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American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Library of Congress & WGBH
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): 1900s (73), earth (186), radio (20), religions (85), sports (81), video (262), women (142), world war 1 (78), world war 2 (161)
In the Classroom
Bookmark the American Archive of Public Broadcasting for use as primary source material for classroom lessons. Browse by topic or keywords to find videos to share on your interactive whiteboard or share a link on your class website for students to view at home. Enhance students' learning and have them use Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about an important figure from America's recent past. Transform student learning by having students create timelines (with music, photos, videos, and more) using Timeline JS, reviewed here, to demonstrate what they learned from one of the radio programs, videos, or exhibits.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Girls Garage (Project H) - Project H Design - Emily Pilloton
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): architecture (65), creativity (90), design (80), gifted (65), STEM (279)
In the Classroom
Share Project H with students as a resource for group projects or enrichment. The ideas on Project H are perfect when considering ideas for math, science, or art Fairs. Create a link on your class website for students to use at home. After completing a project, have students take a photo. Then, show them how to embed media transforming their work by uploading it to Thinglink, reviewed here. Students can then annotate the photo with text boxes, related links, and video to explain the process of how they created their product.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Highbrow - Artem Zavyalov & Jane Limanskaya
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): 20th century (62), architecture (65), authors (105), business (51), differentiation (89), endangered species (27), equations (119), financial literacy (89), greeks (32), human body (94), inventors and inventions (77), logic (163), medicine (56), mental math (19), numbers (119), photography (118), poetry (191), psychology (67), short stories (18), surrealism (2), weather (161), women (142)
In the Classroom
Highbrow is perfect for differentiated learning. Allow students to choose their own topic and sign up for a course. When complete, choose another topic and start a new course. Modify classroom technology by having students create commercials for finished courses using Powtoon, reviewed here, and share them using a tool such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Challenge students to create a course after a unit of study as a final assessment. Be sure to include this site on your class webpage for students to access both in and outside of class for personal use.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Maker Camp - Maker Media, Inc
Grades
K to 8tag(s): crafts (54), energy (132), magnetism (37), origami (15), solar energy (34)
In the Classroom
Use Maker Camp as an excellent resource for finding hands-on learning activities for your classroom. Share this site with students who love to tinker! Be sure to provide a link on your classroom website for parents to use when looking for at-home activities. If you teach an after school program, search Maker Camp to find activities for many different topics.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pixar in a Box - Khan Academy and Pixar
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): animation (64), creativity (90), movies (53), STEM (279)
In the Classroom
This site is excellent for enrichment. Include it on your class webpage for students to access both in and out of class. Share the opening video for lessons, then allow students to explore and complete the videos at their own pace. Use this site for enrichment with your gifted students or students interested in art and filmmaking. Challenge students to use concepts presented in the Pixar in a Box tutorials to create their own animated films.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Walters Art Museum - The Walters Art Museum
Grades
K to 12tag(s): art history (89), artists (82), museums (47)
In the Classroom
Find printable lesson plans to create cross-curricular lessons. The lesson plans include objectives, multiple activities, examples, and a wrap-up. Students can then use the site to find other pieces of art that demonstrate or support the same concept.Connect middle and high school students to the museum through one of the prescheduled video conference calls to learn about specific topics. Be sure to prepare students for the conference call, and encourage students to participate with comments and questions to enhance the learning experience. After the conference, have students navigate through the pieces of art on the site that relate to the topic from the video conference. Enhance student learning by posing questions on Flip, reviewed here, for students to answer and comment on each other's answers.
