Activity
Education Development Center

Digital Literacy: Skills for the 21st Century

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This tool kit makes the case that critical and creative use of multimedia authoring tools such as PowerPoint must be taught to students. Lessons, background material, assessment and interactive activities are included.
Website
Other

San State Francisco University: Newsworx (1001 Words)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
View the media-rich work of teams of student journalists assigned to produce high-interest feature stories using pictures, audio, and words. Learn how to tell a story well by thinking critically about the different choices made by each...
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Grab It and Run

For Students K - 1st
Explore wearable science and try to make it to the finish line of this special relay race without breaking any materials in this activity.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Showtime

For Students K - 1st
Explore wearable science and use materials found around your classroom or your house to create costumes and dress-up a mini Ruff for his next show.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Wearable Science

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn about wearable science and material properties alongside Ruff Ruffman.
Interactive
Other

Think U Know: Cyber Cafe

For Students 5th - 6th
The Cyber Cafe from Think U Know offers a safe and interactive environment for students to learn and practice responsible digital citizenship. Learn how to safely use email, social media, and search the web.
Unit Plan
REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 17. Creative Communications

For Students 9th - 10th
Communication involves listening and speaking as well as reading and writing clearly and creatively, and technology provides opportunities for expressing yourself digitally. In these Quests, students learn about different software...
Activity
Other

Childnet International: Digizen: Social Networking Detective

For Students 9th - 10th
This social networking profile has been created to stimulate discussion about safe and potentially unsafe practices and features on social networking sites. Together with the accompanying questions, it has been designed to highlight ways...
Article
Other

The Digital Scoop: Using Skitch in Kindergarten

For Teachers K - 1st
In this article, a teacher explains how she taught kindergarten students to take photographs. They were then shown how to open an iPad app called Skitch and add words to accompany their pictures. This was followed by a Math activity...
Unit Plan
REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 6. Cyber Safety

For Students 3rd - 5th
This learning module is made up of nine quests organized into sets of three. In the first set, students learn how to protect themselves online. In the second, they go through three simulations/games to learn how to protect their...
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Other

Earth Cam: Webcam Network

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Database of interesting places and views from around the globe. Live streaming video from 1,500 cities in all 50 states and 46 countries worldwide.
Website
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: The Art Zone

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Ten interactive activities that allow you to use the computer to create and manipulate works of art.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Weapons of World War I

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The students will use the Internet and the school's media center to discover the weapons of World War I. They will compare and contrast the weapons used during that time period with the weapons that are used in warfare today. At the...
Article
Other

Becta Schools: Curriculum Practicalities of Using Ict in Art and Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article gives some practical advice and considerations for art teachers who want to explore using technology in their classroom.
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Other

Troika Ranch

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Troika Ranch, a digital dance company. Find out more about digital dance and view some excerpts of performances.
Lesson Plan
Other

Western Australia Department of Health: Online vs Face to Face Communication

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss the similarities and differences between online and face-to-face communication. They also research and explore protective strategies to ensure they communicate safely using technology.
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Other

Katinka Matson: Artist's Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that shows images of flowers and other natural objects imported to the computer using a flatbed scanner and then printed as artwork. Read the artist's statement, then click on "Prints" at the top to see her work.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages pupils to evaluate literature in a variety of multimedia formats and answer the question, "Who Am I?," Students are then asked to...
Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Artists by Typical Medium: Video Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtCyclopedia's chronological list of video artists from the 20th century to today. There are links to the photographers' biography and works.
Website
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Making Art Visible With Computers Harold Cohen and Aaron

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site by Val Wiebe on Harold Cohen and his work with a computer (AARON) that generates art on its own following program written by Cohen.
Article
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Early Math Counts: Designing Virtual Lands!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article describes activities to do with young children using apps where they can build structures. It discusses two possible apps to try - Toca Builder and Blokify. Links to videos that tell you more about these apps are included.
Interactive
Goodwill

Gcf Global: Blog Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, learn how to get started with a blog, as well as how to develop and promote it to find an audience.
Article
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Early Math Counts: Creating I Spy Videos

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article describes how young children can create their own I Spy videos using the Draw and Tell app by Duck Duck Moose. It includes a link to a video showing a tour of Walter Wick's studio - he authored the 'I Spy' and 'Can You See...