Primary Sources are not just for history class! This session focuses on using primary sources across the curriculum, but we will have a special emphasis on using primary sources to teach reading skills and strategies and reach the reluctant reader. We will also look at how we can use Discovery Education as as way to incorporate static and dynamic online resources to create a multidimensional approach to primary source documents.
Elizabeth Shotwell M.Ed.Social Studies Dept.SusQ-Cyber Charter School eshotwell@susqcyber.org
Discovery Education provides us with the tools to completely adapt our content to reach a variety of educational levels, student interests, and learning styles. We will look at how to search for resources for a variety of learners, as well as showcase core and elective courses that our school uses to reach both the higher level and students in need of remediation/special education identification.
Elizabeth Shotwell, M.Ed. Social Studies Dept.SusQ-Cyber Charter School eshotwell@susqcyber.org
Mash it up with your students. Learn how to create multimedia presentations from a variety of acquired and/or original sources that will engage your students with curriculum content while giving them a deeper understanding of your instructional goals and standards. A variety of Web 2.0 mashup tools will be presented but not limited to Nota, Glogster and Dragontape.
Explore how Mrs. Abernethy's Ponderous Pandas use technology in a project-based classroom. View example projects in Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies that put web 2.0 tools to work. From tackling topics that affect their local community to creating wikispaces and blogs for topics they are learning about, these fifth graders will show you what 21st century learning is all about. (Guest appearance of some of the Ponderous Pandas through skype.) Check out their website for a preview: http://www.jabernethy.com/
Let's have a bash with your "Mash"! In a flash we will dash to YOUR "Mash" of Discovery material and another application such as Animoto, Glogster, etc.. Ideas and thoughts will be hashed and thrashed with each project shared to inspire us to create a new cache. We will not give cash, but we'll stash your mash on the DEN blog for all to see. Sharing is the splash for all DEN members! See you in a flash!
Textbooks outdated and too costly to replace. Curriculum needs a reboot? Stop by to see how the Strath Haven Middle School Science Department used Discovery Education Science to supplement and transform their grade 6-8 science curriculum. Be the student and check out the cool interactive videos, simulations, labs and other multimedia content.
