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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 is an online tool for students with choices of way to learn. Students are allow to choose ways of learning and also to demonstrating what they did for their assignments. This online tool is meant to engage and accommodate for all students in general.

I chose this resource because it talks about how teachers can use technology to enhance teaching and learning. It gives access to teaching and learning tools that teachers could use in the classroom. It discusses the types of learning they could use each of these tools for as well.

Apps can assess student progress and engage with interactive elements in a way that textbooks and traditional learning aids cannot.

DreamBox combines a highly personalized math learning experience with a rigorous curriculum for deep understanding of math concepts, so students learn to solve real-world math problems. Results are driven by: Intelligent Adaptive learning™ technology that differentiates content, pace, and lesson sequence in real-time A rigorous K-8 math curriculum aligned to CCSS, TEKS, SOL, WNCP, and Ontario Curriculum A highly motivating learning environment that encourages students to persist and progress Take a look at our K-8 math curriculum

PBL Explained

This site provides a great summary of PBL, as well as informing the teacher why they should use PBL in the classroom. It is very thorough, and it provides external resources.

A website that breaks down the basics of project based learning into simple, and easy to understand ideas.

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.

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.

This is a nice blended learning tool kit, with listings of free Courseware, free Online Texts, and free Video Resources, followed by a section offering tools for 'remixing'.

aptures what teachers do, what it looks like in the classroom, and explores important instructional strategies that promote student-centered learning autonomy

This website gives steps to incorporate project based learning.

(WEEK 12) We chose this source because it is important for professionals to stay up to date with learning networks and this also helps with keeping them up to date.

This article talks about KWLs, a way to measure student learning quickly and efficiently. The letters KWL stand for "what we know", what we want to know", and "what we learned". I choose this article as a resource because it helps instructors gage a students prior knowledge and even gives you a timeline of what using the KWL assessment should look like.

A list of links for project based learning ideas

Make simple popsicle stick catapults for fun play at home. Popsicle stick catapults are a great STEM activity and boredom buster on bad weather days!

Make simple popsicle stick catapults. Ideas that were used for our project based learning project.

The website, "Little Bins for Little Hands" is a website that has different STEM projects and Project Based Learning projects for teachers to use in the classroom. This website shows the project of building a catapult out of popsicle sticks and rubber bands. It provides pictures, videos, steps to build one. It then provides a like to different physic activities that can be taught in the classroom using project based Learning.

goes into detail about assessing learning

EdTech Week 5 PTT Increasing active learning to reach the standard: "Facilitate and Inspire student learning and creativity

4Cs, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, communication, information, media literacy, technology literacy, life and career skills, 3Rs, learning skills, grit, innovation skills, P21, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Partnership for 21st Century learning

4Cs, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, communication, information, media literacy, technology literacy, life and career skills, 3Rs, learning skills, grit, innovation skills, P21, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Partnership for 21st Century learning