Lubke's Daybook

Includes link to PD video

"We encourage you to use this guide as a resource when analyzing sets of assignments across multiple days or weeks within your classroom, school, or district. It can also be used to call out important features to consider during the assignment formation process. We add a note of caution about its effectiveness when examining a single assignment. And we caution against the notion that each assignment in a given classroom should include every feature or meet every indicator within this guide."

Third in a 3-part series about 'tween brains. This final installment links the neurological research about preadolescent brains to specific and do-able classroom management and instructional strategies.

"Use these quick reads to get essential information on emerging technologies and practices, including potential implications and opportuntities. These resources are great to share with teams or faculty considering a new technology."

Kick-Ass Driving Questions

Written by a member of the Buck Institute for Education, this blog post gives a good explanation of the nuanced differences between project-BL, problem-BL, and other "X"BL instructional methods. Everything falls under the grand tradition of inquiry-based learning, dating back to Dewey and even further back to Socrates and the Socratic method.

“Inquiry is a dynamic process of being open to wonder and puzzlement and coming to know and understand the world.” An online e-book with downloadable PDF version with built-in multimedia components and related links. Chapters include building a culture of inquiry, discipline-based inquiry, teaching and learning in an inquiry-based classroom, rsearch/scholarship, and leadership.

An entire site dedicated to helping teachers flip their classrooms for the first time. Breaks the process down into "zones" with additional information about PD and how to deal with parents/caregivers.

Definition, examples, embedded videos, and resources