EAch week the news of the week is posted in rap style format in a classroom-friendly format to this website. For government or current events - maybe this will help.
Pancake Day. Unidad didáctica digital elaborada con la herramienta de autor MALTED, para inglés de 6º de Primaria; nos presenta tradiciones Británicas, origen y formas de celebrarla, introduce vocabulario referente a comida e ingredientes y nos enseña a hacer tortitas y torrijas. Es especialmente atractivo en esta unidad el rap que incluye el final, que seguro le va a encantar a los alumnos y alumnas de Primaria. También cuenta con cuaderno del profesor y con un paquete de actividades extra en formato imprimible.Para visualizar y utilizar correctamente estas unidades didácticas digitales, al igual que cualquier otro recurso TIC Malted, necesitas tener instalados en tu equipo Java y el plugin Malted Web 2.0
Article in edweek about innovation (using rap music and Jay-z as the interesting backdrop) and wrapping up with a well needed discussion about teacherpreneurship.
Cheat sheets have a bad rap as a way for students to succeed on tests without actually knowing the information, but now it's time for them to have a more
"Incorporating the arts-rapping, dancing, drawing-into science lessons can help low-achieving students retain more knowledge and possibly help students of all ability levels be more creative in their learning, finds a new study by Johns Hopkins University.
The findings were published on Feb. 7 in Trends in Neuroscience and Education and support broader arts integration in the classroom."
Our 6th grade collaborative project with a focus on global issues. We are looking for schools to join us with the hopes of working on some collaborative lyrics in Google Docs, remixing audio tracks shared between schools and possibly a skype session. We are running the project 5 times this year for 6 weeks at a time.
Email me if you are interested i taking part at one point.
jennifergarcia@abc-net.edu.sv