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return to subject listingChoose 2 Matter - Choose2Matter Inc.
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4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): back to school (62), character education (77), differentiation (89), mentoring (6), professional development (408), social and emotional learning (95)
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Even if you don't plan on teaching any of the modules, use the included activities and videos to support SEL learning in your classroom. Extend student learning by having students upload a photo they have taken and add their voice with their manifesto using a tool such as Blabberize, reviewed here. Include an area on your LMS or class website for you and your students to share actions that contribute to helping themselves and others.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Becoming a Changemaker - Shiloh Devadas/Tedx Talks
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K to 12tag(s): womenchangemaker (30)
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Introduce the concept of changemakers to students using this video. It will help them understand that even small actions can make a difference. Use Figjam, reviewed here to share and curate ideas during your discussion of changemakers. For example, use the Frayer Model template to organize and clarify the meaning of the term changemaker, add charts such as "See, Think, and Wonder," and add students' questions and comments using sticky notes and stickers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Upschool - Richard Mills and Gavin McCormack
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K to 12tag(s): animals (288), antarctica (30), careers (140), climate (83), earth (184), explorers (66), food chains (17), gifted (65), glaciers (16), journalism (72), mountains (10), oceans (149), Online Learning (42), photography (118), planets (112), plants (148), rainforests (18), social and emotional learning (95), solar system (109), sustainability (43), weather (161), writing (323)
In the Classroom
Share Upschools 10-week and short courses with students to complete as individualized learning projects. Encourage gifted students to select courses that meet their interests and develop a personal learning plan based on the content. Each course includes accompanying materials for parents and teachers to support student learning. Use Whiteboard.chat, reviewed here as a collaboration tool for students while taking courses provided on the site. Create a board for each "cohort" to share ideas, ask questions, and add resources. After completing courses, ask students to share their learning through a method of their choosing. Examples might include podcasts shared using Spotify for Podcasters, reviewed here or videos created with Typito, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Who Runs the World? Girls - Women as Changemakers - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): book lists (165), women (142)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the book suggestions on this page to find additions to your classroom library. Consider adding women as changemakers at one of the stations when doing station rotations. View the archive of OK2Ask: 3 Cool Tools for Station Rotations, reviewed here to learn more about using station rotations in your teaching strategies. Extend learning using the 4-Circle Venn Diagram Creator provided by Canva, reviewed here. Canva shares many templates and ideas for different versions of Venn Diagrams to compare and contrast information. Use these ideas to compare and contrast women changemakers' actions, background, and information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Achievery - AT&T
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K to 12tag(s): blended learning (37), coding (90), digital citizenship (89), engineering (126), environment (245), equations (118), geometric shapes (135), graphic design (49), internet safety (113), literature (218), map skills (56), measurement (124), media literacy (106), narrative (15), numbers (119), operations (72), order of operations (28), problem solving (225), remote learning (56), Research (84), social and emotional learning (95), spanish (106), STEM (279), substitutes (26), writing (323)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site as a resource for lessons in many content areas to engage students using popular video clips. All lessons are created as remote learning activities making them easily adaptable for both in-class and out-of-class assignments. Easily find activities to differentiate instruction for different student ability levels by browsing options below or above the student's current grade level. Many lessons include worksheets in PDF format, turn these activities into a digital format by taking a screenshot of the document, then save as the background on Google Slides, reviewed here. Add text boxes in the appropriate place on the slide for students to add responses. Use Pear Deck Flashcard Factory, reviewed here, to create flashcards for students to practice the vocabulary highlighted in each lesson.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Judy Huemann - Life and Legacy of the Mother of the Disability Rights Movement - The Huemann Perspective
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): bias (27), character education (77), disabilities (31), women (142)
In the Classroom
Include this site with other resources featuring women role models, biographical topics, and career exploration information. Since this website has extensive information from around the web, consider using a curation tool such as Padlet, reviewed here, as a resource to share information and sources with students. While "Patient No More" is for high school and beyond, there are parts that can be pulled out for your elementary students. For instance, there are videos you can use with Edpuzzle, reviewed here, to add comments and discussion questions for younger students. In addition, there is an observation chart where students wander around their environment, recording where there are examples of accessibility or a lack of accessibility.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Maya Angelou - Unit - Kids Disover
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4 to 12tag(s): african american (110), authors (105), biographies (95), black history (130), poetry (191), women (142)
In the Classroom
This unit is geared for 5th-6th grade readability (Lexile level 750-890). Introduce your students to this unit on your interactive whiteboard or a projector. The first part, Tough Beginnings, is very interesting, describing that Maya didn't speak for five years and why. Once you get through that part and the Think Piece that goes with it, let students read the rest in pairs or small groups. For the Think Piece(s), create a class Google Jamboard, reviewed here, where students can record their answers and include sticky notes and images. Depending on the age of your students, you may want to create a guided reading activity using Read Ahead, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Women Advancing Equality - Patsy Mink - The Asian America Education Project
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1 to 8tag(s): bias (27), character education (77), racism (79), women (142)
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Use this lesson in your American history units or studies about famous women. Create a reading guide for your younger students and struggling readers using Read Ahead, reviewed here, then introduce this lesson on your interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Extend student learning by having them participate in a Screenpal, reviewed here video discussion to record their discussion with peers. Ask them to explain what they learned about Patsy Mink and women in general, then have them listen to and comment on their classmates' impressions. Use this Screenpal tool throughout the year to add students' thoughts about other famous people you study during the school year.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CHARACTER COUNTS! Week - Character Counts!
