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This chapter pulls the baby elephant as the subject and talks about an elephants life from birth to a few months old. The article talks about what baby elephants look like, how they get nutrients, and how they are taken care of in the herd.

Teacher's review of Edmodo, a website mentioned in the chapter as a collaborative tool.This site can be used as a classroom/teacher website. It's like a safe, classroom friendly version of Facebook.

Teacher's review of Edmodo, a website mentioned in the chapter as a collaborative tool.This site can be used as a classroom/teacher website. It's like a safe, classroom friendly version of Facebook.

This is the chapter in the book in which our group is teaching out of. Will be essential to our lesson plans or for students to look over later!

The topic we were assigned for our lesson plan. This website serves as an interactive "textbook" that has discussions areas at the end of each chapter.

This is the chapter of the book we taught to the class.

I choose this resource for this chapter because I wanted to provide people with an alternative way to conduct formative assessments. These type of assessments provide feedback right away and actively engage the students. Since these assessments are web based, they can be conducted with any type of smart device.

This site contains information on formative assessments, such as why and how we use them. It has information on getting students to remember things better and longer. Gives extra information and ideas to go with the Assessment part of our chapter.

I chose this site as a resource for chapter 8 because it is a great tool to use to incorporate technology in the classroom. I also really like it because you can use it on multiple devices (laptop, tablet, phone) and it's free.

This is the EDTech 3123 classroom online textbook's chapter on Problem Solving, Inquiry Learning, and Games. It was useful with definitions and the role of teachers in different "based" classrooms. It was helpful in finding resources and articles to explain problem-based learning, project-based learning, game-based learning, inquiry-based learning, and gamification.

This site has some examples as well as some explanations of the different types of portfolios there are, including best work and growth. 

I think this site is perfect for chapter 8 because it is an excellent resource for finding iPad apps suitable for all age groups and subject areas. It even has apps for Bloom's Taxonomy!

This is a great website that talks about different apps for teachers and students, it is categorized into many groups for easy access.

Get recommended app lists, webcasts and resources selected by Apple Distinguished Educators. Our recommended apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings. We are what we app! I chose this resource for chapter 8 because it has recommended apps for numerous grade levels and subjects along with apps for special education students and teachers. This is a reliable source that can be useful with searching for educational apps.

Internet 4 classrooms has tons of technology integrated lesson ideas for K-12. It also includes ideas on how to get started, and other general resources. I chose this website for the chapter because it has content for all grade levels.

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.

Our class book where chapter 6 is located. This is the information used to teach in our lesson plan.

goes into detail about assessing learning

Common Sense Graphite is a site by teachers, for teachers that helps you find the best educational technology resources and learn the best practices for implementing them in your classroom. Brought to you by Common Sense Media: Empowering kids to thrive in a world of media and technology. I chose this resource for chapter 8 because on this website you can browse educational resources by subject, grade level and skill. It then provides a list of tools, apps, websites and portfolios that meet the specific criteria searched. This site is helpful when searching for generic educational resources

Are you looking for standards-aligned electronic learning resources to help your students? Here, you can find free Educational Resources, reviews of Online Courses, and commercial Electronic Learning Resources. I chose this resource for chapter 8 because on this site you can browse resources by subject area and grade level and read summaries and reviews by educators. This website is helpful when finding and evaluating software applications for a classroom.

I chose this resource for chapter 7- Web Resources for Teaching and Learning, because it provides a "new" interactive method for teacher-student learning. This source provides information for everything you need to know to help engage both the teacher and the students more.

Socrative empowers you to engage and assess your students as learning happens.

You can use this tool to quickly make assessments for your class. The assessments are interactive and you can look at the data from your students after