Integrate Technology into Your Instruction
From the U.S. Department of Education, InTime (Integrating New Technologies Into the Methods of Education) offers 400 video vignettes of preK–12 teachers using technology in language arts, math, science and other instruction. A conceptual model for analyzing the use of technology in instruction is among the tools and information on the site.
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Participate in Authentic Scientific Research
NASA and Arizona State University’s Mars Education Program is offering students nationwide the opportunity to be involved in authentic Mars research by participating in the Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP). Teams of students in grades 5–12 will work with scientists, mission planners and educators at Arizona State University’s Mars Space Flight Facility to image a site on Mars using the visible wavelength camera onboard the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which is currently orbiting Mars every two hours. National Science Education Standards–aligned MSIP curriculum has been developed to fit within existing science curriculum using real-world science instead of worksheets or simulations. Student teams can participate in one of three formats for image reception activities: On-site at the Mars Space Flight Facility in Tempe, Arizona; Distance Learning; or Archived Data.
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Find Your State’s Stimulus Funding and Allocations
Learning Point AssociatesEducation Recovery and Reinvestment Center offers the most current information available on recovery funds and resources related to issues arising from the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including a helpful side-by-side guide to the education funds available to your state or locality and its reporting requirements. The site will be updated twice a week with new materials. Use the Ask Learning Point Associates section to send your questions and ideas.
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Flatten Your Classroom in Meaningful Ways
Flattening your classrooms is about introducing your students to the world in safe, meaningful ways that will enrich and augment the things that are already working in your school. Seven Steps to Flatten Your Classroom is a free ebook based on an Atomic Learning workshop developed by Vicki Davis, who has been recognized for her innovative use of the Web in the classroom.
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Save Planet Earth
At Green Education Network, K–16 teachers, students and parents will find a comprehensive and easy-to-use aggregation of Save Planet Earth curriculum-related information, lesson plans, activities, projects, contests—and inspiration. It’s all at your fingertips using the keyword search box or the topics list on the left-hand side of the site.
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Experience Moments in American History
American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in 1000 CE to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later. Read the words of explorers, Indians, missionaries, traders and settlers as they lived through the founding moments of American history. View, search, print or download more than 150 rare books, original manuscripts and classic travel narratives from the library and archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Doodle or Animate
DoInk is a free online drawing and animation tool that runs right in your browser. You can use it to do just a quick doodle, or you can take advantage of its layer cloning and vector-based designs to create relatively advanced animations. When done with any creation, you can share it with the DoInk community, email it to a friend or embed it on a blog or social-networking profile. You can also publish anything you’ve made straight to YouTube.
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Create an Interactive Timeline
Using a spreadsheet to create a timeline allows students to fill in cells to designate time periods. Text can be entered sideways to mark the events being represented. Students can enter text inside a drawing, or they can add drawings. This Web site gives step-by-step instructions on the process.
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Help Autistic Children Understand Emotions
Need help teaching an autistic child struggling to understand emotions like excited and scared? There’s a game for that—and one that will put that child’s face, voice and favorite colors into the game. A customizable, online autism library with tools like the emotion game is one of the key offerings in VizZle, new Web-based software from Monarch Teaching Technologies. VizZle (short for “visual learning”) builds customized, autism-specific flashcards, games and other interactive exercises for children. All these personalized materials can be placed online for other VizZle users to borrow and adapt.
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Explore Crisis Communication Tools
Everything from natural disasters and catastrophic events to traffic jams and school closings have rendered mass notification systems vital for our health and safety. CDW-G’s Mass Notification Toolkit can help you streamline crisis communication by minimizing uncertainties and preventing missteps as you plan, implement and improve your sharing of best practices, strategies and resources for establishing the most effective communication program for your school or district.
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