Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Research - Details of a Virtual Business Office
It's business as usual! Using the resource, scholars learn the fine details of setting up a virtual business, including what makes a good eCommerce website. Next, they research their favorite businesses and complete an evaluation form to...
Curated OER
Housing Project
Find everything you need for a two-week home construction simulation project for your high school economics class. They come up with the plans for a custom home including the cost per square foot, interest rate, mortgage term, down...
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Color Graphs and Poetry
Students explore color as they create graphs, write poetry, and examine varied interior designs. They respond to writing prompts describing their favorite color. Students collect data and create a bar graph based on a class survey. They...
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Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Whole Cloth Quilt Design
Young scholars examine how decorative motifs are adapted to other types of objects by craftsmen and artists. They examine photos on the Illinois State Museum website, discuss design elements, adapt a motif to a line drawing, and transfer...
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It's Not Conjecture, Look! It's Architecture!
Students examine how architecture reflects historical time periods. They conduct research on the History Detectives website, complete a fact sheet, sequence photographs of different architectural styles, and create an illustration of a...
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TECH:Introduction to Programming (IT)
Students complete an activity that illustrates the concepts of giving accurate instructions and computer programming. They also identify the relationship of the instructions/code to computer programming. Students then create a peanut...
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Creating an Electronic Resume for a Job Search
Students develop an appropriate resume for posting on a website for a job search. They create a web page using filamentality, and explore the web to find established career sites.
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Designing Your Professional Portfolio
Students watch a video about professional portfolios. They brainstorm ways they could use this information to build their own portfolio. Students identify five things they have accomplished in student teaching that could be included in a...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Web Design: Module 1: Understanding Your Role
In Module 1 of this course on web design, students look at how web content is delivered to a user and the path structure of files and folders. They learn what the role of a web developer is and the job requirements and salary levels....
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Art Jobs & Careers
A resource for exploring a wide range of careers in the arts, from advertising and animation to video games and web design.
Other
Mcsr: Hints for Web Authors
This site from the Mississipi Center for Supercomputing Research provides a continuously revised report on tips for web design authoring.
Other
The Mint: Be Your Own Boss
Website helps students learn about money management and making sound financial decisions. Students can take this quiz designed for teens to find out if they have what it takes to own their own business.
Other
Arts Connected: Frank Gehry
Website focused on Weisman Art Museum designed by Frank Gehry. Studies the art of the building itself as well as providing discussion questions, activities and a biography of Frank Gehry.
Other
Web Log Analysis, Who's Doing What, When?
Offers ways to handle your web site's traffic using log formats and identifying visits.