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The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE) - NISE Net
Grades
K to 12tag(s): carbon (17), cells (83), diseases (69), electricity (62), energy (132), environment (246), measurement (124), medicine (56), plays (29), preK (263), STEM (279)
In the Classroom
Bookmark NISE as a resource for finding STEM lesson plans and activities. Some of the lesson plans include theater plays and scripts, take advantage of these to incorporate the arts into your STEM lessons making them STEAM. Share NISE activities with students for use with math and science fair projects. Be sure to include a link to activities on your class web page for parent use at home. Share the Professional Development section with your administrator and fellow teachers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KidsThinkDesign - Kids Design Collaborative
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animation (64), architecture (65), design (80), fashion (11), graphic design (49), makerspace (43)
In the Classroom
Share KidsThinkDesign with your school's art teacher as an excellent addition to art lessons or for ideas to use as a collaborative project. Share with students as part of career exploration activities to help them learn about the different areas of design and also try some designs on their own. After creating a design, have students upload a photo they have taken and add voice bubbles to explain what they learned using a tool such as Phrase.it, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Art of Baseball - Kennedy Center Artsedge
Grades
K to 6tag(s): architecture (65), baseball (31), critical thinking (117), painting (53), plays (29), problem solving (225)
In the Classroom
This site would be a perfect addition to incorporate the arts through a high-interest activity. Use the activities when the World Series takes place or as part of Opening Day activities. Throughout the year, use ideas for critical thinking lessons as a learning center. Have students create commercials for their newly designed ballparks or skits and share them using a tool such as SchoolTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kid World Citizen - Becky Morales
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): back to school (62), chinese new year (5), christmas (36), cross cultural understanding (167), earth day (60), hanukkah (12), hispanic (32), holidays (178), italy (18), Juneteenth (22), mexico (30), native americans (95), ramadan (10), thanksgiving (22)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use throughout the year when teaching about countries, holidays, and for cross-cultural literature resources. Choose a country to explore each month using resources found on the site. Learn about your students' backgrounds to find countries and regions to explore using activities on the site. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here, to compare and contrast your culture with that of a different country.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FutureLearn for Schools - FutureLearn
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): advertising (26), business (51), computers (109), creative writing (122), cultures (145), dental health (15), environment (246), financial literacy (89), gifted (65), literature (218), photography (118), politics (114), professional development (409), psychology (67)
In the Classroom
Allow gifted students to enroll in courses that interest them or that provide enrichment beyond classroom content. Share with others in your building as a resource for professional development. Explore the topics yourself for some new, engaging material to round out your own expertise. Allow students to enroll in a course that would fit into their career goals as an exploratory opportunity in that field. With older students you may want to consider requiring them to take a course with the idea that it is a model.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Story Maker - ABCya
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): digital storytelling (152), drawing (60), writing (323)
In the Classroom
Story Maker is so simple very young students can use it successfully after a demonstration on a whiteboard or with a projector. Use this tool to design simple projects using student drawings to tell the story. At the beginning of the year have students draw and annotate stories to tell about their summer and share with classmates. Students of any age love to draw, so why not enhance their learning by having them draw their impression of a message to the reader from a story and then explain it in writing on Story Maker?Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Musanim - Music Animation Machine YouTube Channel - Stephen Malinowski
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): music theory (45), musical instruments (49), musical notation (33)
In the Classroom
Use this YouTube Channel as an excellent addition to any music class to help students "see" music in a new way. Play videos on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) during quiet times in your classroom. Stop videos during play to analyze and understand the representations created and view specific instrument families used at each moment.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Institution for Arts Integration and STEAM - Education Closet
Grades
K to 12tag(s): architecture (65), professional development (409), robotics (23), STEM (279)
In the Classroom
Look at the back issues of ArtsEd LAB for different articles to see if you want to subscribe to ArtsEd LAB. Find ideas for incorporating art into science, technology, engineering, and math classes. Share with colleagues and at professional development meetings for any relevant ideas.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Bill's Games - Bill Kendrick
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): game based learning (181), logic (163), problem solving (225), puzzles (142)
