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This PLN allows you to find great ideas and also share ideas with teachers everywhere and you don't have to follow the person. However the more people you follow the more ideas will show up. You also have the option to pin something which saves it so you will always have it.

Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge. In Gold Standard PBL, Essential Project Design Elements include:

This website goes into detail about what Project Based Learning is. This is a great tool other than the textbook to get a complete grasp on the concept. Not only does it describe PBL as "a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge", but it also provides steps to follow when creating an engaging PBL assignment lesson plan. These steps include: Key Knowledge, Challenging Problem, Sustained Inquiry, Authenticity, Student Voice & Choice, Reflection, Critique & Revision, and Public Product. Following this list of steps and making sure the lesson plan provides all of these points will make for an engaging class. Another component this website contains is a blog for educators to post about the Project Based lessons they implemented in the classroom. I believe sharing ideas with other teachers is one of the most helpful ways to improve your own teaching because you receive feedback and encouragement to what you are doing well, and what can be changed for the benefit of the class.

Free Digital Storytelling Tools For Teachers and Students. At the following list you will find 21 Free Digital Storytelling Tools For Teachers and Students. I chose this to get Ideas for my presentation.

Free Digital Storytelling Tools For Teachers and Students. At the following list you will find 21 Free Digital Storytelling Tools For Teachers and Students. I chose this to get Ideas for my presentation.

This video emphasizes the power of twitter among educators. It highlights a lot of great teachers that use twitter. You should really check it out and follow some of them!

While searching for a set of guidelines to follow when creating an education portfolio, I found several that were listed under other universities (mostly out of state). I wondered if OSU had it's own and did a quick search of our school site and found this pdf.

The dozens of excellent assets presented here are organized into seven well structured categories, as follows: What is Blended Learning? Site visits and Case Studies Digital Systems and Digital Content Staffing Cost Hardware and Infrastructure Blended Learning Blogs

This is a nice blended learning tool kit, with listings of free Courseware, free Online Texts, and free Video Resources, followed by a section offering tools for 'remixing'.

This website is great for inspiring your classroom. The videos and links are easy to follow and give visual representations of differentiated classrooms.

There are many different times of assessments, and different questions come with each one. This infographic helps explain the different forms of assessments and breaks it down step by step so it is easy to follow. Week 5 talks about different forms of assessments and this will be a good tool to use during our peer team teaching.

This is a great website for use in a 1:1 classroom environment. Students can visit the website or download the nearpod app on their phone. The website allows them to follow along during the lesson as well as take quizzes, or participate in interactive polling.

The following websites have been personally recommended by teachers for teachers. Check out the blogs, websites where you can find resources, and websites for your classroom.

Facebook is harder to find trends and new followers, if you have a good list of teachers on your friend list then it is a great resource to answer long questions using facebook messanger.

This is a great video on cyber bullying. It provides students with clear steps to follow if they ever are a victim of this. I have used it for the third through fifth grades.

I like and used this source for Digital Citizenship because it gives a clear and concise overview over the elements of the subject. It also gives solutions and rules to follow, and external links to learn more. Along with that it gives resources for teachers and students to use. Lastly it gives other references on the subject that someone could use.

Students may be unfamiliar with how IMovie works and this link provides simple and helpful advice for the people to follow

I found this site interesting for me (Aaron Awesome Funkhouser) as a history/education major, this website uses historical information through technology.

I found this site interesting for me (Aaron Awesome Funkhouser) as a history/education major, this website uses historical information through technology.

This is a lesson plan for teaching students which links are good links and how to get the best results from their search.