National Lab Day is a nationwide initiative to build local communities of support that will foster ongoing collaborations among volunteers, students and educators.
A place for K-12 teachers to find other teachers\nfor cross-classroom collaboration.
a compilation of Scott Foresman Reading Street resources for grades K-5
Welcome to a global collaborative videoconferencing community! This wiki is a collection of educator-created templates and projects for collaborative videoconferences.
eFieldTrips consist of four major components:1. Trip Journal First, the teacher downloads and gives students copy of a printed Trip Journal. It is a simple one page fill-in the blank type worksheet that helps to keep the students focused and provides a way for the teacher to grade student participation if he desires. The students fill-out the Trip Journal while they are completing the next component, the Virtual Visit.2. Virtual Visit The Virtual Visit is an interactive Flash movie that teaches the students about the eFieldTrip topic. It can be completed at anytime and at the student's own pace. It typically takes about 15 minutes for a student to go through the Virtual Visit.3. Ask the Experts After completing the Virtual Visit, students have an opportunity to interact with the experts. Students can ask questions via an "Ask the Experts" web form, and recieve an answer in 1-2 days.4. Live Chat Another way students can interact with experts is by participating in a live web chat at a scheduled time.
Let your students practice what you cover, and refresh what they need to - using intelligent questions, hints, and video lessons.
Online court simulation using real Supreme Court cases. Geared towards middle school social studies. Students hone their debate skills in an excellent simulation based game.
Teaching Copyright curriculum is a detailed, customizable learning plan to help educators raise interesting questions about copyright, technology, and law, such as:
* What is legal online?
* How is creativity being enabled by new technologies?
* What digital rights and responsibilities exist already, and what roles do we play as users of digital technology?
In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully planned, managed, and assessed to help students learn key academic content, practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking), and create high-quality, authentic products & presentations.
Extensive resources and links for 21st century teaching and learning.