I love listening to radio stations from places I have visited. And I have a long list of favorite stations.
Category: Lesson plans
Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education
Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos
Using video in class
These are some cool links to places where you can find videoclips to use in class From Larry Ferlazzo’s webpage
What makes a good article/blogpost?
Watch this video and look at the links below. Link to video here. Lesson plan: Look at all these links
Ricky Gervais – making fun of celebrities; okay or not?
During the Golden Globe awards 2011 the host Ricky Gervais might have gone too far in making jokes about the
Connecting students
I use the net to connect my students to other students in different parts of the word, via Twitter or most
Teaching social studies
I have mentioned it before, but if you teach social studies, American history or American government, I would truly recommend
Guns: The Law as Selling Tool”
QUESTIONS FROM NEW YORK TIMES LEARNING What does the case of Bill Dollar say about current gun laws? What
Digital literacy
Share this presentation from the university of Venezuela with you staff and discuss the following. Can you define digital literacy?
The King’s Speech – film education
Film Education is a charity funded by the UK film industry. It promotes the use of film within the UK
The media’s role in the international society
This year one of our curriculum goals is to analyze and evaluate English speaking medias, and their role in the
TED talks for use in class
In the “history teacher’s attic” I found a great list of Ted talks where the material has been sorted out making it
The difference between United Kingdom, Great Britain and England explained
Thanks to my colleague Liv Kristin for this informative video about a problem we have in understanding the countries in
Snag Learning
Snag Learning offers free access to high quality documentary films from notable producers like National Geographic and NOVA. Snag Learning
New ways to learn intensive reading!
Florida Virtual School’s second online course / video game, Conspiracy Code Intensive Reading, appears to be ready. I found this