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In this blog post, Larmer explores different teaching strategies and differentiates between two PBLs -- project-based learning and problem-based learning, which he describes as two sides of the same coin to engage and teach students.

What's the difference between project-, problem-based learning?

1. Student Created Content

a persuasive presentation, a digital booklet, an animated report, a video they shot – is tremendously rewarding.

students learn and experience when they create their own digital content

Maria Montessori opens her first Children’s House in Rome, where kids are encouraged to play and teach themselves. Americans later visit her schools and see the Montessori method in action. It spreads worldwide.

“The bottom line is, if you’re not the one controlling your learning, you’re not going to learn as well.”

Math textbooks can be very dry and hard for students to read for understanding. So much of math involves relationships, patterns, and 3-D objects that a static textbook just can’t do justice to. Online supplements can give students a better understanding of relationship, pattern, and 3-D objects with video and animation.

11. Harcourt Multimedia Math Glossary

Real World Math Practice:

It’s simply harnessing the power of technology to leverage your instruction. It’s incorporating technology in your teaching practice to boost student engagement and motivation.

I thought this Connected Educator Starter Kit was a great resource to share to get started.

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Access to the Internet connects kids to all kinds of information — and for low-income students especially, that access has the power to change their social structure by allowing them to become empowered and engaged, said Michael Mills,

The Internet is about empowerment. If we take away this access because we think certain people aren’t going to use it right, we’re no better than governments who take away voting rights from minorities.”

ow-income students’ test scores increased by 30 percent after they were given smartphones to access more information and instruction and to collaborate with their peers.

What does an educational professional need to be or do to tune in and synchronize with the new realities silently emerging inside schools and educational environments?

Eight Habits of Highly Effective 21st Century Teachers

. Adapting

You still need to plan the objectives of the lesson, but you can leave the activity unplanned. Start the lesson with a discussion  about the goals and objectives you want students to be working towards that day. Then, see where the conversation leads you!

Allow students to share their creativity by working on open-ended and mostly unstructured work. This can really help to target different learning types, as each student can choose what works best for them. Some may work in small groups, while others choose to work alone. At the end, each student or group should share their creation with the class. This makes for interesting presentations as the class is treated to a variety of skits, stories, newscast videos, or informational posters. The sky (and student imagination) should be the limit!

1) Notify Parents

2) Develop a Responsible Use Policy

4) Plan Activities "With" Students

Using visual thinking methodologies, Kidspiration provides a cross-curricular visual workspace for K-5 learners. Students combine pictures, text, numbers and spoken words to develop vocabulary, word recognition, reading for comprehension, writing and critical thinking skills.

Kidspiration works the way students think and learn and the way teachers teach. As students make visual connections, they build fundamental skills in reading, writing, math, science and social studies. Kidspiration offers activities in all curriculum areas, so students use visual learning naturally and confidently.

Twitter makes staying in touch and sharing announcements super simple and even fun. These ideas offer a great way to put the tool to good use.

Twitter’s hashtags and other tools share a great way to organize information for your classroom.

Use these ideas to take advantage of the vast resources that Twitter has to offer.

The affordances of technology have given students greater access to information

we still need to teach our students to think critically

The use of technology in the classroom is becoming more mainstream than ever