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This is a lesson plan from Common Sense Media that will help students in HS understand copyright a little more clearly. I have reviewed only a few of their lessons, and attended one workshop. They are relatively engaging.

digital literacy for educators including videos, curriculim and lesson plans for grades K-12

Cute article about the changes we need to do as teachers 

This article takes you through the process of creating a digital storytelling project. It also offers a sample lesson plan how to implement digital storytelling in your language class.

Here is a list of the top 17 free digital storytelling apps on Ipad. http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/top-20-free-digital-stotytelling-apps.html

This post by Silvia Tolisano offers a series of activities and a checklist to assist you in re-designing your curricula to support student empowerment and 21st century literacies.

A slew of resources to help learners of all ages learn how to read and report on charts and graphs.

Great video resources for all learners with multiple languages and varying topics and proficiency levels. The video library includes and introduction and illustration of standards and the 5 C's, models that cover the interpretive, interpersonal and presentational modes of communication and assessment stragegies

This will come in handing for 615

"A game-based classroom response system". Very simple to use. Students do not need accounts, just iPad or iPhone.

This article explains why foreign languages are important for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and industries. Language educators use innovative technologies and we should see our work as part of STEM.