The Fabulous Field Trip Guide: Mobile Learning and QR Codes “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”- Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go! In 2012, I visited the British Library with Terry Freedman. Recommended Apps {*style:<ul>*} {*style:<li>*}Download a free app of your destination to find podcasts, tours, scavenger hunts, and activities. Teach with Blendspace | Create & Find Free Multimedia Lessons Save time by using free lessons & activities created by educators worldwide! Be inspired! Combine digital content and your files to create a lesson Tes resources YouTube Links PDFs PowerPoint Word Doc Images Dropbox Google Drive Blendspace quick start resources Save time by using free lessons & activities created by educators worldwide! Combine digital content and your files to create a lesson Tes resources YouTube Links PDFs PowerPoint Word Doc Images Dropbox Google Drive Blendspace quick start resources
Two Guys and Some iPads 10 Good Video Sources for Social Studies Teachers and Students Last week I shared a list of good sources for mathematics videos. That post was one of the most popular posts of the month despite being published during a school vacation week. Seeing the results of that list has prompted me to share lists for other subject areas. The first source that came to mind when I started to think about this list is Keith Hughes's Hip Hughes History videos. Tom Richey's videos on topics in U.S. and European history are designed for students preparing for the advanced placement tests on those subjects. Dan Izzo has uploaded more than 3,000 videos to his YouTube channel. PBS Video is my favorite place to find high quality documentaries. Crash Course offers excellent videos on U.S. On Timelines.tv you can find six timelines of important eras in U.S. and European history. C.G.P. The U.S. The Smithsonian has many channels on YouTube.
Images-of-change Glacier National Park, in Montana’s portion of the Rocky Mountains, is expected to be virtually glacier-free by around 2030. The roughly 150 glaciers it contained in 1850 dwindled to 83 by 1968 and to 25 today. The area shown here is the central portion of the park. Most of the blue bodies in these false-color images are permanent snow and ice. Images taken by the Thematic Mapper onboard Landsat 5 and the Operational Land Imager onboard Landsat 8. Download images: image 1 • image 2 Teaching the Emoji Generation: 12+ Activities & Resources | Tech Learning “Although an emoticon may look like a smile, a frown or any number of facial expressions, it doesn’t represent a face, as many internet users assume. It’s actually intended to convey a feeling (“I’m happy,” or “just joking”).” – Lauren Collister Our students humanize their digital experience with text speak, emoji, and selfies. Activities Translation activity- How many of these do you know? Awesome emoji apps and sites Emojipedia is a site for discovering what each emoji means and keeping up with the latest in emoji developments and resources. Bookmarks Emoji, by shellyterrell
Where to Find Good Educational Videos There’s a right and a wrong way to use videos in the classroom. Not all videos are primed for instructional use, and not all instruction lends itself to video. However, pairing a great video with the tools students need to engage with it can lead to a deeper understanding of or alternate perspective on what’s being taught. Check out the September Education Update article “Showing Videos in the Classroom: What’s the Purpose?” to learn three criteria for selecting an effective video and find tips for helping your students “make the shift from vegging out to tuning in for learning.” Once you have identified the criteria to look for, there are tons of places to find both instructional and supplemental videos on whatever topic you’re teaching. General Topics History/Current Events Science Art/Making To learn more about how to effectively incorporate videos into your classroom instruction, read “Showing Videos in the Classroom: What’s the Purpose?”
The Best Ways to Use Padlet - Examples from Teachers This afternoon at the ISTE 2016 conference I had a nice meeting with Melanie Broder from Padlet. She told me about some of the things that Padlet is working on developing during the rest of the year. One of things is a community for educators. Padlet's Best of Education wall features twenty-seven Padlet walls created by teachers. Watch my video embedded below to learn how to use the latest version of Padlet's website. Global terror attacks spark change in curriculum for DISD geography class DALLAS – You will not find many text books in Chazz Robinson’s world geography class at the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy at James A. Fannin Elementary in Dallas ISD. These days, the teacher and students are engaging discussions about real-world issues, like terrorism. "Most of what students know about terrorism is what they see on the 5 o'clock news, or what they see on the newspapers or what they read on social media," Robinson said. The teacher said probing questions from the students in his class after recent bombing attacks in Paris transformed a regular geography lesson into a big project on counter-terrorism. "The first question we had was what terrorist group was behind it,” said student Sergio Sandoval. For weeks now, the students have been digging into the origin of different terrorist groups and brainstorming ideas to help stop them. "We come up with our own strategies,” said student Charizma Moore. The class will ultimately give a presentation.
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