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This is a good resource because it provides tips and tricks for making a short film

This website has good tutorial that has step by step instructions on how to make a YouTube video. It includes what equipment to choose, ideas, how to make the video, how to edit the video, and how to upload and promote your video.

This is a good resource because it gives a list of apps to use for movie making in the classroom.

Game designers have mastered certain tricks that make games so addictive that people can't stop playing them. Here are the top five secrets that game designers know, and some tips on how you can use these same game dynamics to make learning in your classroom as addictive as gaming.

The internet makes many everyday tasks faster and more convenient, like shopping, researching products, banking, searching for health information, and communicating on the go. Get tips for being safe and making the most of your time online

This site is a good digital citizen site because it shows different ways to show good internet etiquette. This site is more of a secure your computer site. It can help you keep your computer from getting a virus and it can also get a virus off of your computer. It shows how you can be more smart online and also shows ways to protect your kids.

The internet makes many everyday tasks faster and more convenient, like shopping, researching products, banking, searching for health information, and communicating on the go. Get tips for being safe and making the most of your time online.

Has step-by-step instructions and storyboarding tips on how to make a storyboard for videos. A storyboard is a tool for sketching out how a video will unfold, shot by shot. It looks like a comic strip.

A short video that gives a brief overview of how to get started making a Blendspace. It explains that you can put videos, make quizzes, and add text in the various slides.

BizWorld is great for elementary students! I love this PBL lesson, it has to do with children making and selling their own friendship bracelets and selling them. It works with Math and Economics!

BizWorld is great for elementary students! I love this PBL lesson, it has to do with children making and selling their own friendship bracelets and selling them. It works with Math and Economics!

Children's Poetry includes several featurues that make it ideally suited for teaching phonemic awareness, word recognition, and reading fluency. -children's poems are short and easy to learn -Poems Play with the Sounds of Language -Poems Make Phonics more engaging Poems can range from simple to complex.

Explains how elementary school teachers can use infographics in their classroom. It describes how to make them and how allowing the students to make their own and different learning styles that it helps.

Make a word cloud using this generator! This can be used to help teachers display various words to engage students that could be struggling to grasp a certain idea or concept.

Allow student's to make their writing come to life. Students are able to illustrate, add audio and animation, and create a unique project to make their family proud. Ideal for children's picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and more.

Make a video online for free with GoAnimate! Make videos for YouTube and Facebook, create business and educational videos, make animated e-cards and more!

The #1 task management app used by over 11 million people globally, Any.do is free mobile and online task manager for Android, iPhone, Web and more. This is an easy way to share tasks with others, while also making quick to do lists. Educators can use this tool to organize ideas, and make quick notes.

(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.

Edmodo is a site that allows teachers to make pages that their students/parents can join to get important information. As the teacher you can post important information that you want your students/parents to know. You can create polls that the members of the page can answer. Teachers can make quiz's and assignments to be completed and graded on Edmodo. This Collaboration tool is great for teachers, students, and parents to have a place where you can see all of the information that you need for the class

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.

Helps shows steps while your working with the infographic and what to add.\ 1.) Determine your auidence 2.) Make your research 3.) Choose color palette 4.) Focus on structure 5.) Fill in blanks, compelling data 6.) Integrate and make designs 7.) Add sources to bottom 8.) Share it with students

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.