Blended Bulletin, Issue 18

Cool Tools

PBS LearningMedia: Nature is a collection of science videos and lesson plans that have been developed based on PBS's documentary series Nature. The collection has very high-quality materials that can be adapted for myriad uses.

Dotstorming is a real-time brainstorming web app that lets groups collaborate on a digital board, similar to Padlet. In this app, participants will place their "dot" on the idea or ideas they want to vote for. The owner of the board has the ability to customize with the ideas that participants will vote on.

Professional Learning

How Data Works to Support DIY Learning shares the importance of exposing our students to digital learning tools to inspire them to be lifelong learners.

Flipping the classroom when home access is a problem proposes solutions to some of the common problems that may be holding you back from trying to flip your classroom.

If you, like me, have ever thought that some of the stories of project-based learning and student-ownership are too good to be true, 6 ways to support kids who don’t take ownership of their learning looks at the realities of transitioning students to take more ownership and offers plausible solutions to some of the big problems.