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K to 12tag(s): character education (77), preK (263), social and emotional learning (95)
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Bookmark and save this site to elevate your current CHARACTER COUNTS! Week activities, or use throughout the year to reinforce and teach character skills. Use Symbaloo, reviewed here, to bookmark and share resources with students, such as videos, games, and articles. Engage students in your character lessons using Edpuzzle, reviewed here, to add questions and comments within videos that provide focus on the content shared. Enhance learning by asking students to create and share images from your lessons on character using PhotoCollage, reviewed here, or ClassTool's Headline Generator, reviewed here. Extend learning by asking students to create and share information about positive character traits and activities with your local or school communities. Ideas include creating a monthly podcast created with Anchor, reviewed here, or a website created with Site123, reviewed here, which is updated throughout the school year to recognize positive character traits displayed by students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Educational Podcasts for Students - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): podcasts (103)
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Share these podcasts with your students to use when learning related material. Share a link to this collection on your school web page and in your school newsletter (or email). Find podcasts to incorporate into your lessons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Experiment with Google: Arts & Culture Experiments - Google
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4 to 12tag(s): animation (64), art history (89), artificial intelligence (145), artists (82), climate change (93), colors (63), crosswords (19), drawing (60), egypt (49), emotions (48), environment (245), europe (77), france (40), glaciers (16), insects (68), july 4th (12), museums (47), music theory (45), nasa (30), nutrition (137), painting (53), patterns (62), poetry (191), pollution (51), robotics (23), women (142)
In the Classroom
Save this exciting site to use in several ways to engage students in arts and culture worldwide. For example, as students learn about Europe, add "Where is Hopper" to classroom computers as an activity center for students to explore independently. As students search for Hopper, ask them to use Google Jamboard, reviewed here, to add clues and information learned throughout their exploration. As a final project, as a class or within groups, have students create interactive maps of their travels using Google My Maps, reviewed here. Add images, text explanations of the clues, and videos to share information about each location.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Overcoming Obstacles K-12 Curriculum - Community for Education Foundation, Inc.
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K to 12tag(s): communication (138), conflict resolution (9), OER (43), problem solving (225), social and emotional learning (95)
In the Classroom
Use the Overcoming Obstacles curriculum as a stand-alone life-skills curriculum or as a supplement to your current social-emotional learning (SEL) teaching materials. If you cannot take advantage of the complete curriculum, use the site's library to find lessons and activities on specific topics to address in your classroom as needed. For example, if peer pressure is a concern, select that activity to include in classroom lessons. Many of the activities include role-playing, extend these activities by creating student-led podcasts using Buzzsprout, reviewed here. Create podcasts with different scenarios for students to role-play appropriate and inappropriate responses, including suggestions for making informed decisions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teachers' Essential Guide to Cyberbullying Prevention - Erin Wilkey OH and Common Sense
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K to 12tag(s): character education (77), cyberbullying (40), digital citizenship (89)
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Include information from this site when planning and preparing your digital citizenship lessons and curriculum. As you gather resources to include with your studies, use a curation tool like Milanote, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Digital Citizenship Progression Chart - Mike Ribble
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): character education (77), digital citizenship (89)
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Scroll to the bottom of the page with the chart to download the updated copy of the progression chart to view and understand the general guidelines for teaching digital citizenship across all grade levels. Some themes include ideas for demonstration of learning and teaching ideas. Build upon this spreadsheet by adding additional activities and resources that fit into your curriculum. Use this document as a professional development activity to help all staff understand the progression of skills across grade levels, then break it down into smaller pieces by grade levels. Using the grade-level specific portions, work together with peers to find and share resources that teach and reinforce the appropriate concepts. Consider using an collaborative tool such as ClickUp, reviewed here, to organize your work with your peers. Use ClickUp to create a schedule, to-do lists, share documents, and more. Share your completed list of resources and grade-level progressions on a spreadsheet similar to the progression chart when finished.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Digital Citizenship: Technological Literacy - PBS Learning Media
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K to 12tag(s): digital citizenship (89), internet safety (113), journalism (72), social media (54)
