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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...
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Road to Representation Creating the Crunchy Life Kid's Series

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This blog focuses on a teacher's need to fill in the gaps for reading strategies and the priority to improve comprehension and overall reading development. She explains the strategies to meet the above goals.
Lesson Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: A Wrinkle in Time Novel Study: Amy Palermo, River Trail Ms

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This interactive novel study provides a 21st Century approach for students to understand Madeleine L'Engle's classic, A Wrinkle in Time. Students with develop PicCollages, create Audioboos (student-created version of Audiobooks), write...
Website
Other

Edublogs

For Students 9th - 10th
Edublogs is a site for educators or students to create your own web logs (or blogs). With support videos to introduce you to Edublogs, professional development resources to use with staff and the ability to create and share your own...
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Hyphen in Compound Adjective With Comparatives/superlatives

For Students 9th - 10th
Rules and examples for creating the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives with or without hyphens.
Article
National Geographic

National Geographic: Blog: "Fairy Circles" Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes how termites create circular patterns of bare soil known as "fairy circles" in the grasslands of southern Africa.
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Decolonizing the Map: Creating the Indigenous Mapping Collective

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For many Indigenous communities, mapping plays a large role in reclaiming their lands. Mapping is not new to Indigenous peoples, in fact, some of the world's earliest maps can be seen in cave paintings or heard in the stories that have...
Primary
Other

Electronic Portfolios Digital Stories of Deep Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This research paper discusses the concepts of "Electronic Portfolios as Digital Stories of Deep Learning" and "Digital Storytelling as Reflective Portfolio" by linking two dynamic processes to promote deep learning: Portfolio Development...
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs.org: Jumping on the Bitmoji Classroom Train

For Students K - 1st
This blog focuses on the Bitmoji classroom craze that is spreading all across the nation. Creating an interactive virtual classroom has become one of the many ways educators are trying to create content for their online tutorials,...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Missing From Texts: Critical Changemakers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here are some changemakers from around the country who do amazing work and deserve to be celebrated for their contributions, the pathways they have set before and ahead of themselves, and the inspiration they provide to the countless...
Website
Other

Fagan Finder: All About Rss

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is about using RSS and Atom, from a non-technical standpoint.If you are interested in creating RSS feeds, see this RSS Workshop, or Atom for Publishers for Atom.
Website
Other

De Young Museum of American Art: Boatmen on the Missouri: George Caleb Bingham

For Students 9th - 10th
A site about the painter, George Caleb Bingham, created by The De Young Museum of American Art. The painting "Boatmen on the Mississippi," is shown and described on the first page. Click "Next," on the bottom to view and read about...
Activity
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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.
Professional Doc
Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Students and Audience in Project Assessment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Get a glimpse of how to use peer critiques through student-created rubrics to give students timely feedback so they can make their work better. Site includes a video and an article. [54:38]
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Other

Make, Take, & Teach: Long I Vowel Sound Word List [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Use this list to master the letter combinations which create the long i sound in English words.
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Other

The Official Website of Irving Layton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is dedicated to Irving Layton and was created by a friend and fan. It has his biography, bibliographies, links, a blog and photos.
Website
Other

Driving Questions: Students Uncovering Amazing Content Through Inquiry

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This blog post provides background on the concept of Driving Questions as a basis for Project-Based Learning and gives some direction for how to create them. The links at the end of the blog allow teachers to explore this technique more...
Primary
Other

Rss Ideas for Educators [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Trying to make sense of RSS technology and wondering how to use it in your classroom? This research paper clearly explains the basics behind XML feeds and aggregators and how educators can use this new tool to share great resources with...
Unit Plan
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Word Press Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Review this free resource guide for help using this website management tool.
Website
Other

Nerdy Book Club: Reading Is Art, by S. J. Dahlstrom

For Students 4th - 8th
This blogpost is by the author of the Wilder Good series of novels about life in West Texas and southern Colorado. The author encourages reading as a way of finding beauty in the world. The blog site is created by four teachers.