Caine's Arcade -Take the Global Cardboard Challenge!

A 9 year old boy uses cardboard to build an elaborate arcade. Foster creativity and join the Imagination Foundation and take on the Global Cardboard Challenge! Thanks for sharing Christine!
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Project Based Learning in High School

A great example of how Project Based Learning can be done in High School!
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Integrated Curriculum

Feeling the time crunch...trying to fit all of the expectations in in too short a time period?
Integrating Curriculum blends various subjects and brings them together in meaningful and connected ways, often through projects.


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Ten Takeaway Tips for Critical Thinking

We often talk about how important it is for our students to develop critical thinking skills in order to be literate learners.  Edutopia provides Ten Takeaway Tips for Critical Thinking.

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Why Edmodo is an Excellent Digital Learning Platform

K. Walsh from Emerging Ed Tech writes,
10 Reasons Why Edmodo is an Excellent (and Hugely Popular) Digital Learning Platform

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Classroom Use:  It's a safe environment for kids, great platform for blended learning, facilitates active learning, allows for flipped classroom use, parents can be involved, facilitates inquiry based learning.

ECOO-Minds On Media

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My first event at ECOO this year with be Minds On Media.  It will be hosted by one of my colleagues, Brenda Sherry and I'm looking forward to participating in this hands-on, tinkering and learning from others approach!  This event promises to focus on:

• your play-based approach to learning; tinkering (a bottom-up approach to problem-solving)
• project-, problem-, passion-, and inquiry-based learning
• a constructionist philosophy across your curricula
• cross-curricular attitudes and practice

      (http://ecoo13-mindsonmedia.wikispaces.com)

What are "Authentic" Projects?

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"What Does it take for a Project to be Authentic?".  According to this article from Edutopia, a project can be authentic in four ways.