RCAN Shared

I think this program is excellent because it provides training grounds to teach students how to use the internet for research. I love that it ranks sources by reading level! The video on the home screen is self explanatory.

Thanks. I have to play with this. It looks like it has a lot of potential!

Explore free downloadable rubrics organized by the digital age skill you are looking to assess: Communication (Presentation), Collaboration, Creativity & Critical Thinking. Each digital age skill rubric is also broken down into different grade spans, providing a complete set of 4C rubrics for Grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-12.

Interesting rubrics from K-12 for presentations, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking. Areas that we need to extend in the curriculum map for technology.

"This excerpt appears in the Buck Institute for Education's book, "PBL for 21st Century Success: Teaching Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity." Rubrics for each of the "4 C's" are in the book, and we offer guidance below on how to use them in a PBL context."

Some background on the rubrics I shared.

Maybe your students would like to try these students challenges and post their results to these students' blogs.

Online Kids Educational Games - Taking Learning to a Whole New Level! At Turtle Diary, our mission is simple - to make learning fun for the little ones! Grade Pre-K to 5th Grade

Play educational kids games, computer games, printable worksheets and learning games online at turtlediary.com. Learn and play Free Games for Kids Online! This is a free website for toddler to 5th grade. It includes online practice, worksheets, video, lessons, etc. Teachers set up their class and students login to access the activities and view their progress.

The best free educational games for kids aged 6-11.

Kids play free online educational games, test skills and knowledge about books, try out a writing activity, and express opinions in The Stacks. Great if students buy from scholastic with school.

Play fun kids games online at Sprout! Featuring TV characters like Caillou, Chica, Thomas, Barney, Tree Fu Tom, Zerby Derby, Astroblast and more! Good for preschool and early elementary.

Cybraryman Twitter Chat Hashtag - I bookmarked this as a part of a conversation about educational chats via Twitter during the Essex County April workshop.