Apps for Learning by Doing in a PBL Setting

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Apps for Learning, Livebinders, Project Based Learning | Posted on September 24, 2013

Apps for Learning by Doing in a PBL Setting is a Livebinder by Ginger Lewman full of ideas and Apps to help you in planning project based learning.

Science of Disney

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Math Resources, Project Based Learning, Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on July 12, 2013

disney scienceScience of Disney is a site in development that will allow students to participate in real life project based learning with a STEM emphasis.  Check back as new features are added.

Unpacking the Common Core: Tech Powered Projects

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Professional Development, Project Based Learning, Technology Planning, Videos | Posted on June 14, 2013

unpacking

Unpacking the Common Core:  Tech Powered Projects is a SimpleK webinar posted so teachers can explore these resources at their own pace.

Smithsonian Quests

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Online Projects, Problem Solving, Project Based Learning, Thinking Skills | Posted on March 26, 2013

Smithsonian Quests From the art world to the zoo, from underwater to outer space, from current problems to future solutions, your students will have the freedom to explore their interests and make connections across subjects. They’ll develop skills and enhance their learning through discovery, while earning digital badges as credentials along the way.

Watch this video to learn more:

 

Math Monday

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Math Resources, Problem Solving, Project Based Learning | Posted on March 18, 2013

Math Monday Banner

Math Monday In a partnership with Make: Online, the Museum presents a weekly column discussing fun, experiential, and puzzling topics in mathematics. Collected here are the Math Monday posts from past weeks.

Common Core Middle School Math Resources

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Lesson Planning, Livebinders, Math Resources, Project Based Learning, Reading/Language Arts | Posted on February 28, 2013


Just came upon a phenomenal resource for Common Core Math geared specifically to middle school teachers.  Created by teacher Alison Shook, this Livebinder has everything from tasks, teaching resources, inclusion ideas, integrating reading & writing, students activities, and even algebra resources.

Check it out at:

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=380192

Microsoft Youth Spark

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Global Learning, Microsoft Office Programs/Tools, Project Based Learning | Posted on October 1, 2012

 

 

Microsoft Youth Spark  

Microsoft YouthSpark is a companywide initiative designed to create opportunities for hundreds of millions of youth around the world. Through partnerships with governments, nonprofits and businesses, we aim to empower youth to imagine and realize their full potential by connecting them with greater education, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities. We want to empower youth to change their world.

Beesclip

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Digital Photography, Digital Storytelling, Project Based Learning | Posted on October 1, 2012

 

Beesclip Digital Scrapbook Amazing digital scrapbooks for student creativity, imagination, and self-expression.

Activities to Get Kids Moving with iPads

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Digital Storytelling, iPad, iPod Touch/iPhone, Project Based Learning | Posted on August 20, 2012

Digital Docs in a Box

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Digital Storytelling, Project Based Learning, Social Studies Resources | Posted on August 20, 2012

Digital Docs in a Box is a site for Social Studies teachers with pre-selected primary source documents and images students can use for project based learning – including creating a documentary film.

Interactive Evernote Project with 2nd Graders

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Evernote, Project Based Learning | Posted on August 15, 2012

 

 

 

Evernote for Schools is where you go to learn about how Evernote can be used in schools to enhance classroom instruction.

 

Evernote Pilot Project with 2nd Grade Class  This blog post describes how two different second grade classes used Evernote for collaborative project based learning.

Teachers Guide to Project Based Learning

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Professional Development, Project Based Learning | Posted on July 9, 2012

A Teachers Guide to Project Based Learning pdf.

Teachers Guide to Project Based Learning

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Project Based Learning | Posted on June 11, 2012

 

Teacheres Guide to Project Based Learning is a 57 page PDF that takes you through the steps of how to create a dynamic project based     learning classroom.

 

Wall-to-Wall Project Based Learning

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Project Based Learning, Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on June 8, 2012

Wall-to-Wall Project Based Learning is a conversation with a high school biology teacher who implements projects throughout the entire school year.  

