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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.

Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media. This site lets you choose which age group you want to learn about

Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media. This site lets you choose which age group you want to learn about

Educreations is a community where anyone can teach what they know and learn what they don't. Our software turns any iPad or web browser into a recordable, interactive whiteboard, making it easy for teachers and experts to create engaging video lessons and share them on the web. Students can replay these lessons any time, any place, on any connected device. We're on a mission to dramatically improve student achievement by extending the reach of great teaching.

This source allows students to improve their writing techniques, such as: grammar, vocabulary, and spelling.

The main focus of this infographic to prove how twitter can improve students grades in the classroom through class discussion, asking questions, and assignments. 

Great benefits and ways to use multimedia in the classroom. The use of multimedia allows improvement of individual attention and group collaboration. The many different types of multimedia outlets and multimedia projects are represented.

BuzzMob is a platform for improving communication in education. Available for iPhone, Android and web.

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.

(WEEK 12) We chose this source because as we were teaching we found it to be a little difficult to actually find more than a few people to connect with on a professional level on twitter. This actually shows you how to make connections that would better you as a teacher and improve your learning environment.

This website lists several ways to improve communication with non English speaking parents. This is a great thing to remember going into a classroom. It can also be a cause for discussion in an education class.

The Office of Educational Quality and Accountability supports high level student performance by ensuring quality evidence based educator preparation, improving P20 school efficiency and effectiveness, and providing comprehensive statistical information for all stakeholders

This article gives reasons on why digital storytelling should be used in the classroom. It explains all the benefits of using it and how it improves the students learning.

This website has a bunch of videos on how to integrate and improve videos for your class. It has videos to help with idea, editing, camera skills and much more.

Article about the benefits of using laptops in the classroom

The positive influence of 1:1 teaching in the classroom. It is explained how providing this technological tool for all students is the first step to improving the learning and results of learning.

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.

Examples of gamification that can easily be put in a classroom to improve student engagement and participation.

Great way to learn how to use a PLN in education !

This is a ning site dedicated to the support of a Personal Learning Network for Educators. This website creates connections between professionals and provides many available resources.

This site is actually a PLN for educators to communicate information and includes numerous types of discussion.

Creating compelling home videos takes practice, and we've put some tips together to get you started. They'll help you record more watchable movies that you and your family can enjoy for years to come. Our shooting tips fall into two categories - honing your technique for engaging movies and general suggestions for improving your shots.