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Shakespeare's Life and Times introduces you to the world Shakespeare lived and worked in. This section of the Internet Shakespeare Editions is like a shelf of books, each of which is listed in the navigational bar beneath the page header. Each book, in turn, is divided into chapters dealing with related topics.
*There is a detailed biography of his life (and we actually know quite a lot about him).
*There is a book about the stage Shakespeare wrote for.
*And one that explores the society of the time, showing how it differs from our own.
*Further books discuss the history and politics of Elizabethan England,
*And look at the way people of the time thought and argued about religion and the physical makeup of the universe.
*You can learn about the kinds of plays and literature Shakespeare read,
*See samples of paintings of the time, and listen to Renaissance music.
*There is a book that shows how different parts of this rich library of resources help you understand the plays,
*And there is an extensive reference volume that gives chronologies, maps, and bibliographies for further reading.
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education has a great motto "Inspire...then Educate." The NCESSE is a great resource for STEM teachers as it creates and oversees different initiatives, projects, and educational resources in these areas, with a focus on Earth and Space.
There are a lot of different resources, from professional development, to community projects, to science news and research.
There are also free Education Modules for grade K-12 that are very comprehensive and include full lesson plans, background information, activities, assessments, inquiry based hands-on activities, rubrics, handouts and more. There are 5 modules available right now and each module is broken up into three (K-4, 5-8, 9-12) or four (K-2, 3-4, 5-8, 9-12) grade levels. The modules are on topics such as the solar system, earth science, extreme environment of space, human space exploration, and the search for life in the universe.
You can download any of the lessons. There is also a Lesson Layout with descriptions of each section that you can download: Lesson Layout (PDF, 490 kb
"Top 10 Apps for Digital
Storytelling
Feb 15
Written by:
2/15/2012 8:47
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A while back I did a post on top sites for
Digital Storytelling. This has been a skill that is being taught in school
districts all around the world, and is a key for developing technology literacy.
With the recent wave of mobile devices and technologies, a giant step has been
taken in how students develop these skills (via touch screen) in a brand new way
.
Toontastic
- A wonderful
free iPad that allows children to create animated cartoon stories. They can
choose from stock characters or draw their own while animating them and
recording their voice for narration. Also, Toontastic's built-in story arc takes
students step-by-step on how to create a story.
i
Tell a Story
- A excellent free iPad that works very similarly to how
Garageband creates a podcast. A user uploads a photo and then can record their
voice for narration while adding stock sound effects.
Voice
Thread App
- A great free iPad/iPhone app that compliments the Voice Thread
very nicely for storytelling. A user can manage their Voice Thread account as
well as make digital stories by uploading photos and drawing/recording their
voice.
Story
Patch
- An iPad app ($2.99) that is ideal for digital storytelling. A person
can create a story from scratch or use one of their well-designed templates to
complete all the parts of a story.
Sock
Puppets
- A free iPad/iPhone app that is a lot of fun for kids to create
animated stories. This is done by selecting your sock, background, and props and
then recording your voice as the socks talk.
Art
Maker
- A wonderful free iPad app that allows children to create a digital
story from scratch. A user selects their background, characters, and props and
then moves them around the screen while recording.
Puppet
Pals
- A excellent free iPad app that lets users create a
"Quizlet is how I occupy my free time and even some of my non-free time.
My mission for Quizlet is to make learning vocabulary not a chore. I know a lot of teachers assign vocabulary to students, but few students actually "absorb" words into their vocabularies after they take their test. Which kind of defeats the purpose, right? So Quizlet is my response - it aims to make learning fun, thus make learning effective. At the very least, it can help students do better on quizzes and tests even if they don't fully "absorb" their words."
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Cyber Creeps come in all forms.
Learn how to protect yourself and lots of other stuff you probably didn't know about online safety."
" There is lots of great and useful information in a library, but it's physically impossible to examine all the books personally. Not even the most indefatigable web-surfer could hyperlink to all the documents in the aptly named World Wide Web. There are billions of pages on the Web. And every minute of the day, folks are posting more."
" K12LessonPlans.com
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Gamequarium, the site that swims with learning fun! A portal to more than 2000 interactive learning activities and games for preschool through grade 6. Readquarium, a section dedicated to literacy, was recently added. 249 149
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Fun, free printable worksheets for pre-k - 5th grade. New worksheets added weekly. 238 211
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Jobs, jobs, jobs, find hundreds of ESL teaching jobs all over the world. 176 56
9 Math Worksheets, Math Games, Math Class Help
Totally free math worksheets, math homework help, and games for math skills. Makes learning math fun for kids. 170 217
10 EclecticEnglish
Eclectic English - lots of free online activities for the learners of English as a second language 162 76
11 Paper Airplane and Paper Boats - Origami
Free interactive 3D animations to fold +50 models of paper airplanes and paper boats, that guided you, st
"Introduction
We live in a three-dimensional world. Every object you can see or touch has three dimensions that can be measured: length, width, and height. The room you are sitting in can be described by these three dimensions. The monitor you're looking at has these three dimensions. Even you can be described by these three dimensions. In fact, the clothes you are wearing were made specifically for a person with your dimensions.
In the world around us, there are many three-dimensional geometric shapes. In these lessons, you'll learn about some of them. You'll learn some of the terminology used to describe them, how to calculate their surface area and volume, as well as a lot about their mathematical properties.
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"People of all ages have always loved to share music, and - just as with digital photography - the Internet has made it extremely easy to share tunes with friends (and strangers) anywhere. Services like Kazaa, LimeWire and BitTorrent that offer file-sharing, or P2P for short, have millions of users around the world.
P2P has received a lot of media attention because of legal issues to do with sharing copyright music and film. But that is just one of the risks involved. In this guide we look at the wider issues of harmful content/contact and privacy and security, as well as the legal risks. This will help "