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Using Comics to Teach the 4 Cs - edutopia
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): collaboration (142), comics and cartoons (68), creativity (93), critical thinking (188), thinking skills (137)
In the Classroom
Students can use Witty Comics, reviewed here to create a comic about their favorite book scene. Students can use Comic Strip Templates by Canva, reviewed here to teach about a significant historical event. Students can use Witty Comics, reviewed here to create political cartoons.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Using Creative Dramatics With the Teaching of Poetry - Tracy 4/5 teacher
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): poetry (194)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this free lesson plan during a language arts unit on poetry. For a twist on the skit idea, you could also have students complete the almost the same task by creating online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Web Poster Wizard (reviewed here) or PicLits (reviewed here).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Film and Literature in the Elementary Classroom: The Jungle Book - Yale University
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2 to 4tag(s): literature (214), movies (51)
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Take advantage of the free lesson plans and classroom activities on this site! Be sure to save the site as a favorite to allow for easy reference later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Film and Literature to Examine Uncle Remus: A Comparison and Analysis - Yale University
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6 to 8tag(s): folktales (34)
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Using Generative AI to Support Assessments Without Letting it Grade Student Work - Tech & Learning
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), assessment (142), feedback (17), organizational skills (92), professional development (307), rubrics (39)
In the Classroom
Use AI to help you rewrite or clarify directions for projects, writing tasks, or assessments so students better understand expectations before they begin. Have AI generate draft rubrics in kid-friendly language. You can edit them to match your standards and use them to guide student self-assessment and reflection. Use AI to help draft feedback comments that focus on growth, clarity, and next steps. You remain the final decision-maker on all student evaluations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Humor in the Art Room - The Art of Education University
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4 to 12tag(s): classroom management (154), humor (24), podcasts (188), teaching strategies (88)
In the Classroom
Start a lesson by intentionally making a funny mistake during a demonstration, such as using the wrong color, holding a tool incorrectly, or pretending to forget a step. Ask students to catch the mistake and explain how to do it correctly. Use lighthearted class discussions about appropriate humor, asking students when jokes are helpful and when they might hurt someone's feelings. Try a teacher-student improv activity where students quickly add a funny detail to a drawing, story, or idea the teacher starts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Infographics as an Assessment Strategy - Penn State
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5 to 12tag(s): assessment (142), infographics (72)
In the Classroom
Students can create their infographics using Canva Infographic Creator reviewed here while using Kidrex reviewed here to search for information. Students can post questions or comments on the infographic using Padlet reviewed here. Finally, students use Google Keep reviewed here to take notes for the material that will be posted in the infographic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Infographics to Build Media Literacy and Higher-Order Thinking Skills - Edutopia
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5 to 12tag(s): infographics (72)
In the Classroom
Have students create an infographic using Canva Infographic Creator, reviewed here or the other creation tools featured in the article. Students can use Google Drawings, reviewed here to compare and contrast their interpretation of the infographics. Students can use Class Tools Image Annotator, reviewed here to add "hot spots" to their images to include links to information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Reflective Writing to Deepen Student Learning - University of Minnesota
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): critical thinking (188), journals (26), thinking routines (62), thinking skills (137)
In the Classroom
Students can use various tools for their reflective writing, including a notebook, a digital tool such as Google Docs, or a video recording using Free Online Screen Recorder, reviewed here. Create Google Forms, reviewed here to help students reflect on their writing. Include specific questions in your form that guide students through the reflection process. Create a rubric using Magic School, reviewed here that includes information such as connection to learning goals, depth of student reflection, growth mindset and goal-setting, and use of evidence.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Valuing our Veterans - Van Andel Institute for Education
Grades
K to 8tag(s): veterans (38)
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Students can use Podcast Generator reviewed here to create a thank you podcast for veterans. Students can use Seesaw reviewed here to answer the reflection questions. In addition, students can pick a war and create a timeline of important events using Time Graphics Timeline Maker reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Vecteezy - Eezy Inc
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): creative commons (29), images (276), search engines (41)
In the Classroom
Users need to be able to use effective search terms to find the best possible pictures, as well as know how to save images to their computer. Use in the classroom any time an image is needed for projects, even if it will not be put on a website for others to see. Be sure students are aware that whenever another person's image is used, they must give full credit, even if the owner cannot see it. Demonstrate Vecteezy on a projector or interactive whiteboard, so students know how to use it. Student groups can use Vecteezy to collectively find the best image to use for a project. Have students create a multimedia presentation using Image Annotator, reviewed here. For example, students studying renewable energy can use Vecteezy to find images of various renewable energy sources, then explain them using Image Annotator. Teachers can collect Creative Commons images for use on their interactive whiteboard for sorting activities (monocots and dicots, producers and consumers, etc). Never assume that your students, even the gifted ones, understand how to give proper credit and use only copyright-safe images (CC or public domain). Vecteezy makes it easier. Be sure to hold students accountable by including a "digital citizenship" category in your project rubric, requiring proper credit for all images. You will want to spot-check a few URLs to ensure they are actually correct credits. Share Vecteezy as an important tool on your class web page, wiki, or blog so students can access it anywhere, anytime.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Vedoque Educational Games - Antonio Salinas
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K to 3This site includes advertising.
