Here's a few spotlights that go straight to their websites. When you are on the My eCoach home page, you can find more than a link to the website or resource. We add vocabulary words, keywords, curriculum areas, grade levels, essential and discussion questions, extension activities, and, in some cases, match to standards.  

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Educational News, Grants and Contests

Articles and Resources

• Personalized Learning Works Wonders
  
• Informed Choice: Vision Mapper
• If Kids Designed the Schools
• How To Pedagogy Sheets
• How Social Media is Changing Education
• Planning for Project Learning

Contests & Challenges

• 2012 Student Design Competition 
• National Peace Essay Contest for HS Students
• American Mathematics Competition
• The Stock Market Game
• Kids Philosophy Slam (2/3/12)
• We Can Change the World" High School Challenge (3/15/12)
• Teachers in Space Program (12/2/11)  
• eCYBERMISSION Competition...   more...

Inquiry-based learning is a style of teaching that is based on asking questions that kids honestly care about and guiding them to find the answers as well as coming up with new questions.  

1. Plan enough time to pre-plan, plan, and plan again during implementation.more...

Barbara posts regularly on her blog Rethinking Learning. Join her as she facilitates growing creative and engaging learning environments. Here's some of the latest posts:

• Skills and Values Employers Want 
• Personalize Learning with 20% Time 
• What NCLB Means for Schools Today 
• The Flipped Classroom 
• Let Go and Let Learning Happen 
• 4Cs Gives Students Wings 

We are so proud of the featured projects our members have created that they now appear in the lower right on the outside of My eCoach so everyone can view them. Here are a few of the featured projects since the last newsletter:

• 2-3 Media Center by Roxanne Clement  
• Web Safety by Susie Nadir 
• Digital Portfolio by Camille LoParrino
• Bill of Rights by Dale Kim
• Orphan Trains by Phyllis Bartosiewicz
• Podcasting in Today's Classroom by Daren Lolkema

Click on an eLibrary Spotlight and find more than a link to the website or resource. We continue to build a rich collection of resources for you with vocabulary words, keywords, curriculum areas, grade levels, essential and discussion questions and extension activities. These are featured on the Home page when you login also with matched standards. Here are a few spotlights we want to share with you:

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Noteworthy updates from the educational community

Articles & White Papers

• Ten Takeaway Tips for Replicating Project-Based Learning  
• Digital Media Closes the Distance for Florida Schools 
• Ten Things Every New Teacher Should Know 
• Schools Try to Beat Student Summer Forgetfulness 
• Personalized Learning planned in Norwich Schools 
• What Schools can Learn from Disney 
• Student Journalism: Benefits of a Newspaper Program 
• School Superintendent gives up $800,000 in Pay 
• The Missing Link in School Reform: Teacher Collaboration 
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Experience Projects as Learner and Teacher  

A playshop July 18-22, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii for teachers excited about project-based learning (PBL). There are a few spots left where you can join K-12 teachers who will collaborate by topic to create a video and then group by content area or grade level to transform lessons to inquiry-based PBL. A big plus is that the playshop is in Hawaii on the beautiful campus of Mid-Pacific Institute then play even more later on the beach.

Go to project101.ning.com to learn more...