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Using Inquiry Projects to Teach Language Arts
21st Century Skills:
Inquiry Process
Project-Based Learning
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Improving
Presenting
Blog Post
Knowing the Lake: Serving as Lead Learner
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Problem Solving
Flexibility
Initiative
Leadership
Productivity
Collaborating
Blog Post
Getting the Sense of Sensory Details
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Communicating
Writing
Reading
Blog Post
Keep Your Lizard, Mouse, and Monkey in Mind
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3 Simple Steps to the 4 C's
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Communicating
Collaborating
Blog Post
Inquiry: Groceries to Galaxies
21st Century Skills:
Inquiry Process
Project-Based Learning
Blog Post
Conceptual Blending for Creative Thinking
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Creative Thinking
Blog Post
Serious Fun in the Classroom
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Social Skills
Productivity
Problem Solving
Blog Post
What does your PLN look like?
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Communicating
Collaborating
Social Skills
Initiative
Flexibility
Productivity
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening
Blog Post
10 Reasons to Try Project-Based Learning
21st Century Skills:
Project-Based Learning
Inquiry Process
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Improving
Presenting
Blog Post
Vocabulary for Critical Thinking
21st Century Skills:
Literacy Skills
Reading to Learn
Writing to Learn
Building Vocabulary
Blog Post
Crowdsourcing in Your Classroom
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Blog Post
Creating a Growth Mindset in Your Students
21st Century Skills:
Life Skills
Initiative
Leadership
Blog Post
Bring Out the Teacher in Your Students
21st Century Skills:
Life Skills
Social Skills
Leadership
Blog Post
5 Keys to Successful Student Collaborations
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Communicating
Collaborating
Social Skills
Initiative
Flexibility
Productivity
Blog Post
Your Class Calendar as a Meeting Place: Lessons from Stonehenge
21st Century Skills:
Life Skills
Inquiry Process
Project-Based Learning
Initiative
Leadership
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Blog Post
Networking Your Students' Neurons
Blog Post
Help Students Clear the Way for Critical Thinking
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Blog Post
100 Guiding Questions for Summer
21st Century Skills:
Inquiry Process
Questioning
Blog Post
Helping Students Be Awesome
21st Century Skills:
Project-Based Learning
Inquiry Process
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Improving
Presenting
Blog Post
Deeper Thinking for the Common Core
21st Century Skills:
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Building Arguments
Succeeding in School
Taking Tests
Blog Post
5 Questions to Analyze Any Communication
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Communicating
Blog Post
Critical and Creative Thinking: Lessons from Calvin and Hobbes
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Blog Post
Teaching Innovation and Problem Solving
21st Century Skills:
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving