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A World of PBL… 25 Authentic Resources To Connect Students Beyond The Classroom

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! Check out my Booking Page. My calendar is filling.

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The hottest posts everyone is reading

The Innovative Educator

Feb 24, 2013, 9 comments 3220 5 reasons less is more when it comes to STEM Feb 24, 2013, 2 comments 2968 5 Ways to Build Lifelong Readers Feb 19, 2013 2869 5 ways to connect with parents using Poll Every. Jun 18, 2010 1504 6 Principals of Secondary Education Feb 26, 2013 1322'

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Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it?

The Hechinger Report

Up until about 1900, the American education system operated on a two-tier structure, with eight years of primary school followed by four years of secondary school. Meanwhile, secondary school enrollment numbers were shrinking, while elementary enrollments were exploding, due to the postwar baby boom.

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A World of PBL: 25 Authentic Resources To Connect Students Beyond The Classroom

techlearning

Worldvuze – Take some time to explore this map-based question and answer education platform where elementary and secondary students around the world can learn directly from each other! The Global Read Aloud – The project was created in 2010 and had a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

10 Percent — Yearly increase in the percent of students achieving basic scores on state tests required by No Child Left Behind Act in 2010. Ken Campbell, who was director of charter schools for the Louisiana Department of Education between 2007 and early 2010, agreed that federal mandates likely had something to do with it.

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6 ways to support computer science education

eSchool News

The authors offer a series of recommendations for federal and state policymakers to leverage this momentum: • Reform curricula for existing technology classes to focus on core concepts of computer science in primary and secondary schools. Establish more STEM-intensive public charter high schools.

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K-8 or Middle School: What Works for Early Adolescents Depends on Many Factors

MindShift

Up until about 1900, the American education system operated on a two-tier structure, with eight years of primary school followed by four years of secondary school. Meanwhile, secondary school enrollment numbers were shrinking, while elementary enrollments were exploding, due to the postwar baby boom.