We have devised an interactive curriculum aimed to support teachers of secondary students (approximately ages 13-17). The curriculum helps educate students on topics like:
YouTube's policies
How to report content on YouTube
How to protect their privacy online
How to be responsible YouTube community members
How to be responsible digital citizens
We hope that students and educators gain useful skills and a holistic understanding about responsible digital citizenship, not only on YouTube, but in all online activity.
Starts with the simple question:
What do you want to create today?
Take a look… there are MANY examples from the classroom. See what inspires you? See how you can upgrade a traditionally taught lesson or project?
It is not just about the fun and tech "wow" such upgrades can bring, but about the valuable and necessary skills we are exposing our students to (at their developmentally appropriate stage). Skills they will need for THEIR future. Remember what Heidi Hayes Jacobs always says:
"What year are YOU preparing your students for?"
EdSurge has categorized about 1500 products so far, using 5 main categories (Curriculum Products,Teacher Needs,School Operations,Post Secondary, and "Everything Else") and dozens of subcategories to provide an easy to use interface to learn about "ed tech" tools and services. The structure behind EdTech Index makes it easy for educators to learn about products in a just a couple of clicks.
"The primary goal is to inspire youth to explore their own interests through a series of online activities and related incentive badges. Many of these badges are integrated with content from online education conferences, which highlight a variety of different topics.
Smithsonian Quests & BadgesThe second goal is to enhance students' cognitive capabilities by incorporating knowledge and skill-building into the quests. The online conferences and quests are interdisciplinary in nature, offering students the opportunity to choose what they care about most.
All quests engage students in exploring a topic of interest either as part of a formal standards-aligned school curriculum or as a student-driven after school activity. An important secondary audience is you, the educator, whose support is vital in connecting with students. To this end, you also will be offered badges that will document their participation in Smithsonian online conferences, online professional development sessions, and the completion of class projects. All quests will be reviewed and badges awarded by a team of Smithsonian experts."
“When you remove a qualified librarian from
the
library, I believe that the
library begins to cease to exist,” said
Graig
Henshaw, a librarian from the
York
City
School
District
.
“When you remove a qualified librarian from the
library, I believe that the
library begins to cease to exist,” said Graig
Henshaw, a librarian from the York
City
School District
“When you remove a qualified librarian from the library, I believe that the
library begins to cease to exist,” said Graig Henshaw, a librarian from the York
City School District.
while Pennsylvania doesn’t require librarians for public schools, it mandates
them for private schools and prisons.
Former students
Kristy Oren said her high school librarian introduced her to databases and
helped her prepare for university-level research
During Sean Gregory’s four years at Danville High School, he “noticed a subtle
but steady decrease in that trademark ease of access” that he came to take for
granted in the library when its staff was reduced and eliminated.
Representative Paul Clymer, who chairs the Education Committee, saying, “I was
concerned to learn through the study that, on average, staffing, funding,
access, and resources are inadequate for achieving optimal benefit from these
specialized educators.”
The study outlined six recommendations, which included restoring the state-level
Division of School Library Media Services in the Commonwealth Libraries and
appointing a director; creating an information literacy curriculum; having an
annual assessment of school library programs; making the state Guidelines for Pennsylvania School Library
Programs available to administrators; and providing guidance in the
selection of adaptive technologies for the visual disabled and materials in
languages other than English
"Meanwhile, Sandra Zelno of the
Education Law Center
shared school library
initiatives from other states and pointed out that while Pennsylvania doesn't
require librarians for public schools, it mandates them for private schools and
prisons."
Expand your curriculum with our timesaving educational resources that use technology to improve instruction across all content areas and grade levels. Find current resources that align with standards, promote higher-order thinking, and support the development of writing skills. Monitor student research and writing, evaluate student performance, and create bilingual online lessons, classroom calendars, and quizzes in less time than traditional methods.
Revised Bloom's Taxonomy adapted from "A Taxonomy for Learning,Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives" by Anderson and Krathwohl
samples of how to construct learning targets