5 for Friday 1/21/11

Snow days, shortened schedules, missed doctoral classes.  You'd think we've never seen snow before.


Here's what I ran across this week.  The 5 best resources out there:

Your 5 best resource I ran across this week:

Livebinders:  Is this the new way students could be (OR should be) completing and compiling  work?

http://jswanski.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/118-tech-talk-livebinders/

Free online searchable database of already made rubrics (light shines down from heaven and angels sing).  Sweet!  Even a great place to make your own rubric.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Video on how to use it:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqfzDpcgAX0&feature=player_embedded

PuzzleFast is a great site for making different types of puzzles (word, crossword, etc).

http://www.puzzlefast.com/

What do you think about homework?  Here’s what kids think…  I might be at a point where I'm over assigning homework, I might want kids to start deciding what they need to do.

http://www.principalspage.com/theblog/archives/homework-flowchart

11 New Math resources for 2011

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/01/11-mathematics-resources-to-try-in-2011.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+freetech4teachers/cGEY+(Free+Technology+for+Teachers)

Your video of the week

What is Project-Based Learning?  It's the new hot trend in education.  This is well put together!

Is this the future of education?  How does this pair with Standards-Based Grading?