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"Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, and Creativity"

Project-based learning and Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, and Creativity from P21

A student shared this resource with me. This is what she told me, " The thing that attracted me to it was their feature that allows you to type in a book title and it gives you recommendations based on that book. Plus, if you really want to narrow down your search you can add up to four books for more personalized results. I thought over the website was awesome, so I thought I just had to share it with you.." I think it looks like fun. This link is for the section on young adults and teens. 

AdLit offers information and resources for parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers in fourth through 12th grade. Its content is free and provided by a nationwide multimedia project from WETA, Washington D.C.'s public radio and TV station. From book suggestions to classroom strategies and college-readiness advice, everything here is available to the public. There's no sign-in required; the site is easy to browse and broken down into sections such as Common Core Classroom, Hot Topics, and Research and Reports, among many others. Rotating features on the home page include segments like "Choosing a Book in the Comfort Zone" and "Thinking About Assessment and Evaluation." The site also hosts videos and webcasts featuring professional development and discussions related to adolescent literacy. Read More

This is actually NOT one of the awards lists that I use for collection development anymore. Like many other librarians I've spoken to, I found that the list peaked with "How I Live Now", and hasn't had a book on it that was popular with teenagers since. I think that they have taken their goal of awarding books of literary excellence in the wrong direction, going for obscure and hard to read books.

Mindmapping and brainstroming resource. An online version of Inspiration.

"Exploratree in action"