizon Foundation - 0 views

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    In addition to providing a search engine of lesson plans and interactives from about a dozen great content partners, there some great professional development resources.
Robert Ryshke

North Carolina New Schools Project - 1 views

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    NC is ahead of the game trying to develop schools that meet the needs of our 21st C workplace, as well as the needs of students. They are supporting STEM education and partnerships with local universities, Greensboro and Raleigh.
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