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As we become an older country, our greatest stories are sometimes lost when members of the generation before us dies. This four week unit is designed to encourage students to discover the hidden stories of their families and community. During the course of this project, students will interview members of their community and/or family members and develop a newsletter that provides background of the time period of the story and the person telling the story. Additional stories will be shared with the students by downloading clips from the stories that have been shared with members of Story Corps(www.nationaldayoflistening.org), one of the largest oral history projects in the world.

Essential Questions What is digital storytelling? What are the elements of a good story? Why do people tell stories? How is my personal story the same or different from others? Objectives Students will understand that digital storytelling is an effective way to have their voices heard and make a meaningful connection with others.

Create your own "Choose Your Own Adventure" story

"Please see the (link) New York Says Thank You and The 9/12 Generation Project Hurricane Sandy School Penny Drive! WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR SCHOOL PARTICIPATE! We are looking for a huge push through the next 30 days as a second round of storms are on the way this week!!    We will have updates on NY and NJ schools latter this week at www.912generationproject.org and on our Facebook page! Over the next 30-60 days we will also have a more detailed needs assessment completed with projects that meet specific needs but at this time the 912GP Hurricane Sandy Penny Drive is the quickest way to provide fuel, lumber, cleaning supplies, and meals, etc. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. We look forward to working with you and your youth! Remember to send us your stories and your goals and we will keep you updated on the recovery!!    Best,  Lori   Lori Sullivan The 9/12 Generation Project*Project Manager/ Educator New York Says Thank You Foundation lori@newyorksaysthankyou.org"

math videos, math songs, math poems, and math stories for elementary and home school

National Geographic and Annenberg are offering a week-long course on water (Oct 9-16), the first in a series of online courses that extend through CEM and beyond, with credit available from the University of San Diego. "Description: Water is an essential theme in social studies, science, and geography. Whether teaching about natural or human systems, water is part of the story. This open online course, framed around California's Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI), focuses on ocean and freshwater topics and strategies for teaching environmental topics in Grades 4-8. Resources and support are provided for how to use EEI to implement Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy."

Storybird reverses the process of visual storytelling by starting with the image and "unlocking" the story inside. Choose an artist or a theme, get inspired, and start writing.

This is so exciting!

20 Ideas for Engaging Projects via @edutopia http://t.co/YXTP9kdk

Direactly from the website: "The NWP Digital Is website is a collection of ideas, reflections, and stories about what it means to teach writing in our digital, interconnected world. Read, discuss, and share ideas about teaching writing today."

This may be an interesting disscusion point for you and your language teachers...

Awesome on authentic learning.

Students will research, write, edit, revise, support, and publish their news stories and editorial opinion pieces-while learning, practicing, and mastering 21st century content standards, learning objectives, learning skills, and technology tools.Students will be publishing them in a 21st century, globally-themed newspaper format. This newspaper can be shared with not only the school but the community. This is a lesson for 4th grade, but I think it could be adapted for 3rd grade up.

Algebra II Students in High School "The student council has asked the principal to add one more minute between classes, to cut down on the number of students tardy for class. The principal has asked your class to study the matter and make a recommendation. Here are guidelines provided by the principal: 1 - Bus schedules cannot be changed. 2 - Classes must meet at minimum of 210 minutes a week 3 - Homeroom time is required." Benefits: Strong student buy-in! Students are always complaining about time between classes. Teaches data collection, statistics, time management, and poll taking techniques. Pitfalls: Students will come up with illogical arguments. Time!

I love the real world connections your students will be making and the authentic audience. They are going to love it and learn so much about Thanksgiving! I am wondering how you plan to have the kindergarteners reflect on their learning? I'd love to know so I have a better understanding for how to help Kinder with this.