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Take advantage of the many videos and resources found on this site to include with your digital citizenship lessons. Engage students in learning about digital citizenship using playposit, reviewed here, to add notes, questions, and student-teacher interactions to any video. Enhance the learning experience by including these videos and your other resources into a digital lesson using Curipod, reviewed here. Extend learning by asking students to share their learning using different technology tools. For example, have some students create a podcast using Buzzsprout, reviewed here, while others create and share video presentations made with Animoto, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Do's and Don'ts of Teaching Black History - Learning for Justice
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K to 12tag(s): black history (130), civil rights (199), cross cultural understanding (167), cultures (145), difficult conversations (61), martin luther king (45), politics (114), racism (79), rosa parks (9)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and use the information provided in the article as a guideline for teaching Black history, not just during Black History Month but throughout the year. Find many Black History resources at the TeachersFirst Black History Special Topics page, found here, or within many of the Reading Treks, found here. The Reading Treks share virtual field trips of resources based upon literature and include many Black history selections. Celebrate your students' learning throughout the year using digital tools to create virtual field trips using Google My Maps, reviewed here, or creating interactive infographics using Canva Infographic Templates, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Nora Project Resources for Educators - The Nora Project
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K to 12tag(s): aspergers (7), autism (15), character education (77), disabilities (31), diversity (37), empathy (31), social and emotional learning (95), Special Needs (56)
In the Classroom
Bookmark The Nora Project to include resources for teaching and learning about disabilities and inclusion in your teacher toolbox. Consider curating your resources using Wakelet, reviewed here, into one easy to find collection. Add your peers as collaborators to your Wakelet collection as you continue to find and build additional resources. Ask older students to create infographics and posters to teach others about inclusiveness using Genially, reviewed here. Add links, images, and videos within your Genially projects to create interactive content. Use WriteReader, reviewed here, with younger students to create and share interactive books telling the story of inclusiveness. WriteReader is an excellent tool for creating books with emerging writers as it offers the option to show student writing along with the correct spelling underneath.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Harmony Social & Emotional Learning - Harmony SEL
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K to 6tag(s): character education (77), social and emotional learning (95)
In the Classroom
Use this excellent, free curriculum and professional development academy to incorporate social-emotional learning into your classroom. If time doesn't allow for full implementation of the curriculum, use the ideas found on Harmony SEL to address specific needs within your classroom. For example, if you see a need to reinforce and practice empathy for others, use the lessons provided to promote understanding of others and encourage students to look through the perspective of others. As students participate in the learning activities, encourage them to use Edublogs, reviewed here, to share their learning activities and reflect upon how to use their social-emotional skills. Ask students to use a comic creation tool like ToonyTool, reviewed here, to create cartoons that share ideas and examples of positive character traits and how to respond in difficult situations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Attitude Anchor Chart - Zearn
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K to 8tag(s): character education (77), social and emotional learning (95)
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Share this anchor chart with students and post it on a bulletin board to remind students to reflect upon their work and learning process. As discussed on the information for the chart, provide students with badges for demonstrating the different qualities found on the chart. Instead of a printable badge, use a digital badge creation tool such as Open Badges, reviewed here, to create unique badges to share with students. Include students in reflection and developing positive attitudes by encouraging them to use this anchor chart as an example to create their acronym and learning attitude goals. Use Canva Edu, reviewed here, to design and share anchor charts to print and display in your classroom and online.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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25 Creative Social Emotional Learning Activities - Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): social and emotional learning (95)
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Use the ideas found in this article as a starting point for incorporating the arts into SEL activities and lessons. Share the PDF found on this site with parents as information on helping students at home. Ask students to share their ideas on each of the five different competencies by creating and sharing images made in Canva for Education, reviewed here. Introduce a new competency weekly or monthly to help develop student awareness of each skill. As your students create and share images, add them to a class book made with Book Creator, reviewed here, for students to use as an ongoing resource and reminder of suggested techniques to improve social-emotional awareness.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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