Content Literacy

Not sure all of these are useful with students, but there are great examples of people writing, people commenting, and people creating knowledge together. (The power of web 2.0 that I want to keep encouraging teachers to explore)

Another digital storytelling approach.

Great presentation tool Integrates well with Diigo.

A list of relevant learning/instruction theories. Short, example and beginning bibliography

Some template information and uses for spreadsheet in k-12 classrooms.

Nice interactive lower DOK maps of the human anatomy.

A video that uses production of the car, Mini, in Britain to reinforce math concepts like, ratio (lots of examples but one car every two minutes, or one in four cars are convertables), shapes used in production. Can be split into small segments.

Some prmising findings, worth sharing with others.

industrial revolution

Industrial revolution information

Nice resource for accessing picture books in the classroom or publishing picture books online. You may have seen it or some sites like it.

Not all books are free, but a great way to integrate picture books using the LCD projector or Smartboard and a tool to allow students to publish their own picture books

lesson plans that have students read, write, speak & listen intentionally in their learning.

Activities from TI. Well designed and include multiple representations, technology and exploration

Voicethread of an interdicsiplinary "unit plan" teachers organized around the theme of the Underground Railroad

Wired is a fantastic source for interesting short readings for science classrooms.

A little dated, as I'm sure that the data is now skewed since the primaries are over, but still a good idea for showing calculating winners different ways.

Several lessons designed around the election, while it's a hot topic, all levels elementary, middle and high.

This applet allows the user to represent data about the states using colors. The state with the highest data value is darkest; other states are shaded proportionally. Investigate any of the data provided-or enter data of your own!

Great resource for math teachers to help them represent data.