English/Language Arts Resources
  • Resources and Activities
    • Multiple resources for E/LA
    • Summer Reading resources
    • Resources for formative assessment
    • Writing Tracker >
      • Writing Tracker Information and Resources >
        • Writing Tracker - Integrating Text Structures
        • Conference resources/St. Louis 2016
    • Daily 5 Resources
    • Instructional Strategies and Formative Assessment Resources for Strategies That Work
    • Building Vocabulary
    • Resources for Poetry and Drama
    • 6+1 and Literacy Resources >
      • 6+1 and Literacy Resources /all grades
      • 6+1 resources for primary/elementary grades
    • From STEM to STEAM to STREAM
    • Research, Editing and Technology Resources >
      • Resources for Research and Editing
      • Research and Infographics
      • Elementary Research Resources
      • Secondary Research Resources
      • Editing tools and resources 4-12
      • Integrating technology and instruction
    • Multigenre Research project resources and information
    • Resources for 21st Century teaching and learning and project based learning >
      • Project Base Learning Activities for Primary Grades
    • Close Reading and Guided Highlighted Reading
    • Critical reading strategies
    • Resources for Writer's Workshop
    • Middle level resources
    • "Illuminations" Strategies for instruction Art and Literature
  • Common Core links
    • Common Core links
    • The Arts and Common Core
  • Stem/Steam and Four Seasons For Learning
  • Resources for Using Data for Instruction
  • IRA Resources
  • Professional Organizations
  • Integrating technology and instruction

Resources to support 21st Century teaching and learning including 1:1 computer, project based learning in addition to other resources will be available here.  If you have a resource you'd like to share - please send it in.  Thanks.



Project Based Learning resources including Buck Institute resources


The Question Is The Answer!
New research is more like shopping and cooking. We expect students to select and gather the choicest raw ingredients with great care and then cook their own meal. No microwave research reports! No fast food! No simple cut-and-paste.
http://questioning.org/module/module1.html

Buck Institute - main page
http://bie.org/

Buck Institute website resources
http://bie.org/object/offsite/pbl_online_org

Edutopia video - Manor Technology High School - all project based learning
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices

Education Technology Guy - Project Based Learning Resources
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.ca/p/project-based-learning.html?m=

Individual student assessment and project based learning
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/practical-pbl-challenges-of-assessment-katherine-piper

40 free STEM resources for Project Based Learning
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/connecting-pbl-and-stem-40-free-engaging-resources-to-use-in-the-classroom/

Project Based Learning and Common Core Standards - Matt Gillispie, Lancaster City SchoolsA "GOTCHA!" moment a his sophomore English class leads to an innovative project on mass hysteria. Lancaster High School teacher Matt Gillispie explains how he used the Common Core Standards - using ipads. 

Checklists to support Project Based Learning and evaluation

http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml

Involving Students in Checklist development


http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/students.shtml


Project Based Learning Lesson Plans from various resources  /links listed below
http://projectfoundry.org/project-based-learning-explained/project-based-learning-lesson-plans.html

West Virginia Department of Education - Dozens of project-based learning lesson plans that can be sorted by subject, topic or grade level. It’s a wonderful collection of plans for those who are just dipping their toes into PBL - people looking for specific examples of how a particular project was mapped out by another classroom.  Multiple resources.

Buck Institute for Education - One of our favorite PBL resources - the Buck Institute for Education - has links to hundreds of project-based learning lesson plans categorized by subject and by source. Look for the “Project Search” form on the right side of their home page. 21st Century Schools - A handful of handy tools for those new to PBL, including a section on instructional strategies for the classroom.  The mother/father of PBL.

Intel Education - Project examples of all subject types and grade levels, including elementary age. This has grade level specific lessons.  

More multiple PBL resouces - multiple resources here.
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/project-based-learning/13-timeless-project-based-learning-resources/

21st Century Technology - free project based learning resources that will place students at the center of the learning.

http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/free-project-based-learning-resources-that-will-place-students-at-the-center-of-learning/

Project-Based Learning  A Resource for Instructors and Program Coordinators  / National Academy Foundation - Partnerships for America's Youth   This is a good resource for teachers.
http://naf.org/files/PBL_Guide.pdf

Problem and Project Based Learning Activities   / multiple possibilities for PBL lessons and activities.
“Too often we give children answers to remember, rather than problems to solve.” Roger Lewin
http://www.mrsoshouse.com/pbl/pblin.html



21st Century Educational Technology and Learning plus Language Arts topics incorporating technology and internet

12 Valuable Wordle Tips You Must Read…Word Clouds in Education Series: Part 1 
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/12-valuable-wordle-tips-you-must-read-word-clouds-in-education-series-part-1/

108 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom…Word Clouds in Education Series: Part 2
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/108-ways-to-use-word-clouds-in-the-classroom-word-clouds-in-education-series-part-2/


Welcome Back Wordle… Plus 7 Other Free Word Cloud Generators!
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/waiting-for-wordle-free-word-cloud-options-to-use-now/

Scoop.it - 21st Century teaching resources.
http://www.scoop.it/t/the-21st-century?_tmc=UEz8PYPLKwWD9ZiuhA7rVrPVY7-E41g2Y9LI1SEZU8Q

Teaching Writing in the Digital Age

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9z71iNrlew&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

National Writing Project presentation 2009  Digital Writing Is...

Danielle DeVoss, "Digital Is"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMGDuUD-cjM&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

When Tech met Ed / created by two teachers in Oregon
http://when-tech-met-ed.blogspot.de/

101 Excellent Sites for English Educators
http://www.goedonline.com/101-websites-for-english-teachers#.T9tOPUtGC-A.diigo

Tips for teachers new to Project Based Learning
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/project-based-learning-getting-started-basics-andrew-miller

Education Technology Guy - Project Based Learning Resources
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.ca/p/project-based-learning.html?m=
Individual student assessment and project based learning
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/practical-pbl-challenges-of-assessment-katherine-piper

Teacher apps - multiple on-line applications for all grade leves.
http://teacherswithapps.com

This site provides a easy to use platform to create branching stories. Add a new story thread at the touch of a button and you can even add images from the web. Preview your story as a map, publish online and share with the link with.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English?_tmc=Fze-4c2iJDnvtISWYM9ZwhmT8Zrn6itCInB21Hsf-0E

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/

Quick links to individual grades K-8  Lots of E/LA activities
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm

Scoop.it - 21st Century teaching resources.
http://www.scoop.it/t/the-21st-century?_tmc=UEz8PYPLKwWD9ZiuhA7rVrPVY7-E41g2Y9LI1SEZU8Q


Schools that work /Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/schools-that-work

literacy Stations
http://cms.springbranchisd.com/Middle/CurriculumSupport/LiteracyStations/tabid/4324/Default.aspx

55 Interesting ways to support writing in the classroom
https://docs.google.com/a/husky.neu.edu/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_435hgx9r8gz&pli=1





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