Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week,
thanks to my PLN. As a teacher, I feel we have to keep up to date concerning
research in our field and current issues in the education system. I hope some
of these inspire you, inform you, and even have you asking questions. Thank you
for coming by and visiting!
Note: Each resource is labeled with a level and
subject area to make it easier to use.
Levels: E:
Elementary; M: Middle; H: High; G: General, all levels; SN: Special Needs; T:
Teachers
Subject Areas: LA: Language Arts, English, Reading,
Writing; M: Math; S: Science; Health; SS: Social Studies, Current Events; FA:
Fine Arts; Music, Art, Drama; FL: Foreign Language; PE: Physical Ed; C: Career;
A: All
Science of NFL
Football - “NBC Learn and NBC
Sports, in partnership with the National Science Foundation and the National
Football League, unravel the science behind professional football. For lesson
plans provided by Lessonopoly, open the video and click on ‘Lessons.’” (L:H;SA:S)
Theme
Poems – “In this online tool, elementary students can write poems based
on shapes from five different categories: Nature, School, Sports, Celebrations,
and Shapes. Within these categories, 32 different shapes are included. By
selecting a shape, students are learning how to focus their writing on a
particular topic or theme. In addition, as part of the online tool, students
are prompted to brainstorm, write, and revise their poems, thus reinforcing
elements of the writing process. Students can save their draft poems to revise
later.” (L:G;SA:LA)
Math Maps
– “Four years ago I created Google
Earth resources for the classroom and posted them to the GE Community Forum. Two of them
were called Maths in Madrid and Maths in Las Vegas. These were
based on the fact that there is maths all around us, every day, everywhere we
look. Google Earth (and Maps) gives us a great perspective on it all. It also
provides easy access for our students to see rich visual content that depicts
everyday maths. I have always loved the idea of children seeing the maths they
are working on. The only issue with Google Earth is that it is restrictive in
two ways. It is not browser based and it is impossible for me to create a
resource for others to collaborate on. Luckily Google Maps has caught up and using
the collaborative features I can now invite other teachers and educators to
help build on these resources. It is exciting to return to these old ideas and
work on them with you all.” (L:G;SA:M)
Storyboards
for Beginners – “Storyboards help filmmaking teams visualise
a film and how to tell the film’s story through images. In a film, the audience
follows a story not just through character's dialogue, but also through
their actions. Even objects and settings help tell a story.
You can make decisions about how things will look by
creating a storyboard. Each panel in a storyboard represents a camera
shot and therefore what the camera will see and show. You do not have
to recreate every frame of a film in a storyboard; that would take forever!” (L:G;SA:A)
WordHippo – “Thesaurus
and word tools for your creative needs” (L:G;SA:A)
Original photo by Pat Hensley
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