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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.

This website explores the different options that Blendspace has for teachers to utilize in their lessons. It is a good overview of all that the website has to offer.

This gives such a great insight about what Blendspace can really do for students and teachers within the classroom.

I chose this because it gives an overview of Blendspace while also giving ideas of what you can use it with.

English teacher and instructional technology coach Brianna Crowley offers practical advice on creating professional learning networks built on intersecting layers of relationships. I chose this article because it showed step by step what we need to do to build those connections.

This site provides information on how to create your own Professional Learning Network including how to get started, how to find other professionals, and how to use it to communicate effectively. It is great to join PLNs but it's great to learn how to create one!

I chose this resource because it gives a brief explanation of what a PLN is. Then it give three specific steps on how to build your PLN and goes into detail about each step.

StudentGuide is filled with several useful resources for new teachers. It gives examples for teachers from grades K-12. We felt this cite was relevant because we are all going to be new teachers and the examples that the cite gives are simple, yet useful and engaging.

This website gives insight on what a PBL is. It gives ideas for teachers to use with their students.

This is a great site to visit. The Fleming County Schools break down digital access and digital health and wellness. It gives descriptions of what each are and gives great examples of what each one consist of. It also explains the importance's of each topic.

This website gives resources for teachers to assess their students' content knowledge in a technological way. Assessment of the instruction of content is essential for a teacher. These resources make assessment interesting and show results in a very visual way. This instruction benefits teachers as they get to realize what their students have actually learned. Often students do not want to show that they do not understand the content, these resources give students a chance to share their voice.

This website gives pros and cons of electronic note taking vs. hard copy note taking. It also gives generalized tips on taking notes.

Great video for PBL! Explains why it is important and gives students perspective on it as well as the teachers.

Great video for PBL! Explains why it is important and gives students perspective on it as well as the teachers.

A great and reliable website that gives key information, as well as a detailed video, about rigorous project-based learning.

This article gives reasons for differentiating not just instruction but assessment, such as using Assessment Menus. It gives an interesting take on a way to make our assessments better.

This article gives descriptions of many different types of whales. It is easy to read and gives students a lot of needed information to write a paper or create a project over the different types of whales

This neat little site gives you everything from the "latest news to the best new tech." They give links and tutorials, help with standards, blogs from other teachers on tech,and tons of other education technology resources.

This particular site is for English teachers and gives 101 excellent other sites that English teachers can use in the classroom. Also, students can take part in fun and engaging activities that have to do with English. goedonline.com is a great resource in general because it provides useful sites for all content areas. I used it to select 10 or so sites for each content area to give to my classmates when they are creating their custom search engine.

This is a great website that describes how to survive in a one computer classroom. It gives examples of how classroom management is with one computer and gives great activities to do to utilize the technology given to you!

This website tells readers how to effectively use iPads in the classroom by real life teachers giving readers their opinion on how their classes use iPads. It also gives a list of activities that iPads can be used for by students in the classroom.

A good summation of how portfolio assessments work and the pros and cons of portfolios.

This website gives definitions and examples of portfolio assessments. it also gives examples of different uses for this type of assessment as well as advantages in using portfolios.

This is the official website for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It gives information about the program, such as their mission statement, their core values, and their plan. It gives other information such as when they hold all of their webinars.

Five Keys to Successful Parent-Teacher Communication Keep these ground rules in mind and parents will thank you - and your life will be much easier! The best way to avoid misunderstandings with parents is to have ongoing, clear lines of communication from the beginning.

This chart gives examples on why parent teacher communication have become disconnected as well as gives us insiders on how to improve parent teacher communication.

This source is pretty self explanatory. It is a website solely dedicated to the subject and gives great information on the subject. This website also gives other resources and does a great job outlining the nine elements of the subject.