Saturday, February 21, 2009

Pay Attention

View TeacherTube's Pay Attention video for the importance of incorporating technology to engage students in instruction.



Children's eBooks Resources

View Online Children's eBook Resources for free read-to-me and read-along eBooks.

PDAs in Education

View PDAs in Education for sample Personal Desk/Digital Assistants books and websites.

Intestines

View Intestines, a health science content presentation that demonstrates use of technology for content objectives.



Johann Sebastian Bach

View Johann Sebastian Bach, a project that integrated composer studies into a literature unit for the novel Minna Pratt.



Kate Dicamillo

View Kate Dicamillo, an author study project for guided reading.



Ghana

View Ghana, a cooperative project that enhanced social studies content objectives.




The Plains Wars LivEvil

View The Plains Wars LivEvil, a cooperative project to enhance social studies content objectives.



Haydn's Life

View Haydn's Life, a unit that integrated composer studies with a literature unit to build background knowledge and understanding of a character's feelings in Minna Pratt.




Erect Crested Penguins

View Erect Crested Penguins, an integrated science-social studies unit.



Across Five Aprils

View Across Five Aprils, a cooperative unit to build background knowledge and a response to literature.



Guidelines for Virtual Tour

View the guidelines for the Virtual Tour project and an example.

Description and Scoring Guide for "Day in the Life"

View the description and scoring guide for the "Day in the Life..." project.

Essence of Adolescence

View the Essence of Adolescence PowerPoint as an example of "A Day in the Life..." project.



Thursday, February 19, 2009

Problem Based Learning

View the Problem Based Learning project and research base.



IRA Presentation

View our presentation for the International Reading Association conference