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Explores how Project Based Learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students explore real world problems through hands-on, engaging activities. This website provides evidence of PBL through videos. The video portion of this website is very helpful and connects to this chapter because it shows different activities that teacher's can use to engage their students. Not only are there videos, but there is also topics that organize the different types of lessons and activities making it organized and efficient to use. Lastly there is a blog where teachers can communicate with each other, exploring new ideas and topics.

Make simple popsicle stick catapults for fun play at home. Popsicle stick catapults are a great STEM activity and boredom buster on bad weather days!

Make simple popsicle stick catapults. Ideas that were used for our project based learning project.

The website, "Little Bins for Little Hands" is a website that has different STEM projects and Project Based Learning projects for teachers to use in the classroom. This website shows the project of building a catapult out of popsicle sticks and rubber bands. It provides pictures, videos, steps to build one. It then provides a like to different physic activities that can be taught in the classroom using project based learning.

This site is an activities and ideas page from the Digital Learning Day in February 2016. It offers resources and activities to aid teachers in implementing digital citizenship resources within the classroom.

This website discusses the importance of storytelling when teaching new material to a class. We felt like when most people think of storytelling they only think of teaching in that method to younger kids but it can actually be beneficial to all ages. We thought this website had a lot of good reasons and facts as to why storytelling can be beneficial in the classroom.

This article is a good read because at the bottom it gives tips on how to get people engaged and do what you want them to do!  Highlighted in green is the important tips I took out of this read. 

A good story can make or break a presentation, article, or conversation. But why is that? When Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich started to market his product through stories instead of benefits and bullet points, sign-ups went through the roof. Here he shares the science of why storytelling is so uniquely powerful.

Below is a complete list and summary of each of the activity ideas that are featured in Playing to Learn. The full book descriptions for these activities include: 1) introductory information that sets up the context of each activity; 2) step-by-step instructions on leading each activity in class; and 3) extension and modification ideas for adapting each activity.

EdTech Week 5 PTT Increasing active learning to reach the standard: "Facilitate and Inspire student learning and creativity

This article gives specific examples of active learning

I chose this article to help me understand what PBL actually is and how it contributes to student's learning in the classroom. Project-Based Learning (PBL) shifts classroom activity away from teacher-centered instruction and emphasizes student-centered projects where the teacher can build relationships with students by acting as their coach, facilitator, and co-learner.

Includes videos and advice from experts about project-based learning activities.

This social bookmarking website is great for teachers because it has numerous different ways for parents and educators to find the most educational tools for your student. They have iPad apps, learning websites, and activities for students to participate in to make learning more focused on that child.

Using technology in the K-12 classroom has benefits for students and teachers alike. Find out how it engages active learners, facilitates collaboration, and helps teachers succeed.

This article gives 5 good reasons why technology should be used in a classroom, not only by teachers, but also by students. The 5 things are: engages students and creates active learners, encourages individual learning and active growth, facilitates peer evaluation, prepares students for the real world, and creates more engaged and successful teachers.

Think that integrating technology into the classroom will only distract students and marginalize educators? Think again. Since students are already interested and engaged in technology, teachers can harness that attention for educational purposes. Incorporating the internet, laptops, tablets and even smartphones into the curriculum has many benefits for teachers and students alike.

This site shows the two assessment types for students - Formative and Summative

Differentiated assessment is an ongoing process of evaluation where the teacher gathers information and data before, during, and after instruction to better facilitate the learning. This website gives several examples that teachers can use for assessing.

I thought this was a nice resource for ideas to differentiate your assessments. One of the items for fair assessment was many different kinds of measures. This source provides you with a lot of good ideas as well as cool activities

This web-site gives several examples of project-based learning activities for the classroom.

Activities and how to manage a one computer classroom. Also includes websites of where to these activities.

Gives a good description and lessons on digital etiquette. Includes topics such as social networking, online safety, email and cyberbullying.

In this educational animated movie about Technology learn about online manners, courtesy, respect, the internet, and trolls.

In this educational animated movie about Technology learn about online manners, courtesy, respect, the internet, and trolls.

Students use games, manipulatives, and computers to learn the advantages of using Boolean terms when searching the Web. The site will help you create a lesson to teach your students over boolean logic. With hand-ons and interactive activities, students will be able to understand the concept of Boolean Logic for when they search the internet.

Combining Education Technology and Active Learning to create a new form of classroom.

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