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OK2Ask: Formative Assessment with Infographics - TeachersFirst
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3 to 12tag(s): infographics (51)
In the Classroom
The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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OK2Ask: Free Microsoft Tools to Make Learning Accessible and Inclusive - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): Accessibility (2), differentiation (53), Microsoft (41), Special Needs (33)
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The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: Make the Most of Your TeachersFirst Membership - TeachersFirst
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K to 12In the Classroom
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OK2Ask: Tech Integration Made Easy with Sutori - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): digital storytelling (155), timelines (59)
In the Classroom
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OK2Ask: Google Earth Web: Oh the Places You Can Go - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): Google (29)
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The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MetKids - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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2 to 12tag(s): art history (77), artists (78), inventors and inventions (92), myths and legends (26)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect for use on classroom computers for students to explore on their own. Ask them to find information for a specific period of time or country and label what they find important using Webnote, reviewed here, then share their findings on a timeline (with music, photos, videos, and more) using Timeline JS, reviewed here. Enjoy the videos for creating and sharing art in your classroom. Take a virtual field trip with your students on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector as you explore the museum together.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hamilton - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History/Ron Chernow
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6 to 12tag(s): 1700s (29), american revolution (85), constitution (88)
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Discover the many ready-to-go, free resources on this site when teaching about the Founding Fathers and the Constitution. Make a splash with visual learners by starting class with artifacts from this site displayed on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Explore primary sources and historical texts as part of a Common Core literacy program cooperating among English, reading, and history teachers. Have students sign up to enjoy access to all the resources. Challenge cooperative learning groups to explore information on the site and become Hamilton "experts." Have the groups create presentations to share with the class about what they learn using Presentious, reviewed here, or Slides, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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You Decide: Jefferson or Hamilton? A Biography of America - PBS Learning Media California
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6 to 12tag(s): 1700s (29), constitution (88), jefferson (20)
In the Classroom
This interactive provides a perfect introduction to any unit on the Constitution. Ask students to complete the short quiz, then compare their response to others. Create a quick poll (with no membership required) using SurveyRock, reviewed here, to view responses from your class. Have students make an interactive multimedia presentation after researching Hamilton or Jefferson using a tool like Sway, reviewed here, or Zeetings, reviewed here. Take advantage of the discussion questions on this site to encourage students to think about the visions of our government leaders.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Alexander Hamilton: Early Influences - PBS Learning Media California
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6 to 12tag(s): 1700s (29), constitution (88)
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View this video together as a class as an introduction to lessons on Alexander Hamilton, the Constitution, or slavery. Flip your lessons and have students watch the video before class. Use the Discussion Questions from the site to challenge students to research other Founding Fathers. Have students or groups share what they know about Hamilton using Padlet, reviewed here. The Padlet application creates free online bulletin boards. Encourage students to research Alexander Hamilton's later life, then upload a photo they have encountered (with proper credit, of course) and add voice bubbles to explain what they learned using a tool such as Superlame, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Immigrant Stories - Immigration History Research Center Univ of Minnesota
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6 to 12tag(s): immigrants (22), immigration (60), migration (58)
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Have your ESL/ELL students share their stories here (with permission from parents) when doing a biography writing unit. Have all students search for stories of immigrants whose ethnic background resembles their own. Have each student choose one story to read about and share a quick multimedia project with the class, such as a simple online posters using PicLits, reviewed here. Ask students who have a relative who is an immigrant to interview them, and then use a tool such as the 3 Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare the experiences. This could be done using a story from the same country, or other countries. Use stories from this site as a writing prompt for a poem or digital story about an aspect of immigrant life, asking students to put themselves in the immigrant's shoes. For presentations of digital stories challenge students to use UtellStory, reviewed here. This tool allows narrating and adding text to a picture. For the advanced digital atudent and teacher challenge them to create their story as a game using Pencil Code Gym, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection Stories - National Museum of African American History and Culture
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4 to 12tag(s): african american (109), black history (56), cross cultural understanding (123)
In the Classroom
Share stories from this collection to provide a personal look at events from African-American history in the United States. Use stories as an example, and ask students to find additional artifacts from the National Museum and research to discover the story behind the item. Have younger students use Kiddle, reviewed here, a kid-friendly search engine to find documents about their particular object. Younger students could bring an item from their home to tell the story of its history. For either of these ideas, encourage students to create online books for sharing the stories using a tool such as Ourboox, reviewed here. Ask students to find local residents with knowledge of historical events to come talk to your class about the "behind the scenes" story, or set up a Skype call with an African-American leader. Use these stories for informational reading in your Language Arts classroom, and as a wonderful resource to use for covering the informational reading standards required with the CCSS.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chronas - Dietmar Aumann
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6 to 12tag(s): 1600s (14), 1700s (29), 1800s (48), 1900s (36), explorers (65), maps (298), religions (68), timelines (59)
