Lesson Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: A Wrinkle in Time Novel Study: Amy Palermo, River Trail Ms

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This interactive novel study provides a 21st Century approach for students to understand Madeleine L'Engle's classic, A Wrinkle in Time. Students with develop PicCollages, create Audioboos (student-created version of Audiobooks), write...
Website
Other

Rti Action Network: Response to Intervention

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Site addresses how to get started, the essential components, how to connect with others, and professional development needed for full, successful RTI implementation. A RTI blog, mentoring service, and Ask the Expert features will be...
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: 5 Back to School Tools to Add to Your Teacher Toolkit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Five Top Places to "Buy" New Ideas: Pinterest, PBS LearningMedia, STEM learning, EFPractice, and STEM and the six cross-cutting concepts. Information about each of the above resources is available on this site.
Unit Plan
New York Times

New York Times: Learning Network: Election 2016: Our Teaching and Learning Homepage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A compilation of resources, often updated, to enhance studying the election process for the Presidential Election coming up on November 8, 2016. Find lesson plans, project-based units, articles with follow-up questions among the collection.
Website
Other

J Learning: Your How to Site for Community Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website is a tutorial in how to make an on-line community newspaper. Check out the hot topics, more learning, and latest updates sections to get more instruction.
Primary
Other

Electronic Portfolios Digital Stories of Deep Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This research paper discusses the concepts of "Electronic Portfolios as Digital Stories of Deep Learning" and "Digital Storytelling as Reflective Portfolio" by linking two dynamic processes to promote deep learning: Portfolio Development...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Connect With Other Digital Citizens, Technology, Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Virtual learning module on what it means to be a "digital citizen" and connect with others in today's world of digital technology and available resources. Full discussion of communication guidelines, digital literacy, and commerce in...
Website
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Learn More About Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive source of information about climate change and how it is affecting Colorado. Includes videos of interviews with scientists, lesson plans, links to 'green resources' and to sites with scientific information, and a climate...
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The First Lady's Blog

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow First Lady Michelle Obama as she travels to Jordan as part of the international initiative, Let Girls Learn.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Blogging, Civic Engagement and the Dream Act

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This multi-task lesson asks students to look at the DREAM Act in the context of immigration reform and also to reflect on blogging as civic engagement.
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Road to Representation Creating the Crunchy Life Kid's Series

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This blog focuses on a teacher's need to fill in the gaps for reading strategies and the priority to improve comprehension and overall reading development. She explains the strategies to meet the above goals.
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: More Than a Month: For My 4th Grade Teacher, Mrs. James

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a blog about how Black history has been taught. "The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story." by James Baldwin What points/contributions does a Black educator make to speak to how Black...
Article
Other

Smart Blogs: Should I Teach Problem , Project or Inquiry Based Learning?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lately, there have been a bunch of buzzwords floating around the education world that all seem to mean the same thing. You've probably heard them: problem-based learning, project-based learning and inquiry-based learning. Is there a...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs.org: Splash & Bubbles: Marine Biology & Social Emotional Learning for Your Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Through play and exploration, Splash and Bubbles demonstrates and celebrates the amazing diversity of life in the ocean, building awareness and appreciation among its young viewers. All the while, viewers are exposed to concepts of...
Article
Edutopia

Edutopia: Game Based Learning: Ideas for Using Minecraft in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 9th
A brief article with some excellent ideas on how to incorporate Minecraft into the classroom. (Published April 13, 2012)
Professional Doc
Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Assessment in Project Based Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] As an educator do you struggle with how to assess students' learning in PBL framework? This video addresses the common assessment issues in PBL, how to assess content knowledge in a project, how to...
Professional Doc
Buck Institute

Pbl Works: Building Parent Support for Project Based Learning

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A video and an article explaining how to get the school to understand the benefits of PBL. Build parent support by using these successful strategies for both teachers and administration. [17:44]
Article
PBS

Pbs.org: 5 Ways to Learn, Explore and Celebrate Winter All Year

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Winter is here along with the sights, sounds, and unique elements of the season. Here are 5 ways to celebrate the winter season in your classroom.
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Helping High Schoolers Find Research and Stem Field Opportunities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
I've been involved in shepherding high school students through the world of Independent Research for nearly two decade. I know firsthand the impact that spending one or two summers working in a scientific institution with a real...
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: 5 Ways to Prevent Bullying in Your Classroom

For Students Pre-K - 1st
While the ways to address bullying vary depending on the age, here are five general tips and good practices. Talk about bullying, Ensure adults are visible, Recognize common types of bullying, Build rapport with students, and Watch for...
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tools to Be More Present With Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How we can be in the parasympathetic "rest and digest" state of our nervous system or the sympathetic "fight or flight" at any given moment. In both cases, we can only operate in one or the other brain networks at any given moment. Here...
Graphic
Scholastic

Scholastic Teaching Resources: Informational Reading Response [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 9th Standards
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write three facts they learned, two questions they still have after reading, and one interesting fact that they want to share.
Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Decolonizing the Map: Creating the Indigenous Mapping Collective

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For many Indigenous communities, mapping plays a large role in reclaiming their lands. Mapping is not new to Indigenous peoples, in fact, some of the world's earliest maps can be seen in cave paintings or heard in the stories that have...
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.