Cool Online Tools to motivate and engage your students PowerPoint created by Kelly Ford, Director of Technology in Curriculum Resources from teachers, students, seminars, and online research Students + Textbooks = watch this short clip

3 Mega-Skills for Students (as they enter the 21 st century) Expert Researchers – learning how to manage the overwhelming amounts of information online Global Communicators – linking our students to students outside of the classroom. Being Self-Directed – having a voice in the direction of their learning From NJDOE 21 st Century Conference with Alan November of NovemberLearning.com

Project-Based Learning Small tasks or assignments building into a culminating, meaningful product. The essential question is the foundation. It empowers the students so they can begin “with the end in mind.”

PBL Problems Burnout No choice in format to present Becomes a “reporting out of information” and never answers the essential question!

Students Must Answer What is my message to the audience and why is it important? Ask them everyday. Their answer will grow and change over the course of the PBL.

One Student Example Medieval PBL Driving Question Answers Animoto about Medieval Inventions Glogster on Medieval Inventions

What do you think of this example? These students were typically the ones who never completed assignments, didn’t participate in group work. They actually didn’t finish all parts of the PBL. But look at the part the DID finish. Revolutions

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Your Curriculum Units Explore, discuss your current PBLs: Is the essential question meaningful? Are there opportunities for real-life connections?

Click on “more” to explore new ways to use Google Click here for tips and tricks for getting better search results on Google Screen shot taken using Jing…

Use this visual tool for main ideas of historical speeches, vocabulary practice, or as a concept map Recent speech by President Obama

Digital Storytelling Class Projects Field Trips Back to School Night Book Trailers Animoto Sample from Thompson Science Class Other Animotos from Thompson Middle School

Another Format for Digital Storytelling Free with windows, just download Photostory3 from online Ruby Bridges Video, 8 th grade Thompson

Online Digital Poster Every student should have the option to do a poster digitally! Glogster samples from Thompson

TeenReads.com gordon.htmlhttp://inkweaver-review.blogspot.com/2008/12/island-book-one-shipwreck-by- gordon.html Share book reviews online and evaluate the quality of other reviews.

Use Jing to record a lesson that you can post on your website so that students can refer to it any time for help. Students can use Jing to create tutorials for other students. Grade Essays or Digital Projects Using Jing Voice Recording – no printing or hand-writing your comments! Teacher Lesson Teacher Lesson Student Tutorial Grading a ProjectStudent Tutorial Grading a Project

Connecting to Students Across the District This screen shot was taken using Jing.

Connecting to Students In Other Parts of the World

Keep Your Students Engaged in a Video Click here for quick video on how to use Today's Meet.com!

The new way to connect with authors, speakers, and professors outside of the classroom Start a grandparent Skype group with primary grades Most laptops are equipped with built-in webcams/ microphones…and the cost to purchase either is minimal… Connect with schools across the district,state, country, and world

Poll Your Students for Instant Feedback (texting from cell phone or laptop)

I-Padio Google Voice Posterous.com

Examples of PBLs using 2.0 tools

I Want To Explore Examples of authentic PBL ideas Google (more) Animoto Jing Ning Other?