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"There are many people out there who would be interested in knowing the events that happened on a specific date, for example their birthday. Once you visit the website, you can enter the date into the "Text Box" such as "19th January 1995″ and click "Take Me Back". The website will then find events that occurred on that date. The website will tell you the day it was, for example Monday or Friday or whatever day of the week it was, and will also tell you important events and achievements of that day. These special events include Music Charts, Magazine Covers, Movies, Books, Astrology, Fashion, Advertisement, and many more. Features Find nostalgic events that occurred on a specific date. Know how the world looked like on your Birthday, or any date you want. Great for history buffs. Check out Take Me Back @ http://takemeback.to"

"Use Pullquote to create a link to a paragraph or sentence on a web page. Share the link with just one click, then watch clickthrus rise in your browser's toolbar. Pullquote is great for tweeting, micro-bookmarking and sharing key ideas."

Integrated & Interdisciplinary PBL You have begun to master the design process of Project Based Learning and the 8 Essential Elements of PBL are evident in the projects you have planned. That's great! The next step in your PBL journey might be to plan an integrated or interdisciplinary project. You can start by bringing other content areas into your own project, or begin planning projects with your colleagues from other content areas. Learn about successfully implemented integrated/interdisciplinary projects in various subjects and grade levels, and hear about design and management techniques to transform your projects into rich learning experiences for your students. Dayna Laur, BIE National Faculty member and featured teacher from Edutopia's Schools that Work series on integrated studies, will lead this hour long session.

Teaching needs to become much more student centered, inquiry based, project based and investigative. The use of ELP (Extended Learning Projects) or CBL (Challenge Based Learning) are great ways to allow students to use mobile devices for inquiry and investigative research as well as creativity using a variety of media for presentations and multimedia.

Terri Bush shared this with me. Looks great!

This is a great resource, Maryann! Thanks.