Frameworks:The 6+1 Traits of Writing (Ruth Culham / Education Northwest) Recognizing and fostering characteristics of good writing (Perkins & Reese, 2014). Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 43-47).
Frameworks:Expeditionary Learning (Expeditionary Learning / EL Schools) Five core practices for effective teaching, learning, and leading in schools (Perkins & Reese, 2014). Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 43-47).
Frameworks: Project Zero - Teaching for Understanding (Harvard Graduate School of Ed.) Pedagogical framework emphasizing deep, engaging, and meaningful learning experiences for students (Perkins & Reese, 2014). Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 43-47). Complementary frameworks from Project Zero: Visible Thinking, Cultures of Thinking, and Artful Thinking - also complementary to the Understanding by Design framework below. See also the Making Learning Visible section of the Project Zero site for recent research.
Frameworks: Understanding by Design (Wiggins & McTighe) A pedagogical framework emphasizing deep, engaging, and meaningful learning experiences for students (Perkins & Reese, 2014). Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 43-47).
General Lesson Planning: Common Core Blog Online resources to successfully implement Common Core standards.
General Lesson Planning: EduCore ASCD resource for instructing Common Core standards.
General Lesson Planning: OpenEd Resources to enhance the lesson planning process. Create playlists for students, colleagues, and families; create custom Common Core-aligned assessments.
General Lesson Planning: Project ReimaginED Collaborate with other K-12 professionals to develop aligned lesson plans.
General Lesson Planning: SAS Curriculum Pathways Free resource for middle/high schools that contains materials aligned to standards-based instruction across the content areas.
General Lesson Planning: TED-Ed "…curated educational videos and easily create customized lessons around them." Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (October, 2014, p. 9).
Socratic Seminar Planning: Paideia Active Learning Text-based Socratic seminar planning resources. Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (November, 2014, pp. 11-16).
Technology Resources: APPitic Up-to-date repository of "App Lists for Education."
Flipped Classroom: Animoto Create slideshows/media with accompanying music.
Flipped Classroom:Educreations Create tutorials for the purposes of reteaching and/or assessment prep.
Flipped Classroom: Explain Everything Import documents/multimedia and manipulate/annotate said documents/multimedia.
Flipped Classroom: Khan Academy Hugely popular flipped classroom resource. Tagline: "You Can Learn Anything."
Flipped Classroom: Replay Create slideshows/media with accompanying music.
Flipped Classroom: Seesaw Create digital journals and share work with others.
Flipped Classroom: Shadow Puppet App Create videos, slideshows, and presentations.
Flipped Classroom:Snagit My preferred screen casting software - reasonable price, intuitive system for creating custom screen casts for classroom instruction, meetings, etc. Free trial version available.
Flipped Classroom: Subtext Highlight and annotate text from multiple sources - students may then do the same to the teacher's notes/highlights.
Instructional Tools: Accountable Talk University of Pittsburgh Institute for Learning - free sourcebook available for the Accountable Talk classroom discussion model.
Instructional Tools: ALL-ED "…a network of research-based learning routines, with related supportive materials…" (Bondie, Gaughran, & Zusho, 2014)
Instructional Tools: Marzano Research - Classroom Tools Create a free account and enjoy access to resources - games, vocabulary tools, and more.
Instructional Tools (Technology): Padlet Shared space for brainstorming and other applications.
Instructional Tools (Technology): Thesis Builder Tool for students to generate/build thesis statements, content outlines, etc.
Assessment
Common Assessments: Mastery Connect Promising resources at the "free" level of membership. Examples of Common Core-aligned assessments. Provides access to "…a network of educators who have contributed assessments for their content areas and grade levels." (DuFour, 2014). Supporting Reference: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 30-35).
Collaboration: The Center for Teaching Quality Free access to the collaborator, where teachers can "expand their personal learning networks by working with others who face similar challenges (DuFour, 2014). Supporting Reference: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 30-35).
Collaboration: The College Board's AP Virtual Community Collaborative resource for teachers of AP courses (DuFour, 2014). Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 30-35).
Communication: Remind App that provides the ability to send texts or voicemails in a safe and secure way to students and parents.
PD: Edcamp Events Web resource detailing Edcamp events near your location (Swanson, 2014). Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 36-40).
PLCs: The Teaching Channel Videos of lessons in various grade levels and content areas - ideal for teams of teachers to utilize in order to analyze instructional methods (DuFour, 2014). Supporting Resource: Educational Leadership (May, 2014, pp. 30-35).