WordWanderer – take your text for a walk MYP: From principles into practice The MYP extends IB approaches to learning (ATL) skills categories into 10 developmentally appropriate clusters. This framework provides common ground from which schools can develop their own ATL planning based on MYP units, student needs, and local circumstances and requirements. ATL skills are often interconnected. Individual skills and skills clusters frequently overlap and may be relevant to more than one skill category. Some of the key questions to be answered by students with respect to ATL skills include the following. What are my present skills in this area and what evidence do I have of my development? When specific ATL skills become an explicit focus for teaching and learning, students can begin to take responsibility for their own development. A concept-driven curriculum that uses ATL skills effectively enables all students to become stronger, more self-regulated learners.
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10 Reasons Librarians Are More Important Than Ever Without question, one of the most important members of the school community is the school librarian. Also known as library media specialists, librarians play a unique role in our schools. Often asked to take on a wide range of duties, these passionate and savvy educators deserve more than only a week of praise. And in case you need a reminder of all that librarians do for our students and our schools, we've put together a list -- but it's only a start. 1. In many schools, the library media specialist is the go-to expert on all things tech. 2. In the age of fake news and viral video remixes, the library media specialist leads the charge on citation, copyright and fair use, research, and news literacy. 3. If you think the library is a quiet place meant only for research and studying, you clearly haven't been in a school library with a makerspace. 4. 5. In a library, kids can stay connected to the past. 6. 7. No matter a student's skills or interests, the library welcomes everyone. 8. 9.
Bring your lessons to life with Expeditions The Google for Education team is committed to supporting teaching and learning from anywhere, at any time, on any device. For the past 5 years, we've been proud to enable immersive VR and AR learning experiences for millions of students around the world with Google Expeditions and Tour Creator. As schools around the world reimagine education from the ground up for a hybrid world, we've also been thinking deeply about how to adjust our tools to meet the moment and simultaneously build for the future. We've heard and recognize that immersive experiences with VR headsets are not always accessible to all learners and even more so this year, as the transition to hybrid learning has presented challenges for schools to effectively use Expeditions. To make Expeditions VR tours available to everyone, we're migrating the majority of them to Google Arts & Culture's free site and application. For additional information, please see the Expeditions Help Center.
Four Good Places to Find Audio Files for Multimedia Projects Whenever I talk to students or teachers about using music in multimedia projects I emphasize that just because a song is available to stream or download through the Internet, doesn't mean that you have the rights to re-use it. Therefore, you should strive to use public domain or Creative Commons licensed music. To that end, here are four good places to find free audio files to use in your multimedia projects. Dig CC Mixter offers thousands of songs that are Creative Commons licensed. The site is divided into three main categories. Those categories are Instrumental Music for Film & Video, Free Music for Commerical Projects, and Music for Video Games. Bensound offers about 250 music tracks that you can download for free. SoundBible is a good place for students to find all kinds of free sound effects recordings. Anyone can download music from the Free Music Archive for use in podcasts, videos, and other digital presentation formats.
Government Document Portals and Resources - Finding Government Documents - Research Guides at Library of Congress The United States Government is the largest publisher in the world. It distributes materials in a variety of formats, including electronic, CD, microfiche, and paper. As part of its publishing program, the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) distributes certain classes of government documents free of cost to designated libraries throughout the United States and its territories. The Library of Congress is a Selective Depository and has a rolling 10 years of documents which can be found in our Serial and Government Publications Division, but we also maintain older materials in our General Collections and subscribe to many databases that contain government documents. The resources provided on this page lead one to U.S. Learn more about The Federal Depository Libraries at The Federal Depository Library Program
How Google Took Over the Classroom But that also caused problems in Chicago and another district when Google went looking for teachers to try a new app — effectively bypassing district administrators. In both cases, Google found itself reined in. Unlike Apple or Microsoft, which make money primarily by selling devices or software services, Google derives most of its revenue from online advertising — much of it targeted through sophisticated use of people’s data. Questions about how Google might use data gleaned from students’ online activities have dogged the company for years. “Unless we know what is collected, why it is collected, how it is used and a review of it is possible, we can never understand with certainty how this information could be used to help or hurt a kid,” said Bill Fitzgerald of Common Sense Media, a children’s advocacy group, who vets the security and privacy of classroom apps. Google declined to provide a breakdown of the exact details the company collects from student use of its services. Mr. Mr.
Free Infographic Maker - Venngage New subject has students in a Sydney high school fighting fake news "Mine is going to be a rhyming picture book targeting kids and telling them how you can use technology without it harming you, how to be safe on the internet and how to keep balance," Lachlan Carter, 15, said. "One person is making their own website to teach people languages, you can just pick anything you want." Alexander Kammer, a science teacher at Killara High who is also coordinating the Apollo subject, said the school is aiming to help build students' autonomy and increase the authenticity of what is being taught in the classroom. "We wanted to do something that would allow students to dive a bit deeper," Mr Kammer said. "It's not about depth of knowledge on content, it's about learning skills. Mr Kammer said the subject, which is run over two classes a week, also includes "microlessons" that explicitly teach the skills students need to design and complete projects, including research skills, communication and creativity. Related Article Education reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald