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Vocabulary for Critical Thinking
21st Century Skills:
Literacy Skills
Reading to Learn
Writing to Learn
Building Vocabulary
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
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
Serious Fun in the Classroom
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Life Skills
Social Skills
Productivity
Problem Solving
Blog Post
Conceptual Blending for Creative Thinking
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Creative Thinking
Blog Post
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
Keep Your Lizard, Mouse, and Monkey in Mind
Blog Post
Getting the Sense of Sensory Details
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Communicating
Writing
Reading
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
Using Inquiry Projects to Teach Language Arts
21st Century Skills:
Inquiry Process
Project-Based Learning
Questioning
Planning
Researching
Creating
Improving
Presenting
Blog Post
Thinking Like Breathing
21st Century Skills:
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Blog Post
Education Reform: Welcoming Strangers
21st Century Skills:
Life Skills
Flexibility
Initiative
Social Skills
Productivity
Leadership
Blog Post
5 Hit Shows Featuring Inquiry and Project-Based Learning
21st Century Skills:
Inquiry Process
Project-Based Learning
Blog Post
10 Questions for Inquiry: The Bigger the Better!
21st Century Skills:
Inquiry Process
Questioning
Blog Post
Ken Macrorie: Teacher and Truth Teller
Blog Post
Grammar: What Made Me Care
English Language Arts:
Editing
Blog Post
Plagiarism, Copyright, and the Information Age
Blog Post
Forget the Formulas . . . At Least Some of the Time
Blog Post
Get Down in the Muck
Blog Post
Boredom is the birthplace.
Blog Post
What is the purpose of school?
Blog Post
Reading and Writing...for the Fun of It
21st Century Skills:
Reading to Learn
Writing to Learn