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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
Teaching the Whole Child (in a Fragmented World)
Blog Post
Developing Social-Emotional Skills Through Literature
Blog Post
Successful Adulting (or What You Don't Learn in School)
21st Century Skills:
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Inquiry Process
Blog Post
4 Steps to a Rigorous Writing Program
Blog Post
Connecting Writing with Media Literacy
English Language Arts:
Prewriting
Writing
Revising
Editing
Publishing
Writing Process
Media Literacy
21st Century Skills:
Media Literacy
Information Literacy
Researching
Blog Post
Help Students Clear the Way for Critical Thinking
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Blog Post
10 Reasons Why We Write #WhyIWrite
English Language Arts:
Writing
Writing Process
Blog Post
15 Awesome Persuasive Writing Prompts
English Language Arts:
Writing
21st Century Skills:
Writing Project
Blog Post
How to Improve Media Literacy
21st Century Skills:
Media Literacy
Blog Post
38 Ways Students Can Create Digital Content
21st Century Skills:
Creating
Web Project
Graphing Project
Audio-Visual Project
Writing Project
Blog Post
Feeling Somewhat Texty
Blog Post
Writing to Learn Revisited…Again
21st Century Skills:
Writing to Learn
Blog Post
Writing Workshops: The Only Way to Go
21st Century Skills:
Writing to Learn
Collaborating
Blog Post
7 Effective Vocabulary-Building Activities
21st Century Skills:
Building Vocabulary
Blog Post
7 Steps to a Great Writing Workshop
English Language Arts:
Qualities of Writing
Ideas
Structure
Writing Process
Prewriting
Writing
Revising
Editing
Publishing
Blog Post
Getting Your "Ugh" Across
21st Century Skills:
Information Literacy
Communicating
Media Literacy
Blog Post
Lessons for Combating Fake News
21st Century Skills:
Media Literacy
Information Literacy
Creating
Critical Thinking
Researching
Blog Post
Test Your Social-Emotional Intelligence
Blog Post
Developing Students' Social-Emotional Intelligence
Blog Post
Creating a Growth Mindset in Your Students
21st Century Skills:
Life Skills
Initiative
Leadership
Blog Post
How to Engage Your Students with Shared Inquiry
English Language Arts:
Writing
Writing Process
Qualities of Writing
Ideas
Structure
Conventions
21st Century Skills:
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Reading
Reading to Learn
Minilesson
Making Rhetorical Appeals
Appeal to ethos, logos, and pathos.
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