UWCSEA Teachers

beautiful photos of earth

A really nice look at why blogging is important for our kids

We use some of these already in our classrooms, but there might be an idea or two here as we head into the new school year

With the start of a new school comes a new season of CNN Student News. CNN Student News started back up again yesterday. The format is the same as it has been for years. The roughly ten minute episodes feature US stories, a world news stories,  "shout out" to a class, and a quick quiz. Transcripts for each show are available for download as are suggested viewing questions to cover with your students. 

Read about 'hidden efficacy' - why struggling can help us learn and learn better. Interesting metaphor here for teachers developing tech skills...

Experts are concerned that youths compromise their sleep quality when they use electronic devices before bedtime, said Julie Carrier, a researcher funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Stop apologizing for your online life, it is real life.

Presentations from summit

Molly Shroeder's presentation

some good videos and ideas that would go along with our common sense media lesson plans

Example of a Grade 2 website/blog - in an international PYP school (International School of Tanganyika)

Here's one for the PE teachers!

Visual interactive display of the size and scale of cells -- with the starting point the "large" coffee bean (12 x 8 mm).....\nOne page of a broader educational website from the Univ of Utah, Genetic Science Learning Center -- other pages are definitely middle/secondary school (if not univ) level...\n<

Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.

"To make things easier, here are five of my favorite TED Talks on science. The selection rules were simple: - Was I engaged within the first few seconds?- Was I entertained, inspired and challenged?- Would my kids understand the talk? and- Together, do they tell a story?"

Incredible poster/graphic of how Google works.... from when you post something on the internet to when/how/why it will appear in a search result

developed by the Univ of California Museum of Paleontology

examples of good book trailers made by students

Twurdy uses text analysis software to "read" each page before it is displayed in the results. Then Twurdy gives each page a readability level. Twurdy then shows the readability level of the page along with a color coded system to help users determine how easy the page will be to understand.

"It's about 11.7 million square miles, which is really big-big enough to fit the United States, China, India, Japan, and much of Europe within its borders. And that's precisely what Kai Krause did with this inventive map, "The True Size of Africa," which he describes as his contribution to "the fight against rampant Immappacy.""