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 * Standards and Skills **
 * 21st Century Skills: detailed standards that focus on creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, technology literacy, life and career skills
 * [|Bloom's Taxonomy Revised]: a method of organizing thinking skills into six levels from basic to complex. Originally created in the 1950's by Benjamin Bloom, revised in the 1990's. This is very detailed and includes projects and questions to use in your classroom to initiate each of the six thinking levels.
 * Bloom's Digital Taxonomy: includes links to digital tools that enhance each of the six thinking levels

**Intel Teaching Elements**: modules that walk through step-by-step how to create >
 * Project-based Learning Modules: understand the difference between a project-based approach and conventional classroom teaching
 * Assessment: learn to create authentic project-based assessments based on the project objectives and standards
 * Collaboration: learn student activities and digital tools to show how collaboration helps students develop 21st century thinking skills, deepen content understanding and prepare them for the global world.

**Web 2.0 Technologies:**
 * Top Tech Tools for Back to School- a Livebinder chock full of digital tools that promote critical thinking skills
 * 90 Tools in 90 Minutes- a Slideshare presentation that contains 90 digital tools to use in your classroom
 * Cool Tools for Schools - hundreds of digital tools organized into categories such as audio, video, creativity, drawing, collaboration, writing, etc. There's something every for teacher and student, from the beginner to the expert!
 * [|Big Deal eBook Fall11.pdf] (The Big Deal eBook Fall 2011) - more than 100 Web 2.0 tools to support communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking skills