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Supporting Content Literacy with Digital Tools 4-12 This course
is designed to assist teachers in using effective instructional practices with technology tools. Participants will explore
research-based active learning strategies that encourage higher order thinking skills, metacognition, and collaborative learning.
There will be a focus on using reading strategies for content area instruction.
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Finding Online Resources Blue Web N
Check out these "blue ribbon" web sites. Sign up for weekly updates to keep
up with new sites. Onekey
Google's search engine for kids. Kidsclick This database has an approximate reading level for each site.
Flickr Great for teachers to find photos for projects or building background knowledge, vocabulary, etc.
Filamentality
A great resource for hotlists and webquest created by other teachers. Trackstar
Make a
"track" of sites you commonly use and students can access them from home or school. Check out tracks other teachers
have made!
Science Resources | | Cells Alive!
Images, lessons and information about cell life. | NASA for Kids
Filled
with resources for students of all ages including lessons,
activities, chats and real time data. | | | | Everything from plants to electricity. | | Science you can use! ;-) | Great visuals to get students thinking
about the impact humans have on the environment. |
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Don't have Inspiration?
Try Bubbl.us to create webs. Access
my resources for literacy practice/centers. Are you a math teacher?
Try some of the virtual manipulatives on my Math Resources page to help kids understand their
math texts. Here are some more research-based strategies for reading to
learn. Also, AdLit is a great one-stop-shop for adolescent literacy topics. Find out more about Understanding by Design to plan meaningful
units centered around enduring understandings. Check out our Wiki from the last day of class
at: kdoubek.wikispaces.com/ Web
2.0 Resources for Teachers edublogs A resource for using web logs with students. | Engrade A free tool for teachers to share information like assignments and
calendars with students and parents. | Wiki-Teacher A wiki for students to createa and collaborate with students.
| TeacherTube Check
out these great resources created to engage your visual learners. |
Student
Projects Digitales Check out Bernajean Porter's phenomenal collection of digital stories create by students. | ThinkQuests Award-winning websites
created by students. | Podcasts
Basics Tony's site is a great place to learn about podcasts, as well as look at some examples.
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Wikis Some links to examples of how schools are using Wikis. |
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