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Curated OER

How to Celebrate Kwanzaa on Your Campus

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
An article details everything you need to know about celebrating Kwanzaa at your school. An opening-day ceremony starts the seven-day holiday celebration followed a daily routine that includes a greeting, candle lighting, reciting an...
Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 10

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How have educational standards evolved? Educators of adults examine expectations in the 10th workshop out of 15 to better determine how standards have grown. Participants respond to a variety of sample questions to determine how they...
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Transforming Education

Growth Mindset Toolkit

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
A nine-slide presentation provides educators with practical ways they can help young people develop a growth mindset, a key competency in social-emotional learning.
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Designs by Nick Finck: The Why and How of Blogging

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you want a simple introduction to blogging? This site utilizes large graphics in a step-by-step format to walk you though what a blog is, some examples of blogs, the tools of blogging, the different types of blogs, and related topics.
Unit Plan
Other

Seo Click: How to Apply Advanced Search Techniques in Google 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Google's Advanced Search tool to look for web pages, images, and videos. You will also learn about advanced search operator and shortcuts you can use.
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Matheno: How to Solve Optimization Problems in Calculus

For Students 10th - 12th
Need to solve Optimization problems in Calculus? This blog illustrates the steps needed to solve them routinely for yourself.
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Gusto: How to Read Your Pay Stub

For Students 9th - 10th
Take some time and go over a typical paycheck so you know exactly where your hard-earned dollars are going. This article explains how you should read your Gusto pay stub.
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Other

Quinnipiac University: Blogging Across the Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This online course was created for the Interactive Digital Design Department at Quinnipiac University and is designed to examine how weblogs are being used in academia. The various pages cover the basics of weblogs, how to use Blogger...
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Other

Azoomee: E Safety Lesson 1: How to Be Kind

For Teachers K - 1st
A lesson about how to identify kindness online. [2:09]
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Other

Analog to Digital: Why and How to Teach Students to Write for an Online Audience

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article discusses the importance of teaching students how to write for an online audience using traditional writing skills but transitioning these to digital media. The author talks about ways to incorporate social media and...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: How to Teach Internet Safety to Younger Elementary Students

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn ways in which teachers can impart internet safety skills to young students.
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: What Are Modifiers? How to Use Them Correctly

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on modifiers including what modifiers are -- adjectives, adverbs, and descriptive phrases and clauses; misplaced modifiers and how to correct them; and limiting modifiers and how to use them. Examples are provided.
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University of Vermont: How to Improve Communication Skills in a Digital World

For Students 9th - 10th
How do you rank your communication skills - especially in our increasingly digital world? For some, it has become easier than ever to effectively communicate and engage with friends, peers, and customers. For others, communication now...
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US National Archives

Let's Move: Unhealthy Kids' Health Habits and How to Fix Them

For Students 3rd - 8th
The bad habits kids learn in childhood can last a lifetime. Here's how to help your child break them for good!
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Other

Hub Spot: How to Create a Survey in Excel, Word, Google, Facebook, & Survey Monkey

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to create a survey in Excel, Word, Google, Facebook, and SurveyMonkey.
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Other

J Learning: Your How to Site for Community Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website is a tutorial in how to make an on-line community newspaper. Check out the hot topics, more learning, and latest updates sections to get more instruction.
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Other

Cleanapple.com: Teach Students How to Ask Their Own Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A blog entry where a teacher discusses how to guide students in learning how to ask the right questions. Includes a video of Noam Chomsky talking about the purpose of education, and a framework listing four steps students can follow in...
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Other

National Council of Teachers of English: Teaching With Blogs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Reading and writing texts online are basic skills that students need to be literate citizens in today's world. Teaching with blogs provides the opportunity to engage students in both of these literacy activities, and the strategy has the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How to Make a Homopolar Motor

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this quick activity, you will make a simple motor using nothing but a battery, magnet, and a piece of wire.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to Blogging

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will help students understand what a blog is and how they are used to communicate online. It defines blogging and its uses and offers a YouTube video that explains what blogs are and how they work.
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Other

Ebsco Post: How to Help Students Select Digital Tools and Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article goes over some key points to help teachers explain to students why they should be cautious about using websites found through search engines to conduct academic research.
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International Literacy Association

International Literacy Association: How to Help Students Interpret Digital Texts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can we help students to move beyond summary and toward interpretation? A combination of digital popular culture modeling, heuristics, and choice - along with digital composition - can initiate that process. Interpretation combines...
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Other

Medialoot: How to Design an I Os 7 Inspired I Phone App Screen

For Students 9th - 10th
Walk through the steps involved to create a thin, flat iOS 7- inspired design concept for a user profile app screen. By using these simple techniques create stunning, minimal app interfaces.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: How to Write Better Essays: 5 Concepts You Must Master

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This blog article discusses essay writing including thesis development, strong form, style, conventions, and support and references.