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EdTech Tuesday: Becoming a Lead Learner with Todd Nesloney
How is a fifth-grade teacher with no administrative experience planning to transform a low socioeconomic school as its principal or "lead learner" using project-based learning?
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Find Answers to Research Questions by Skimming Texts for Evidence
In this lesson, you will learn how to find answers to your research questions by skimming the text for key words and phrases. [4:56]
Understood For All
Understood.org: Video: How First Graders Learn to Research and Organize Ideas
In this video from GreatSchools, viewers will observe strategies that first graders use as they research topics and organize new information. Observers will note the conversations about what they learn and examples of note taking. [1:45]
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Sneed Collard
Sneed B. Collard III is the author of more than 30 children's books about science, nature, and the environment. With a background in biology, his book topics range from beaks to wings to cloud forests to animal dads. Collard encourages...
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Western Reserve Public Media: Teaching With Tech: Tech Plus Crayons
The lesson consists of students working in groups of 3-4 to research different topics about Emperor Penguins. They will scan a QR code, which will take them to teacher-vetted websites for answers to topic questions. These topics are:...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Choose a Research and Writing Topic by Asking Questions
In this lesson, you will learn how to choose a writing topic for an informational text by asking questions about your interests. [3:11]