Questioning Toolkit

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Problem Solving, Project Based Learning, Questioning | Posted on June 8, 2012

Questioning Toolkit  has guides to help teachers craft effective questions. 

PBL: What Does It Take for a Project to Be “Authentic”?

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Professional Development, Project Based Learning | Posted on June 7, 2012

PBL: What Does It Take for a Project to Be \”Authentic\”? is an article from Edutopia on project based learning.

CSI Web Adventures

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Project Based Learning, Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on May 18, 2012

  CSI Web Adventures

is a site that helps students learn about forensic science.  The site is funded by a great from the National Science Foundation and hosted by Rice University.  Students explore, experiment and solve forensic mysteries.

Defined STEM

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Math Resources, Project Based Learning, Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on May 11, 2012

Defined STEM  Defined STEM is a web-based application designed to promote rigorous and relevant connections between classroom content, highlighting STEM content and real-world applications including career pathways, thus providing learning opportunities for students. Defined STEM provides teachers a resource where they can access highly effective media content and valuable resources to enhance the teaching and learning within the classroom. These resources and materials allow teachers to connect STEM with existing lessons, interdisciplinary content, and standards-based curriculum.

Science of Baseball

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Project Based Learning, Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on May 11, 2012

 

Science of Baseball has facts and trivia about baseball and relates it to science concepts.  While there is not a lot of teacher resources, you could use this as a model for project based learning using sports, math, and science.

 

 

 

 

6th Grade Math Resources for Common Core

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Lesson Planning, Math Resources, Project Based Learning | Posted on May 4, 2012

Vicki Dean\’s Class 6th Grade Math Common Core Resources has dozens of topics and lesson plans related to 6th grade Common Core Math standards.

6 Affirmations for Project Based Learning

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Professional Development, Project Based Learning | Posted on May 4, 2012

Edutopia Article on Project Based Learning

Mathalicious – Real Life Math Units Tied to Common Core

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Math Resources, Project Based Learning | Posted on April 11, 2012

  Mathalicious.Com 

From the web site — Mathalicious is transforming the way math is taught by providing middle and high school teachers with the most relevant, engaging, and effective math lessons anywhere. We do this by designing lessons around real-world topics that students care about, from sports to technology to health & wellness. This contextual approach helps students make sense of the math, and develop both conceptual understanding and procedural fluency.

Looks very interesting and worth the time to look through the lessons.

You Are Your Words

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Project Based Learning, Reading/Language Arts | Posted on March 27, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Are Your Words is a great site for a language arts project.  Students write a paragraph or words describing themselves, upload a portrait style photo, and the web site creates a digital profile that can be shared across social media or saved to a file.

Real World Math

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Google, Math Resources, Online Projects, Problem Solving, Project Based Learning | Posted on March 22, 2012

 

  Real World Math

 This website is designed for educators who wish to extend the concepts of the math curriculum beyond the pages of the text.  Google Earth is the dynamic tool that will be used to accomplish this.  Google Earth provides startling clear satellite views of the globe in an interactive 3D environment.  Beyond the visual, users can add placemarks, annotations, photos, and models, as well as measure distances and draw paths.

Within this site you will find lesson ideas, examples, and downloads for mathematics that embrace active learning, constructivism, and project-based learning while remaining true to the standards.

Mystery Class

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Math Resources, Online Projects, Problem Solving, Project Based Learning, Science Resources, STEM Resources | Posted on March 16, 2012

  Mystery Class

The Mystery Class investigation is an eleven week hunt in which students try to find ten secret “Mystery Classes” hiding around the globe. The changing amount of sunlight at each site is the central clue.

Students take an inspiring journey from knowing only sunrise and sunset times to discovering exact locations of the ten sites. This investigation demonstrates that, as spring sweeps across the Northern Hemisphere, daylength changes everywhere on Earth. Students see that these dramatic seasonal changes in sunlight affect the entire web of life.

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