A webinar by the amazing A.J. Juliana on how to do passion learning with students virtually.

Final projects can help students summarize and review content from the entire semester. Plus, they can create fantastic products with what they've learned!

Projects let students take what they’ve learned, put it all together and show off a little of their own creativity and personality.

Options include:
1. Create a website
2. Create a screencast video
3. Make a single multimedia webpage
4. Connect with a cause
5. Create an infographic
6. Create a series of podcasts
7. Do a genius hour-style project
8. Create an annotated collection
9. Tell it as a story
10. Make an explainer video

"The "Let's Go Viral" writing activity template looks at something new students are learning in TikTok style.

In this template, students work through the same steps a TikTok creator would to make a video. However, they'll be planning like a creator about content they're learning in your class!

The process includes the topic, the audience, the hook, the message, the visuals, the text, and a "Now, Let's Go Viral!" reflection at the end. The whole template is customizable!"

These projects allow students the opportunity to create, test, experiment, design and collaborate to meet some seriously engaging challenges!

Middle Years Inquiry Guidebook.
A resource guide for beginning the inquiry process with your students. Links to many resources and mini-lesson ideas.
Resources included:
- Brainstorming & forming research questions
- Skimming & Scanning
- Online Research Skills
- Note taking & paraphrasing
- Embedding quotations
- In text citations & works cited

The following is an example of a template for a weekly reflection students could use if they were working on PBL or Genius Hour, or any project.

Podcasting is a powerful way for students to share their voice with the world. Along the way, they learn to communicate, engage in critical thinking, and go through the design process as they ultimately publish their work to an authentic audience.
This site offers 20 creative ideas for podcasts you can do with your students.

The following is a list of possible products for a project, as well as a template to plan the project.

The following is a resource for teaching research skills to grades 1 and 2 students. This works with the 21st century skills SECRET framework, but would also easily work with the 7Cs. It looks at teaching them:
How to ask a question
How to search for information
How to evaluate resources
How to take notes
How to share your learning

A list of web sites that support PeBL and personalized learning in the classroom.

Thrively is a website that helps kids find online and local activities that fit their particular interests. Thrively was created with input from pediatric neuropsychologists, and the site bursts with teacher-contributed lesson plans and ideas. Once a teacher sets up a class, kids take an assessment that identifies 23 potential strengths. The site then suggests activities tailored to kids' interests and strengths; Thrively says it has more than 100,000 on file and has recently created new content related to projects, videos, journaling, and career pathway maps. Kids can click on a "Done It" button when they've completed an activity, and progress can be viewed using site dashboards. Users can also share activity boards with other members of their social circle.

This article looks at a short and sweet way to try PBL/Inquiry/Passion Projects/Genius hour,

You can do this for a day or a week.

Explore. Imagine. Laugh. Share. Create. Learn. Smile. Grow.

"Welcome to Wonderopolis®, a place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Each day, we pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explore it in a variety of ways.

Wonderopolis was created by the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) in 2010, and it has become one of the most popular education sites today."

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Andrew Furmanczyk offers a series of video lessons to teach music theory for free!

His video lessons also include a series of videos on how to play the piano.

You can teach YOURSELF how to play the piano and read music using these amazing tutorials by Andrew Furmanczyk.

"edX is an online course app that provides you access to a large catalog of online higher education courses, particularly in the sciences. You can enroll in either self-paced or timed classes, ranging between four and twelve weeks." (Educational app store)

This site would be excellent for students working on genius hour/passion projects or building skills needed for future careers.

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