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Get best practices for these valuable real-world learning opportunities. Project ideas, too!

A great source of information that details what project based learning is all about in simple, and easy to understand terms.

This is about George Washington and the wars that he fought in and his presidency. It will be useful for understanding what was important in his life.

These are the questions that you need to ask yourself when selecting an internet source. Not all things found on the internet are true (GASP!). It's important to know that your source is accurate and reliable when using it in any educational setting.

This website provides tips and tricks for evaluating web sites. Because you cannot trust everything on the internet, it is important for students to understand how to evaluate whether the web site is credible. 

Building on the best of existing state standards, the Common Core State Standards provide clear and consistent learning goals to help prepare students for college, career, and life. The standards clearly demonstrate what students are expected to learn at each grade level, so that every parent and teacher can understand and support their learning.

Building on the best of existing state standards, the Common Core State Standards provide clear and consistent learning goals to help prepare students for college, career, and life. The standards clearly demonstrate what students are expected to learn at each grade level, so that every parent and teacher can understand and support their learning.

We could use this link to dig deeper into what common core standards are. It could also be used to look up specific standards in different states.

Infographics are great to make data or other difficult concepts much easier to understand!

Having a copy of digital learning standards that presents them in a way that is easy to understand as well as broken down into understandable chunks will help as we work through digital portfolios and their relevance in a 21st century classroom.

This link goes to the six National Educational Technology Standards for Students.

a Quick summary of teaching standards at iste.org

This video is an analogy of why assessments are important, how they affect student performance, and why assessments need to be fair. By using an analogy of two specific football players, viewers can come to understand assessment in a different way.

The website explains in depth and gives examples of PLNs. This is a good resource to help understand PLNs.

Add items to check for understanding any place in a video. Excellent tool for flipping a lesson.

Many educators are experimenting with the idea of a flipped classroom model. This infographic clearly explains a flipped classroom and the benefits. If you are having trouble completely understanding the idea of a flipped classroom this will help.

This helps teachers show how to show students decide what is fairly used and copyrighted.

The content of this site are crucial to understanding the basics of using a resource appropriately and correctly. The legal implications of using information/resources in papers and such is important for developing writers to understand. The webpage defines copyright, copyright infringement, and more related topics. Distinctions between plagiarism and copyrighting are specified, as these are often confusing concepts for students. Properly citing sources simply proves for effective research. Students will continually write papers with borrowed info., reference things, and etc. that deal with using resources, so it is important to express the various components associated with citations. This resource could prompt discussion over the do's and don't's of using resources; for example, "What might you use an outside resource for?"

This is the article that students will read if problem-based learning is their favorite teaching. It gives students more of an insight to using problem-based learning and how they can incorporate it into their classroom.

This thoroughly explains what a PBL is and what is designed to do for the students. This is mainly helpful for students who are actually working on a project as this will help guide them to better understand what they will get out of it.

This is an entertaining video emphasizing how generations understanding of technology has evolved and the heavy reliance of technology in todays world.

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.

A group of fun and serious videos designed to make the economy understandable.

It's so important for even young students to understand that they should protect their personal information. This video does an excellent job of defining personal information and explaining who it is okay and not okay to share it with. Appropriate for PK though 2.

I love this video for teaching internet safety to young students. It does a good job of defining what the internet is so little ones can understand. It explains how the internet can be fun and helpful but also scary without rules and an adult helper. I have used this for PK through 2nd grade.

This breaks down The copyright and fair use guidelines for teachers. The chart is easy to understand and explains exactly what teachers are allowed to do.

Is your assessments working? This article helps to give clear cut examples to make sure your classroom assessments are effective.

These seven points help a teacher determine if their assessment of their students is working to foster growth and development in their classes. Each point is a different idea of how assessment can be done in a classroom.

I choose this article because it gives ideas to assess is your classroom assessments are working.