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Background information/articles/resources/videos on the flipped classroom.

Many educators are experimenting with the idea of a flipped classroom model. Find out what it is and why everyone's talking about it. A great infographic on flipped classroom

Done for an assignment for Uni, A look at the progression of student communication and classroom settings from the past to the future.

Great ways to start the conversations about creativity. Could easily also work for us as principals in professional development.

This is an awesome article. I am going to use this with our October core team meeting activity. We will read it and talk about what are we already doing that connects to these tips and generate more ideas that support these tips. Love it!

Great article!

We needed to consider a collaboration center that includes a long conference table with a plasma screen at the end, level with students who will be seated around the table-almost removing the barriers of geography. Within spaces like these, it will be important for librarians to teach students how to responsibly and safely connect with others from around the world. You can show students how to go online and find other students, professionals and organizations that would be willing to discuss and debate topics being studied. You can make use of web databases such as ePALS where classrooms from India, China, Australia and other countries abroad are waiting to bring a new dimension into learning. Additionally, you can use software like Skype that will allow your students to make these connections for free through online audio and video conferencing.

This classroom guide is intended to inspire and expand your thinking about effective assessment for project-based learning. The tips are organized to follow the arc of a project. First comes planning, then the launch into active learning, and then a culminating presentation. Reflection is the final stage. Download this today and get started!

Recently, I was told by a teacher that she doesn't have time to teach digital citizenship because she has to cover too many other content-specific standards. I get it... the Common Core-state tests-AP/IB/SAT/ACT Madness eats up so much of our time.

What does that look like in the classroom?

High school flipped classroom prototype...we are working on this in Edmoto now for 5th and 6th grade.

Modern science tells us that our complex education system's overall success depends on the little things that happen in the classroom with the 77 million students, 7 million teachers, and infinite number of ideas in the over 60 million lessons taught everyday.

These authors have examined decades of research to determine which teaching strategies have positive effects on student learning. To learn more about these strategies, click on Building Better Instruction by Kathy Brabec, Kim Fisher, and Howard Pitler. Another article,Focus on Instruction , by NREL,gives K - 12 examples of classroom activities.

The education of today's student for tomorrow's workplace should combine practical, intellectual, and social skills as never before. What does this mean for classrooms? Many teachers are finding that POWERING ON not only boosts student achievement-it lets them do more while capturing the imaginations of our young people.

Great video about 10 min. Long. Excellent for showing parents (and teachers!) how we can use technology in our classrooms.

Transforming Classrooms into Engaging 21st Century Learning Environments