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A collection of links to specific reading strategies that support content area reading.

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An article on the Buck Institute Website that talks about how PBL complements CCSS.

CCSS PBL

In interactive tutorial about plagiarism.

plagiarism tutorial interactive English language arts writing

A .pdf On Target booklet compiled by an Educational Service Agency in South Dakota that shares strategies for teaching inference. It includes a list of online resources and other On Target titles.

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This list includes articles, tips, ideas, lesson plans, tutorials, and other resources related to using QR codes in the classroom.

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A roundup of educational articles, apps and tutorials for educators looking to integrate iPads into the classroom.

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An article from Edutopia that reports the results from a recent study of PBL in West Virginia’s schools since their “bold effort to reinvent public education” began in 2005. The study was recently presented at the American Education Research Association (AERO) annual meeting. There is a link to the entire study embedded in the article and a bulleted list of learning experiences that occur more often in PBL classrooms.

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Google has launched a new service with materials to help students become skilled searchers. It includes lesson plans and activities.

Google activities search lesson plans

Nice list of things to consider. Many of them also apply to other 1:1 device initiatives.

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A post that questions the “flipped classroom” model and offers some suggestions for extending the current understanding of the model.

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Video that explains ratio and proportion as it was used in construction of medieval cathedrals.

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Teaching resources from the Social Science Research Council for teaching about terrorism after 9/11.

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xtranormal video of inconsistency of focus woalks (wwalkthroughs).

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MakeUseOf describes five websites (other than YouTube, TeacherTube, or Khan Academy) for videos: TED, BrightTalk, Solve for X, Green.TV, and All Things Science.

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Collection of videos related to a variety of science topics.

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Lessons, resources, interactives, games, quizzes for social studies.

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Links and descriptions to sites for using mobile phones in education.

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Resources and information about using GoogleApps for ePortfolios.

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 Collection of links (wth brief descriptions) of website dedicated to U.S. history, world history, culture, geography, maps, economics, etc.

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Links to sites that to find images and clip art (free).

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