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This informational video was created to support a Penguin thematic unit for second grade students. The video is an example of what students might create to present collaborative research to their peers in a digital storytelling format.

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The principles of the Vittra School revolve around the breakdown of physical and metaphorical class divisions as a fundamental step to promoting intellectual curiosity, self-confidence, and communally responsible behavior. Therefore, in Vittra's custom-built Stockholm location, spaces are only loosely defined by permeable borders and large, abstract landmarks. As the architects explained, "instead of classical divisions with chairs and tables, a giant iceberg for example serves as cinema, platform, and room for relaxation, and sets the frame for many different types of learning," while "flexible laboratories make it possible to work hands-on with themes and projects."

Great example of how spreadsheets and charts support more than just learning about math. This is fancy, but consider how students could use data and visual charts to support learning in your own thematic unit.

Common Core standards, descriptions, and examples.

World War II: A Story of Numbers

The object of the video was to create a story that had the elements who, what, when, where,why, and how and to then turn that story into a video to help teach others.

Detective Marshall is baffled by the disappearing lemonade. He learns about the water cycle in the process of solving the mystery

A quick video made for Ed Tech and Design class that shows how wars and the way we protest them have not changed much through the years but that there is hope for change -  concept - voice mail recording

A brief history of Wall Street, the financial heart of America - story told from Wall Street perspective 

The "Dust Bowl in Numbers" video with teach students how to create and compare their own graphs of rainfall totals. It provides a little history about how rain contributed to the Dust Bowl and shows a step by step process on how to create your own graphs.

cute student made stop animation video

Check out the suggestion for how to easily create multiple QR Codes using Google Docs

When going to this website look at the sidebar on your left and click on "Cool Tools for Teaching. Here you will download a pdf that is loaded with information. There are an abundance of websites that can help you in your classroom. Some examples are Jing captures screen shots, Zamzar lets you convert Converts file formats; especially helpful to download YouTube videos (at home) and bring them to school as stand‐alone videos, and Spelling City lets you create games from spelling words.