Collaborative Projects

Collaborative project ideas focuses on various online tools. Check out link from We Are Teachers Blog:

Video Notes

Video Notes allows students (or teachers!) to take synchronized notes when watching a video. Check out http://videonot.es.

Media Literacy Week | Annual Media Literacy Week in the United States via kwout

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Teach with Movies

Lesson plans and resources to make meaningful use of movies in the classroom:

Teach With Movies - Lesson Plans from movies for all subjects via kwout

Visit http://docsteach.org for primary source documents!

Introducing the Newly Redesigned DocsTeach.org | Education Updates via kwout

It's Okay to Be Smart!

Definitely send your students off this summer with this message--and resource!

It's Okay To Be Smart | Classroom Resources | PBS LearningMedia via kwout

Primary Source Sets

Primary Source Sets via kwout

Blendspace and Perspecs

Flip the classroom, create interactive lessons, differentiate instruction with Blendspace.

Blendspace - Create lessons with digital content in 5 minutes via kwout

Explore the app Perspecs to dig into three different perspectives of the same news story to probe point of view:

Perspecs News App - Three sides to every story via kwout

More info about Perspecs from Free Technology for Teachers

Teacher Development Grants

Teacher Development Grants « McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation via kwout

Maximizing Access to eBooks

The Digital Public Library of America has launched with a goal to connect people to books!

Get Started via kwout

Ted Talks by Kid Lit Authors

Mind-Opening, Heart-Tugging TED Talks by Kid Lit Authors | Video Spotlight | School Library Journal via kwout

Free Technology for Teachers: How to Print a Poster With a Standard Printer via kwout

Developed at The University of Michigan – Flint and Ann Arbor, ImagineNation Matters “virtual tour” modules are like storybooks come to life, in which upper elementary students can experience, for example, the human drama of the Underground Railroad or life as a modern Arab American. Each of the modules is in the form of a story that involves protagonists of the approximate age of student participants. As they turn the pages of their virtual storybook, students are prompted with questions to consider. Students’ comments are responded to by University of Michigan student mentors, who speak in the voices of the characters in the stories. These mentored conversations continue throughout the tour, offering students a chance to develop writing and research skills while they experience important moments in history. (Daily Digest from Amazing Resources--edWeb)

About Interactive Communications and Simulations via kwout