Sophia Learning
Sophia: Headings and Subheadings
This tutorial provides two videos focusing on using headings and subheadings in paper writing: the first video discusses the purpose and when to use them; the second discusses how to format them. Textual information is also provided...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Plan an Explanatory Paragraph Using a Graphic Organizer
In this lesson, you will learn how to plan an informational paragraph by completing a graphic organizer. Login gives access to a slideshow as well. [7:22]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Use Diagrams and Graphic Aids to Understand a Text's Meaning
In this lesson, you will learn how to understand complex text by using information presented in a graphic aid. Login gives access to a slideshow and a student handout. [5:39]
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Visual Rhetoric: Contrast
Click through this video tutorial to learn how to make multimedia presentations more effective by using visual contrast in color, shapes, sizes, and backgrounds.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Communication Skills
This Skillswise site focuses on communication skills. Included are a video about how to develop communication skills, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from BBC are...
eSpark Learning
E Spark Learning: Integrating Information From Different Formats (Ri.6.7)
This video discusses how to use nonfiction text features to better understand what is being read. [4:19]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Intro to Infographics: Behind the Scenes of Unlocked
Making an infographic is a multistep process, so we'll break this tutorial into two parts. In this lesson, we'll walk you through the basics of making your own infographic, depending on the data at hand. [1:21] It also provides links to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sal Khan's Story: Wrapping Up
In this Khan Academy resource Sal talks about his college experience.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sal Khan's Story: Making High School Count
This Khan Academy resource is a video about the importance of high school and how it can prepare you for you for college.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Persuasive Technologies
How can devices, environments, or computer programs be designed to change how people behave? We'll talk about the field of 'persuasive technology.