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Understanding The Impact Of Digital Footprints
Students learn about digital footprints and meet ELA Common Core State Standards by analyzing online profiles to make inferences about how different audiences might interpret them. Students learn how to analyze a text, present an...
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Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about China's Revolutions. While the rest of the world was off having a couple of World Wars, China was busily uprooting the dynastic system that had ruled there for millennia. Most revolutions have some...
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Mindful Messaging
The privilege of a cell phone can be fun but distracting. A young girl with a smart phone discusses the importance of trying to use it wisely. Click for the related lesson, Show Respect Online:...
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Asteroids, Meteors, Comets… and the End of the World?
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonate Turns out the sky IS falling. SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSdfa Share on...
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4 Steps to Create a Tech-Rich Lesson Plan
Using technology is quite different from teaching with technology. Check out four steps you can follow to design tech-rich lesson plans. Get tips on great edtech tools and teaching practices at www.commonsense.org/education ---------...
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Imperialism: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about European Imperialism in the 19th century. European powers started to create colonial empires way back in the 16th century, but businesses really took off in the 19th century, especially in Asia and...
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What's in Your Digital Footprint?
Students learn to think carefully before posting and sharing in this video from Common Sense Media about the Digital Footprint we leave behind online. For video discussion questions, visit:...
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Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you, at long last, about the most exceptional bunch of empire-building nomads in the history of the world, the Mongols! How did the Mongols go from being a relatively small band of herders who occasionally...
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What Is the SAMR Model?
The SAMR Model is a way for teachers to evaluate how they integrate technology into their teaching. Is it an act of substitution? Augmentation? Modification? Or redefinition? --------- Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/CS_Edu_YT...
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5 Essential Media Literacy Questions for Kids
For more media literacy resources, visit our News and Media Literacy Toolkit at: https://www.commonsense.org/education/toolkit/news-and-media-literacy All media comes with an author, and an agenda. Whether in the classroom or at home,...
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3 Ways to Help Students Build Empathy Using Technology
Can your students build empathy skills even while using technology? Yes! In fact, exercises that help students build empathy in digital spaces are a crucial part of positive social and emotional learning. Plus, using empathy skills...
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Tech-Rich Lesson Plan in Action: Elementary School Math - Metric Measurement
See a tech-rich elementary school math lesson in which students learn metric measurement by measuring parts of their bodies. This lesson includes edtech tools Kahoot, Curious Ruler, and Office Mix. This lesson was taught by Crissy...
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Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you the history of Islam, including the revelation of the Qu'ran to Muhammad, the five pillars of Islam, how the Islamic empire got its start, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and more. Learn about hadiths, Abu...
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Digital Bytes: News Literacy
How have new forms of technology changed the skills we need to evaluate and analyze news? Teens will consider techniques on how to be news-literate and how to determine which content is reliable and accurate. For more videos and ways to...
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Henry's Story: Making Mashups
Is creating new online audio with existing music legal? A young boy discusses borrowing online content to make his own music mash-ups and video sequences. Use this video in your classroom in conjunction with the lesson plan, A Creator's...
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Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about the post-World War II breakup of most of the European empires. As you'll remember from previous installments of Crash Course, Europeans spent several centuries sailing around the world creating...
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Introduction to 21st Century Learning with Helen Soule
Hear from Helen Soule, executive director of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), on how education technology is an essential part of the 4 Cs (communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking) and what...
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Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History
In which John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Buddhism. He also gets into the reign of Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor who, in spite of Buddhism's structural...
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Digital Bytes: Disconnected
What does it mean to have a healthy media diet? Teens discuss the pros and cons of our daily connection with our devices and the impact these devices can have on our relationships and self-identity. For more videos and ways to help teach...
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Pride and Prejudice Part 1: Crash Course Literature
In which a series about literature, which is wanting of an episode on Jane Austen, gets the first of two episodes. It's Pride and Prejudice, everybody! John Green talks about Pride and Prejudice as a product of Regency England, gives you...
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Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you the history of Christianity, from the beginnings of Judaism and the development of monotheism, right up to Paul and how Christianity stormed the Roman Empire in just a few hundred years. Along the way,...
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Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War, which it turns out were two different things. John goes over the issues and events that precipitated rebellion in Britain's American...
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Indus Valley Civilization: Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the largest of the ancient civilizations. John teaches you the who, how, when, where and why of the Indus Valley Civilization, and dispenses advice on how to be...
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Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History
In which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids and the Nile with John Green.