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I chose this as one of my 5 resources because I liked how it gave this history of technology integration as well as videos to watch that showed examples of technology integration. This specific link shows benefits of integrating technology as well as where the idea began. I think this website would be a very good website to show any teacher who is skeptical of integrating technology into their classroom.

Great source for finding the best educational apps for use in the classroom. It breaks them into different grade levels if you want and then provides a short summary of what the app is all about and why it is such a great app to use in the classroom.

Integrate math, science, geography, literature, and writing into a mapmaking activity!

This site is awesome! It discusses how to teach digital citizenship and offers integration ideas for all subject areas. In addition, it offers curriculum ideas for teachers, while providing activities for students as well.

This is a good lesson plan for teaching Digital Citizenship to students.

This website has good videos to show pertaining to Digital Citizenship.

This is a website helping define the issues of appropriate technology use. It provides a framework of nine elements for users to better understand the issues.

I chose this webpage because it provides a good explanation of what a Digital Citizen is and should be.

Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media.

Check out our Scope & Sequence below to find the right resources for your classroom. The grade-differentiated units spiral to address a cross-curricular approach. Teachers can use the units either sequentially by grade or at any grade level within the band.

This website goes over the basics of having digital citizenship. On this website you can learn about the basics of digital citizenship. This is a good site for parents to go to and learn more about how to teach their kids to use the internet the right way. The different topics are cell phones, cyber bullying, and basic internet safety.

This website goes over the basics of having digital citizenship. On this website you can learn about the basics of digital citizenship. This is a good site for parents to go to and learn more about how to teach their kids to use the internet the right way. The different topics are cell phones, cyber bullying, and basic internet safety.

Real teachers and real examples of classroom websites using Weebly.com. This website is what my group used to create our websites and help our classmates

This gives very good, clear reasons why keeping a website as a teacher is important. I think that it echoes some of the chapter's points as well. Please give it a look.

Benefits of owning and updating a classroom website.

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.

This article talks about the difference in making projects and project based learning.

This article talks about the difference in making projects and project based learning.

This website explores the difference between projects and project based learning. Projects can represent a range of tasks that can be done at home or in the classroom that, quickly or over time. Project Based Learning according to this website features project and focuses on how learning and the product itself. This website contains a tab for information, but it also has a tab for parents which is different compared to other websites explored. It also features a tab for teacher development talking about a conference for teachers to help with PBL.

"Cult of Pedagogy" is a website and a place for teachers to unite and explore ideas together through a blog, podcast, and posts. The main page goes into detail about what Project Based Learning entails. This website uses the analogy "project based learning, the content is baked inside of a long-term project, a real-world problem students need to solve in a creative and authentic way. In the process of solving the problem, students also meet required standards, but this work is integrated into the project, not separate from it". This is a key component in understanding PBL because it is more than just solving a basic math problem. The really cool thing about this website is that it connects the viewer to a podcast called "Cult of Pedagogy". Teacher's can listen to this broadcast to get ideas about teaching and PBL. There is also a tab for teaching materials. The materials included are e-book template, google drive basics, and icebreakers that all educators can utilize when implementing Project Based Learning into their classroom. Overall, this is a great tool created by an educator for all.

Explores how Project Based Learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students explore real world problems through hands-on, engaging activities. This website provides evidence of PBL through videos. The video portion of this website is very helpful and connects to this chapter because it shows different activities that teacher's can use to engage their students. Not only are there videos, but there is also topics that organize the different types of lessons and activities making it organized and efficient to use. Lastly there is a blog where teachers can communicate with each other, exploring new ideas and topics.