One of my goals this coming year is to expand the resources I know about for my math / science folks, since that isn't my natural interest or background. This Encyclopedia of Life source is amazing in its information and layout, but it also has a wealth of lesson plans for a variety of ages that tie directly to what our staff is teaching. The lessons are a blend of technology and other activities. A great resource to share with science teachers!
This resource from WISELearn Resources is a collection of primary sources exploring the poetry of Maya Angelou, giving students an experience in understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources and the opportunity to think critically about synthesizing information found across many sources. I plan to share this with my 8th grade ELA / SS teachers.
This handout describes how I plan to integrate social media (Twitter) into my online astronomy class. With minor modifications, it would work equally well in a face-to-face class.
This is being used by some of our 5th grade teachers for their students. I plan to use it myself when working on getting makerspaces in my library including spheros, dot and dash, etc...
The webinar will allow participants to: critically examine common practices associated with use of social media tools in the library; learn how to incorporate social media strategies into marketing plans effectively, understanding the capabilities of different channels and how they can be tailored to suit your library's individual needs; understand how trends in librarianship affect social media usage, how use of social media can vary by job role, and how you can transfer this knowledge to enhance the effectiveness of your role.
I think this would be a fun alternative to the traditional book report. Students are introduced to the five story elements in Session One. In Session Two students use Comic Creator Student Interactive to create a six-frame comic strip to map story elements from a story they have read.
I was looking for ideas to add to our immigration unit. This was full of ideas! I found 7 different lesson plans that contained videos, text, hands on research/analyzing/presenting activities complete with rubrics! The one I found most interesting was looking more at current immigration issues, and with countries bordering the US.
Free Lesson Plans and Games for Learning Civics however...unlike other OER's users may not change anything according to the terms of use.
I would use this as a support for social studies units in upper elementary, middle, and high schools.
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