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This document explores a starting point, goal, suggested 21st century skills or competencies, suggestions and conditions for PBL, inquiry based learning, design thinking, case based learning and project based learning.

Included are the support materials for Grade 2 Blended Learning Math - Unit 1 Lesson 10 - Place Value:

YouTube video on using 10 frames and rods and cubes to represent numbers to 100
Manipulatives and Templates to support Unit 1
Assessment and Evaluation for Unit 1

Included are the support materials for Grade 2 Blended Learning Math - Unit 1 Lesson 14 - Ordering Numbers:

YouTube video on order numbers (greatest to least, least to greatest)
Manipulatives and Templates to support Unit 1
Assessment and Evaluation for Unit 1

Included are the support materials for Grade 2 Blended Learning Math - Unit 1 Lesson 5 - Numbers to 100:

YouTube video on ordinal numbers
Manipulatives and Templates to support Lesson 1
Assessment and Evaluation for Unit 1

Included are the support materials for Grade 2 Blended Learning Math - Unit 1 Lesson 6 - Estimating:

YouTube video on estimating
Manipulatives and Templates to support Lesson 1
Assessment and Evaluation for Unit 1

Included are the support materials for Grade 2 Blended Learning Math - Unit 2 Introductory Lesson on Patterning:
- YouTube video on an introduction to patterning
- Manipulatives and Templates to support Unit 2
- Assessment and Evaluation for Unit 2

Included are the support materials for Grade 2 Blended Learning Math - Unit 2 - Creating Double Patterns:

- YouTube video on an introduction to patterning
- Manipulatives and Templates to support Unit 2
- Assessment and Evaluation for Unit 2

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This amazing resource has content and courses and a variety of learning paths for teachers. There are great lessons you can learn with your kids, or you can go here to develop the skills you need to infuse technology into your classroom successfully.

Intro courses include Minecraft, blended learning, personalized learning, and student voice. Also available are learning to use applications such as Forms, OneNote, etc.

This will also connect you to Skype in the Classroom to literally make the world your classroom!

Purpose:
● To provide a collaborative ongoing process to support learning. ( Davies, 2001)
● To showcase the student's learning by having them lead the evidence of learning
● To collaboratively set learning goals for the student
● To involve students in the assessment process to improve student achievement
( Black & Wiliam 1998; Stiggins 2001)

A collection of tech tools, several links to various helpful websites,  and strategies from our 21st Century Competencies workshops from 2014-2015.