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Apps for your iphone that help integrate instruction into you every day classroom. Many of these will help make life easier as a teacher.

This site is helpful because it is a woman explaining how using "I can" statements helped her better understand standards and deconstruct them easier.

This post is very similar to Dr. Stansberry's instructions on deconstructing standards, and provides a good framework for breaking down what the standards mean and how to implement them. 

Educators use frequent formative assessments to determine the needs of each student. This video is a good example of how we can use formative assessment that is talked about in week 5 in the textbook. Toby also has taught us about differentiation in classrooms.

Educators use frequent formative assessments to determine the needs of each student. This video is a good example of how we can use formative assessment that is talked about in week 5 in the textbook. Toby also has taught us about differentiation in classrooms.

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This is a good source that contains an easy-to-read chart that explains the process of differentiating instruction

This website gives a good description into the details of differentiating instruction. It also shows do's and don'ts for a classroom using this method

This video is very useful because it explains the basic concepts of differentiating instruction. It gives a strong overview of the content that will be covered throughout the week.

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.

These videos show students how to set up and use their LiveText accounts.

Remix-T is online resource for educators to create engaging activities through video. Remix-T shows step by step instruction to create your own video. Students could also use this resource for assignments.

This is a good resource because it has ideas for video production and even has instructions for which websites to use for video production

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.

This article contains various Apps to use as resources in the classroom. I thought this was another engaging way to integrate technology into a lesson or instruction. The link has links to the different apps and provides descriptions of them.

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.

This website shows how to make a google search engine customized. This will be used in our lesson for online intelligence for more help and instructions for the students to make their own customized google search engine.

General, Guest Video is creeping into the education world slowly but surely. In fact, 94 percent of teachers have effectively used video in the classroom during the course of one school year, according to a study by Educational Support Systems. Video can be useful in a number of lessons and classroom settings, and is especially beneficial in reading.

This website is full of videos created by students; they are working on differnt math concepts. They can create them using their phones, educreation, of video cameras. Teachers need to make sure to write out instructions so students know what s expected for them in each video. 

This website evaluates technology as a tool for equality. It features many different devices that can be used for students who are in the general classroom, but have some sort of IEP. When teaching, teachers should be aware of devices that can help students who may need extra help. Teachers can provide additional instruction for these students through many forms of low to high level of complicated technology.

This is a great tool to help guide teachers in instructing how to prevent cyber bullying. The website includes lesson ideas for teachers of all grade levels, presentations for students, and additional resources for the parents and families.