In the Classroom
Introduce Chronas on an interactive whiteboard and demonstrate how to use the timeline and find the many features available. Allow time for students to explore on their own. Use this site to reinforce your students' understanding of timelines. Have cooperative learning groups investigate a particular period or ruler. Have students create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Easel.ly, reviewed here, or Piktochart, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Volunteers: Americans Join World War I, 1914-1919 Curriculum - AFS Intercultural Program
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7 to 12tag(s): europe (74), maps (298), primary sources (93), womens suffrage (25), world war 1 (55)
In the Classroom
Download individual lessons or the whole curriculum to be used offline. Engage students in an underlying theme or question, helping to bridge between past and present. Lessons are extensive and easy to adapt and use. Use handouts with a whole class, small group collaboration, or individual work. Be sure to download the Teacher Toolkit to take advantage of the extensive lesson resources. Use the Tips in each lesson to enhance your teaching experience, adapt activities to the global classroom, and find more activities and homework ideas. Visit the link to the Museum's companion exhibit, here, for more resources.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CyArk - CyArk & Partners
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K to 12tag(s): archeology (32), egypt (67), environment (325), erosion (18), graphic design (35), mayans (14), photography (156), romans (35), speech (89), virtual field trips (55)
In the Classroom
You and your students will love exploring the many areas from around the world on this fascinating site! Be sure to create a link on classroom computers and your class website for students to explore on their own. History and social studies teachers can partner with science and math teachers to present the lesson plans to students. Have students create a multimedia presentation of a cultural site using Voicethread, reviewed here. This site allows users to narrate a picture. Challenge students to find a photo (legally permitted to be reproduced), and then narrate the photo as if it is a news report. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts sharing details found on CyArk. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here. Take a virtual field trip to any of CyArk's sites without leaving the comfort of your classroom!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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World Population History - Population Connection
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6 to 12tag(s): advanced placement (25), conservation (128), environment (325), population (66)
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Try using this website in science class during environmental science units on human population growth. Start the class by sharing this site on an interactive whiteboard (or projector) for students to see. Provide time for students to look at the material and to generate questions about it. Brainstorm not only questions but what students learned from it. Allow groups time to research the economic and social issues that have caused such a change in population and how people live. Challenge students to make a multimedia presentation using Sway, reviewed here, about what they learned from the different time periods or themes. With Sway, you can have music, photos, videos, and even make it interactive.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ready or Not, Let the Games Begin - Esri
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5 to 12tag(s): maps (298), olympics (51), pollution (65), south america (40), sports (99)
In the Classroom
Ready or Not was created using Story Map, reviewed here. Use Story Map to create your own stories for any subject, perhaps an overview of the Olympics at the end of the games or a profile of a notable Olympic athlete. View this story together with your class, then divide students into groups to learn more about Brazil and South America. Include this site with your current events discussions as you compare security threats across the globe, pollution issues, or health concerns such as the Zika virus.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Discover NYC Landmarks - New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
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6 to 12tag(s): 1900s (36), 20th century (50), images (278), local history (15), maps (298), new york (27), photography (156)
In the Classroom
If you teach about local history, inspire students by sharing this site first, then have them create a wiki about your town! Not comfortable with wikis? Check out TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through. Get the interactive whiteboard or projector ready for this photographic journey. Share photos from different time periods as you study different eras from the 19th and 20th centuries. Have students use a mapping tool such as Zeemaps, reviewed here, to create a map of local landmarks (with audio stories and pictures included)!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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In the Swim eGuides - Make a Splash in the Classroom - In the Swim
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chemicals (44), safety (92), sports (99), water (134)
In the Classroom
Follow these links for some supplemental materials to enliven lessons that could include water as a recreational resource. Science teachers will find real world applications and information about chemicals. Use interactive boards to show videos and activities as whole group lessons. Have students read articles for informational reading practice. Use the resources for flipped or blended learning links on your class website for individual or small group work.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NBC Learn Free Resources - NBCUniversal Media, NBC News
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5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): brain (68), civil rights (119), news (262), olympics (51), pi (28), sports (99), STEM (174), sustainability (18), video (278)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect for flipped or blended learning classrooms but will spark interest in most classroom lessons. Use the search box in the upper right corner to find free content of interest. NBC Learn uses a proprietary media player "Cue Card," and provides suggestions if you are having trouble playing. The whole class can watch the videos, many of which are parts of a series. Have individuals or small groups view and share information. The transcripts and close captioning will be helpful for struggling learners. Transcripts can be used alone for informational text reading practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MetPublications - Metropolitan Museum of Art
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6 to 12tag(s): art history (77), artists (78)
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Share this site with your school's art teacher. Explore artwork from different time periods or places as part of social studies lessons. Encourage students to explore this site on their own to learn more about the various components of art. Have students create an annotated image of different pieces of art including text boxes, related links, and videos using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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