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
Valedictorian speaks out againt schooling
This video is not the best quality, bu if you liten carfully there is an important message here. Classroom aitivity
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
Reading in class
Reading just got easier after the December announcement from Amazon that they now allow lending of ebooks between Kindle users making
How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Can a theory that explains why successful organizations fail and newcomers prevail help turn around America’s public schools? Michael B.
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
Changing education paradigms
In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates,
Snag Learning
Snag Learning offers free access to high quality documentary films from notable producers like National Geographic and NOVA. Snag Learning
Protect your reputation
Commoncraft has made an informative video about protecting your reputation online. Use in classroom: Watch video and write down 5
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
Qwiki
This time I stumbled on news about Qwiki from “Free technolgy for teachers” via the Facebookpage. If you are not
