New York Times Learning Network - 2 views
*Tool Name*: New York Times Learning Network (https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning) *Short Description:* The New York Times has a specific website that offers teaching ideas and directly relate...
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The News Literacy Project - 1 views
Tool Name: The News Literacy Project (https://newslit.org) Short Description: The News Literacy Project is an educational nonprofit that strives for students to become news-literate. This online r...
Newsela - 1 views
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joshuacelliott1 on 26 Feb 16Unlimited access to hundreds of leveled news articles and Common Core-aligned quizzes, with new articles every day. -
chelseav on 27 Jun 16Unlimited access to hundreds of leveled news articles and Common Core-aligned quizzes, with new articles every day. -
dstradinger on 18 Jun 17Newsela provides students with articles across all subject areas that can be adjusted to different reading levels, allowing all students access to the same content, no matter their skill level. Teachers can create questions to accompany articles assigned to students, and students can annotate and respond to questions.
DOGO News - 0 views
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Free website containing kids news articles, kids current events, kids news on science, sports, and more! Great way to bring current events into the classroom and discuss credible sources. Contains comprehension questions, critical thinking challenges and vocabulary lists to push students to learn more about a topic.
Poetry Daily, a new poem every day - 0 views
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Poetry Daily, the online web anthology and bookstore. A new poem every day, along with poetry news, archives, and more.
Factitious http://factitious.augamestudio.com - 3 views
Lauren MacDonald Tool Name: Factitious http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/ Short Description: Factitious is an online fact-checking game for middle and high school students, or even anyone who n...
Kids News Articles - 1 views
Scholastic.com is a wonderful resource for younger students to be introduced to a news website. They can navigate through the website and explore the format of a credible source! http://magazines...
theSkimm makes it easier to be smarter - theSkimm - 1 views
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theSkimm makes it easier to be smarter. The Daily Skimm is delivered to your inbox each AM, giving you all the news and info you need to start your day.
Newsela and Commonlit - 0 views
https://newsela.com/ While we have heard about Newsela before, I'm going to give it another plug here. At Newsela, students can find news articles that come from many different respectable and reli...
Kahoot! https://kahoot.com - 1 views
Lauren MacDonald Tool Name: Kahoot! https://kahoot.com Short Description: Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform for teachers to create assessments in a variety of ways using images, video...
Media literacy - 1 views
Allsides.com provides "balanced" news articles and allowing students to compare left, right, and center news! Students can see how the interpretation of information differs depending on who is deli...
Brain Pop - 1 views
Google Classroom - 2 views
This past school year, the science teacher on my team started using Google Classroom. We share the same 100 students, and they absolutely loved it. They asked me if we could use Google Classroom ...
Pen Pal Schools: Teach students to collaborate and learn from others around the world - 1 views
Penpalschools.com is a website that provides an online pen pal experience for students. Students participate in discussions on teach selected topics. This can help students gain new perspectives le...
Google Chrome For iOS Now Has Built-In QR And Barcode Scanner - 0 views
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Google Chrome for iOS has a new update that will enable users to scan QR codes and barcodes.
AR Can Help Students Understand More Challenging Science Concepts -- THE Journal - 0 views
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Augmented reality (AR) has been touted as a cool new technology that can help people see things they otherwise wouldn't without computer-generated sensory input. But a recent study found that AR can help students better understand certain complicated science concepts than those who did not use any AR device.
Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles - 0 views
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Tagxedo turns words - famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters - into a visually stunning word cloud
3 Ways Video Games Can Help Students Thrive - 0 views
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Imagine a school where each subject, from mathematics to history, has a gaming component. That's the case at Quest to Learn (Q2L), a sixth- through 12th-grade school in New York City. The school opened in 2009, with an emphasis on integrating games into learning, such as a one-trimester gaming experience in which a scientist travels through the human body, a post on Edudemic reports.
ikeepsafe.org - 1 views
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I Keep Safe tracks global trends and issues as a professional non-profit organization. It was established in 2005 by policy leaders, educators, law enforcement, technology experts, public health experts and advocates. The research collects and generates positive resources for all who teach youths how to use new media devices and platforms which promotes safety and good health. Content from iKeepSafe maybe used by teachers or any advocate to communicate and promote digital citizenship and media literacy into local programs. Globally, iKeepSafe helps all countries implement digital citizen and lessons by informing public officials, community members and law enforcement to engage upon the universal codes of conduct.
Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools, a Project from Poet Laureate Billy ... - 0 views
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Poetry can and should be an important part of our daily lives. Poems can inspire and make us think about what it means to be a member of the human race. By just spending a few minutes reading a poem each day, new worlds can be revealed.