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Share and demonstrate the activities on an interactive whiteboard. Create a link on classroom computers to use as a center. Challenge students to increase difficulty levels in games and activities. Ask students to journal about their problem-solving process when playing games and activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Giphy - Jace Cooke & Alex Chung
Grades
K to 12tag(s): animation (64), images (260), photography (118)
In the Classroom
Share an animated GIF to get student's attention! A cat reading a book is one way to begin reading time! Show any science concept a student should look at several times to see every aspect of the event. Some ideas to search for might be the development of an organism, cell division, a chemical reaction, formation of stars, or a bullet in slow motion. Do you want to reveal portions of a video outlining the travels of historic expeditions, addition of the states to the US, or any other historical event captured in a video? Use a looping animated GIF! Every subject could use one of these GIFs to generate interest in a class activity or new content. Use these examples as inspiration to create your own animated GIF's using GIFMaker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Wonderment - Kidnected World
Grades
3 to 9tag(s): communication (138), cross cultural understanding (167), enrichment (9), gifted (65), listening (92), Problem Based Learning (12), problem solving (225), social media (54), social networking (64), social skills (23), speaking (22), sustainability (43)
In the Classroom
The Wonderment is a problem based learning adventure for each student around the world to communicate and collaborate with other students. This venue allows great lesson ideas for digital citizenship and digital footprints. Begin by choosing a path for the entire class and feature on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Have students work in small groups to choose their best response. Discussions can focus on creativity, problem solving, and collaboration between the group and others from around the world. In a gifted class, use as a way to challenge kids to break through the "right answer" and find the "best answer." Use this as a model for finding authentic needs in your community. Be sure to share a link to this tool on your class blog, website, or learning management system (LMS). Use this tool as the answer for the parents who always want more challenge and enrichment for their students at home. Be sure to share at a staff meeting to spread the wonder for other students and adults.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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New York Film Academy - How to do Stop Animation - New York Film Academy
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): assessment (148), digital storytelling (152), reading comprehension (147)
In the Classroom
Use stop motion animation as a new form of multimedia project for students to demonstrate their knowledge of the content, literature, and creativity. Use puppets, pictures, still photographs of people, Legos, or any other object to tell the story. Using any video recording device, incorporate with captions or sound to tell the story. In language arts, use SMA with retelling, alternate endings, students' writing, or commercials. In content area subjects use to demonstrate understanding of the topic with a digital story. Use as an alternate form of formative or summative assessment. Use as a journal for reflections. Offer as a choice for demonstrating knowledge. Put a link for these directions on your class webpage for students and parents to use at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Creative Educator - Tech4Learning
Grades
1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (127), creativity (90), Teacher Utilities (159)
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Creative Educator, designed for teachers, helps you move past stale worksheets to get inspired! Be sure to look at this site to help you discover ways to integrate technology and creativity into lessons. Work with a partner to make the lessons fit in your situation. Share at staff meetings and offer new ideas. Look for ways to bring a new focus to your gifted students. Give as a resource to students, so they can choose a multimedia product to share the content knowledge they are learning. Once you and your students are familiar with the site use Padlet, reviewed here, to list out student interests. Then use Symbaloo Learning Paths, reviewed here, to assign lessons to groups with the same or similar interests. Older students, once they have determined their interests, can select their projects/lessons and create their own Symbaloo Learning Paths. After several selections, ask older students to choose the topic they were most interested in, find resources to learn more about the topic, then extend their learning by presenting their findings using a multimedia tool such as (click on the tool name to access the review): Canva Infographic Maker, Marq (formerly Lucidpress), Powtoon, and FlexClip.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Media History Digital Library - Media History Digital Library
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): art history (89), media literacy (106), multimedia (46)
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Use Media History Digital Library in your classroom as a secondary resource to discover the culture and setting of a time period while studying literature or even through history classes. List the clues and details that provide further information. Analyze the article use and its influence on society by using close reading techniques. In a multimedia class, discover the history and progression of cinema, broadcasting, and sound. Use to discover the influence of critical world events such as world wars, depressions, economic influences, an industrial revolution, and more. Analyze the artistic changes throughout time.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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