April 29

STEM/STEAM Curriculum Resource: Spotlight on the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress consistently delivers high-quality and timely content for classroom and homeschool use. The resource spotlight of this blog post encourages conversations with students on their personal spending. The authentic, primary resource “hook” are receipts with history references. Among the most interesting are a 1861 receipt showing President Lincoln’s monetary gift contribution to a monument in honor of the early Plymouth Rock settlers.

Click to follow this link: https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2019/04/starting-conversations-with-students-about-personal-spending-investing-and-stewardship-with-historical-receipts/? 

 

Click to read additional posts from this blog about the Library of Congress:  https://4oops.edublogs.org/tag/library-of-congress/

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April 25

Love of the Link: iNACOL

“Love of the Link” is a new 2019 feature that spotlights a powerhouse website with at least three interactive features:

  1. Timely Content
  2. {Free} Resources for Educators
  3. Research-based best practice focus

Although “Love of the Link” is a new feature to this blog, the resources may be tried-and-true, legacy portals online.

 

June’s “Love of the Link” resource is the digital legacy portal, iNACOL. iNACOL is known for their yearly conferences that help educators activate best practices with resources, ideas, and integrative approaches. Be sure to download the new whitepaper on iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Teaching (v2)

 

 

 

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April 22

Apps, Hashtags, Podcasts, Padlets, Virtual Field Trips and more!

Investigative Research with the Pomodoro Technique, Part 2
https://tinyurl.com/Part2Investigate 

Research Words by Helen Teague

Assignment Instructions Repost:

  1. Part 2: Deep Dive: Begin to explore the resources from the list below. This list is a collection of Podcasts, Padlets, Activities, Websites, Social Media, Ideas, Blogs, Links, Virtual Field Trips, Hashtags, Socials, APPS, Reviews— Bookmark/Collect/Note as you explore. Explore from the prospect of their possible integration to your present or future classroom.
  2. Part 2: Deep Dive
  3. Set a timer for 25 minutes. Explore the resources from the list
  4. When the timer sounds, take a 5-minute break, return to the assignment instructions and complete Part 3.

Resources in Part 2

1.Hashtags to Check-out (or find others to use in your instructional setting):
#engineeringdesign    #Edtechafterdark

2. Engineering Design Padlet Samples:
https://padlet.com/ucdgrad/EandDT
https://padlet.com/dneely/551k0karwav6
https://padlet.com/dneely 

3. Lesson Plans
Geocaching: How to Use It In Your Classroom: https://guides.lib.campbell.edu/geocaching
Geocaching: In and Out of the Classroom: http://www.angelachristopher.net/gps–geocaching-in-the-classroom.html
PBWorks Geocaching and GPS: http://roxannnys.pbworks.com/f/Geocaching%20Classroom%20Ideas.pdf
GPS and Geocaching in the Classroom by Burt Lo, ISTE: https://id.iste.org/docs/excerpts/GCACHE-excerpt.pdf
GPS and Geocaching in Physical Education, Lesson Plan: http://gk12.cs.ksu.edu/uploads/lesson_material/file/97/geocaching-lesson-plan.pdf
Drone Lesson Plans: Drone Curriculum: https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2019/04/4-steps-create-effective-k-12-drone-curriculum

4. Videos Based on NSF Research: 
Academic Conversations: https://resourcecenters2015.videohall.com/presentatio

5. Makerspace Activities: Using Makerspaces to Extent Curriculum-A Geology Project:
http://www.edtechupdate.com/blendspace/?open-article-id=4543129&article-title=using-makerspace-to-extend-curriculum–a-geology-project&blog-domain=barrowmediacenter.com&blog-title=barrow-media-center–expect-the-miraculous

6. Reviews:
Review TES-Teach (formerly Blendspace): https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/tes-teach-with-blendspace

7. Virtual Field Trip to Outer Space: 360 view of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
https://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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April 15

Our Webinar-How Early Literacy Impacts Reading to Learn – Archive Link

Thank you to everyone who attended our webinar How Early Literacy Impacts Reading to Learn!!          Dr. Joyce and Dr. Helen are grateful to PBS TeacherLine and EdWeb for producing this webinar.

EdWeb archived the webinar recording and our presentation slides! Click this link for this information: https://www.edweb.net/.5b8f619f/ 

 

@pbsteachers
#PBSReaders4Life

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April 12

Weekend Ed. Quote ~ April 12

“When we intentionally respond to the diverse needs of our students, we are differentiating the product, process or content of learning according to the learning style, interest or readiness of our students. A wealth of research suggests that by framing learning with student interests in mind, teachers can increase student motivation and learning” (National Council of Teachers for English, 2015)

 

 

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