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Conversation Lesson – Music
Students discuss the type of music they listen to and discuss a set of music related words put on the board by the teacher. In this music instructional activity, students work in pairs to discuss words and complete an activity asking...
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Sticky Spiders
Students learn about spider webs. In this spider web lesson, students listen to and read the transcript of a discussion with science reporter, Bob Hirshon about spider webs. They answer comprehension questions based on the transcript.
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Get Ready to Safely Transport
Fourth graders complete multi-curricular activities to learn about trucks and transportation. In this transportation lesson, 4th graders answer questions about specifics for the trucking industry including safety questions and...
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Supply Chain Management
Young scholars identify the steps of production. In this supply chain lesson, students determine how businesses monitor production and trace the supply chain of products they own. Young scholars also discuss ethical issues related to the...
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Throwing Precaution to the Wind Validity of the Precautionary Principle for Solving Climate Change
Students study climate change and come up with possible remedies for it. In this global warming lesson students complete and activity and watch a video on climate change.
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What I Didn't Know...
High schoolers practice creating wikis. In this wiki instructional activity, students create a wiki about any math topic that they know nothing about. High schoolers learn about their topic and create a wiki that explains the math topic...
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Where will "Brave Irene" take us today?
The young scholars listen to and discuss the book "Brave Irene." The students then participating in creating a class web about a snowstorm. The young scholars then independently journal about bravery. They conclude the lesson by creating...
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Summarizing the American Flag
Third graders brainstorm and write summary of things they learned about American Flag, edit another student's summary, rewrite their own summary, and conference with teacher before writing final copy.
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Election 2000
Students review the 2000 presidential election. Students write an expository essay in response to the following: Should the election process in the United states be changed?
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Video Chat
High schoolers participate in an online video chat with students from different countries in an effort to learn more about other cultures and to practice foreign language skills. This lesson includes directions for recording the sessions.
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Twister Redux
Students pick up science knowledge as they track and examine natural disasters. They keep a daily journal of results and reflections. Students get to follow a real tornado chaser and learn thunderstorm formation. They incorporate how...
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Podcasting Tools: Resource for Podcasting
Podcasting Tools is a detailed resource that provides information about creating, maintaining, enhancing, viewing and displaying podcasts. A podcast can be used to relay information, give instructions or share something interesting, all...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Using Waste Heat to Generate Electricity
Students learn about waste heat capture, how it can be re-used to generate electricity and develop a podcast educating others about it. Includes student handouts and links to many online resources.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Podcasting Science
Using "Science Times" at NewYorkTimes.com, students will listen to podcasts to learn about and share science ideas that are currently in the news. By organizing and summarizing science thoughts, students will be able to effectively share...
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The Educational Podcast Network
Visit EPN whether you are already experienced with podcasting and are looking for some interesting educational podcasts or you are brand new to podcasting and want to know more about what it is and how you might use it for educational...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Podcasting With Your Students
Here you can learn about ways that other teachers are doing with podcasting in the classroom. A tab on the left provides additional information about how to podcast
Learn Out Loud
Learn Out loud.com: Introduction to Podcasting
This article gives an introduction to podcasting including ways to listen to a podcast. The site also talks about how podcast directories can be used.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Podcasting
Overview of the Internet broadcasting method. Also contains the origin of podcasting, how the term came to be coined, and other uses of podcasting.
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Podcasting 101 for K 12 Librarians
This article gets down to the basics, including what podcasts are, how to access them, how to create them, and why to use them. While it is specifically directed toward school librarians, the information is equally applicable for...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Producing Poetic Podcasts (Hey, That's Alliteration!)
In this culminating lesson plan for a poetry unit, learners will create a video podcast that summarizes a specific poem, analyzes the poet's use of literary elements, and infers the meaning of the poem (theme). The podcast must use a...
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Pod Cast411: Podcasting How To
Find out the "411" on how to create your own podcasts using this list of links to tutorials.
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Rss Specifications
This is a collection of articles about RSS news feeds and contains "everything you need to know about RSS". The articles on various topics are available via RSS feed and podcast.Users select the RSS feeds (content) they wish to...
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Edupodder: Podcasting in Education
A personal site by Steve Sloan, from San Jose State University, in which he explores the potential for podcasting in education.
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Internet4 Classrooms: Podcasting and Audio
Recording stories or poems can help students with their speaking and listening skills. Use the following links to different forms of technology to help students record their stories or create a podcast.