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Technology Integration: Using Google's Tour Builder in Education

Grammar Activity with Docs Story Builder & Twitter

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This video showcases a grammar activity that integrates Twitter and Google's Docs Story Builder website.

If students designed their own schools... by Charles Tsai

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"Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Tooth Brushes and Penalties" by ASCD

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"Five Keys to Rigorous Project-Based Learning" by Edutopia

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Maybe One Reason Why There Are Few Females in STEM

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"66 percent of 4th grade girls say they like science and math. But only 18 percent of all college engineering majors are female."

Cyberbullying Intervention Plan

The use of the Internet among young people has grown every year due to the increase in the number of homes’ that have Internet access and the development of engaging online applications, such as social media websites. Among all eight to eighteen year olds, homes with Internet access increased from 74 percent in 2004 to 84 percent in 2009 (Rideout). 96 percent of students who have Internet access were found to be using social networking technologies ("The Use of Social Media in School"). With the increase in the use of the Internet and social media technologies, a new type of bullying has emerged called cyberbullying. 17 percent of students reported that they were victims of cyberbullying in 2013 ("Technology, Teen Dating Violence and Abuse, and Bullying").  This intervention plan was developed to provide teachers, parents, and students with: an overview of cyberbullying. a cyberbullying prevention plan. a procedure for reporting cyberbullying. an example cybe...