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"Project SWELL (Stewardship: Water Education for Lifelong Leadership) is a district-based science curriculum that teaches children about the importance of the region's waterways. The impact of human-water interaction is explored through a well-balanced, comprehensive, and hands-on water quality and pollution prevention course of study. Project SWELL fosters a sense of stewardship for the natural environment through education, and empowers the future leaders of America to improve the condition of San Diego's coast and waterways."

"Web Worksheet Wizard and Project Poster have combined to make Web Poster Wizard. This FREE tool allows educators to create a lesson, worksheet, or class page and immediately publish it online. Teachers can also set up classes and assign projects to students. Students complete the assignments by creating their own online projects or reports. Teachers and students can even add images and links to their pages. "

National Writing Project (NWP) is a site dedicated to digital writing. Educators can read articles, explore resources, and submit their own publications. The sub links from Google are: About - Since it is hard to filter information via internet, sites must be trusted. This is especially important for educators wanting to incorporate what they find on the internet into their lessons. NWP is a networking community that comes together to provide, "Professional development, develop resources, generate research, and act on knowledge to improve the teaching of writing and learning in schools and communities."

A list of resources for PBL created by Wikispaces.

"This afternoon someone emailed me asking for some suggestions for tools for creating book trailer videos. It has been two years since I last wrote about the topic so I created a new list of tools for creating book trailers. Book trailers are short videos designed to spark a viewer's interest in a book. Having students create book trailers is an excellent alternative to traditional book report projects. A great place to find examples of book trailers is Book Trailers for Readers."

Project Noah is teaming up with the National Environmental Education Foundation and National Geographic Education to launch our Global Schoolyard Bioblitz campaign! Project Noah has quickly become a leading resource for nature exploration and documentation and now we're collecting wildlife observations from schoolyards around the world in an effort to get kids outside and exploring nature.

"What it is: 300 free, teacher-developed Common Core-aligned lessons for Basal reading series in grades 3-5. Why it matters: These lessons can be used immediately in the classroom and for professional development Who creates these materials? Hundreds of teachers worked collaboratively to develop these replacement materials, following deep training on the Common Core by Student Achievement Partners. Each lesson has been authored, edited, and reviewed by a team of teachers."

DOGO Media is a next-generation online network empowering kids to engage with digital media in a fun, safe and social environment. "DOGO" means young or small in Swahili. While our young fans may be small, they act BIG as they engage with our websites and express their opinions on the content that interests and inspires them. DOGOnews was created in '09 by a young mother in the SF Bay Area who couldn't find a reliable and safe source for her grammar school children to use for current events assignments. The word spread…first a couple of classmates read it, then teachers at the school found out about it, and now thousands of students and teachers from around the world are using the DOGO websites in-and-out of the classroom on a daily basis. What started as a small project has quickly grown to a community of kids and educators engaging positively on the current events, books, movies … (and lots more to come) that excite them!

"This project stemmed from a language arts class at Liberty Middle School reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. We spent many months discussing how we can "shatter" stereotypes in our society. The video features "Iron Doors" by The Lighthouse and the Whaler. Enjoy!"

Great place to share stories and learn about other cultures.

Glogster EDU Premium is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom. Perhaps, a great alternative to traditional book reports or any kind of report. Some things you can do with Glogster are: * Glog - interactive poster * Collaborative class projects * School-level teacher management of students and classes * Engage students in fun and creative activities