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The Internet and World Wide Web have contributed to the use of the term, Information Literacy, and expanded the definition of general literacy to include accessing, organizing, presenting and sharing information using digital technologies. The Web offers vast resources and tools for creating lessons, conducting research, professional development, and disseminating and sharing information with colleagues, parents, students, and experts. Listed below are sites and documents for your consideration.
What is it? More than a digital media library, Discovery Education unitedstreaming provides teachers with the tools to incorporate fresh, vibrant digital media into student learning environments - quickly and easily. With Discovery Education unitedstreaming, Teachers gain access to a rich collection of more than 50,000 video segments from among 5,000 full-length educational videos from Discovery School and other award-winning producers -- with more than 1,000 new titles added every year. How do I access the videos & lessons? Logon to unitedstreaming with your district 14 account, click on "Search", The videos include teacher guides and blackline masters for your use. If you need help with your unitedstreaming account or would like some guidance on how to use Unitedstreaming videos and lessons in your classroom please contact Dave Tarwater. 50 Ways to Integrate unitedstreaming videos
Google Earth and Discovery Education unitedstreaming™
Google and Discovery Education have teamed up to make it easier for K-12 educators to use technology in the classroom. We've created a series of lesson plans that use Discovery Education unitedstreaming and a couple of Google products, Earth and SketchUp, to teach social studies, language arts, math and geography. Available for elementary, middle and high school classrooms, these lessons are available for download right here on the Google for Educators site. Google Earth Resources
Discovery Channel presents DISCOVERY ATLAS, the global television event that promises to inspire viewers through captivating photography, the highest quality production values, the latest in high-definition technology and compelling stories that strike at the heart of a country and its people. Sweeping in scope, majestic in visual beauty and rich in scholarship, DISCOVERY ATLAS builds upon Discovery's 20-year heritage of allowing viewers to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity.
. Would you like to enhance a current lesson with technology? Use the links found on S.P.A.R.C. to find thousands of technology integration ideas! (recommended by Haidee F.) Comprehensive Web based resources for the classroom, check this out! (recommended by Haidee F) Top 10 Questions On Basic Blogging (recommended by Haidee F.)
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Freebies for Teachers - compiled by Marney Duckworth ELL and ESL Internet resources Colorado Information Literacy Standards Kathy Schrock's Information Literacy Page Evaluating Internet Resources, Teacher Checklist Evaluating Internet Resources, Student Checklist Internet Search Tools Reference Guide Copyright Chaos, An Educator's Guide to Copyright law and Fair Practice E-Mail Projects Permission Forms Thinkfinity (formerly Marcopolo - Internet Content for the Classroom) WWW4Teachers Integrate technology into your curriculum and class environment. Scholastic.com Teaching Ideas for Grades 6 -12 The Gateway to Educational Materials The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet! Sponsored by the US. Department of Education and the ERIC clearinghouse on Information and Technology. The Colorado Technology in Pre K-12 Education Web site This web site promotes and supports the integration of technology into the standards-based curriculum in Colorado Pre K-12 education. Here you will find links to resources for educators, administrators, library media specialists and parents that support the use of technology in a standards-based setting. Blue Web'N An excellent beginning place for thinking about the different educational uses of the internet. It is based on a useful typology of web-based tutorials, activities, projects, lesson plans, hot lists, resources, and references and tools. Working the Web for Education Theory and practice on integrating the web for learning by Tom March. EduHound Maintained by T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons in Education) and provides a useful classification and listing of a broad range of educational sites. NEA Works4Me Tips Library This library contains more than 400 tips offering ideas and solutions that you can use in your classroom. Feel free to print these tips and share them Classroom Management Tips (from NEA Works4Me) T.H.E. Journal & netTrekker: Educational Road Map to the Web . |
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