tag(s): alphabet (46), colors (63), counting (58), holidays (292), keyboarding (28), numbers (117), preK (352)
In the Classroom
Create a link to the site on classroom computers for students to use a skills game as a center. Project appropriate activities on your interactive whiteboard for students to do as a class or as a learning center. Share a link to the site with parents through your classroom website or newsletter for practice at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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VEED - VEED
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), digital storytelling (182), editing (98)
In the Classroom
Students can create short video summaries of a story or informational text, adding captions and visuals to highlight key ideas and practice summarizing skills. Students can design a digital storytelling project where they narrate an original story or personal narrative, using video clips, images, and voiceovers to bring their writing to life. Students can record and reflect on their learning by creating video journals that explain what they learned, the challenges they faced, and their goals for improvement.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be embedded
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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Venn Diagram - 3 Circles - ReadWriteThink
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4 to 12tag(s): graphic organizers (63), noregistration (74), venn diagrams (14)
In the Classroom
Demonstrate the use of this with a student filling in the three circle Venn Diagram on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Have students compare and contrast three well-known topics such as three television shows or sports. Ask students to suggest the items for the list for each circle. Have your demonstrator show how to drag and drop the items into the circle or overlap area. Then have small groups or individual students create their own Venn Diagrams. Venn Diagrams may be used in any grade level or content area. Use the 3 Circle Venn Diagrams as an icebreaker or beginning of the year activity. Randomly place three students together and have them use the Venn Diagram to show their similarities and differences. Use when forming new small groups during the year for students to get to know each other better. Use the three circle Venn Diagram as a study aid when reviewing a unit in science or history before a test. Compare and contrast three characters, three different versions of the same story, or a literary work and a painting and song, or a painting and film. Another suggestion is to have students compare books in a series and the shared elements in the books.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Venn Diagram Creator - Canva
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K to 12tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (134), graphic design (57), images (276), venn diagrams (14)
In the Classroom
Work together as a class to complete a 4-Circle Venn Diagram on your interactive whiteboard (or with a projector) to represent an overlap of topics in any subject. For example, use this tool to compare and contrast students' involvement in four different sports, compare events or settings in four novels, or characteristics of four groups of animals. Once students become comfortable with Venn Diagrams, ask them to include them in a longer presentation created using a tool like Wakelet, reviewed here. Use Wakelet to modify classroom technology by having students include their writing, images, diagrams, videos, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Venngage - Venngage
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7 to 12tag(s): data (214), infographics (72), posters (44), vocabulary (260)
In the Classroom
Consider creating Infographics of material learned in class and for better understanding and connection with other topics and the "real world." Make curriculum content more real with infographics that students can relate to. Have students create their own infographics with this site to display what they have learned from a unit of study, how vocabulary words are related to the unit content, or as a review before a test. It could even be a replacement for the test! Connect data found on the Internet to information needed to understand that data. (Consider looking at different ways to show the data which can generate bias.) Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to allow student groups to present an Infographic about a book they've read, related news article, etc. Create Infographics about events such as Earth Day, D-Day, Take Your Child to Work Day, and other observances.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Venspired Free Posters - Krissy Venosdale
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K to 12tag(s): posters (44)
In the Classroom
Start your school year out by using some of these posters to decorate your classroom or hallways. Print pages to add inspiration in student notebooks or for motivational bulletin boards. Have students create their own posters after viewing the blog. Looking for a classroom theme? View the options available to enhance your room. Use the posters as a theme for the day, week, or month. Discuss the poster during class meetings. Relate the messages to character traits from reading selections, historical figures, or famous people. If you have a special class event, upload the images to Flickr (reviewed here) to make posters about it. Secondary teachers can create custom posters using their own digital pictures from historic sites or even roller coasters (for physics class).Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Verb Viper - Arcademics
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2 to 5tag(s): grammar (142), grammar review (34), verbs (25)
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Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector for entire class practice. Set up a learning station using this site on individual computers or the interactive whiteboard. Provide this link on your class website for students to practice verbs at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Verification Toolbox - First Draft
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6 to 12tag(s): evaluating sources (58), media literacy (137), social media (64)
In the Classroom
Show students a viral image or social media post, and have them use reverse image search tools in the Toolbox to determine where the image originated and whether it has been used in a misleading way. Model how journalists verify online information using the Toolbox's tools for checking sources, dates, and locations. Have students compare how different outlets report the same event. They can use verification tools to check images, headlines, and claims, then discuss how presentation can influence perception.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Verizon Innotive Learning HQ - Verizon
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K to 12tag(s): animals (281), animation (73), augmented reality (7), biographies (102), cells (82), coding (110), digital storytelling (182), engineering (136), graphic design (57), maps (222), musical notation (33), Problem Based Learning (15), problem solving (282), robotics (29), STEM (385), sustainability (56), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Discover the many ready-to-go free resources offered through Innovative Learning HQ in classroom lessons and for your professional development needs. If unsure of how to find assignments for your grade level, visit your dashboard to find recommended activities. After selecting tasks for students, use the provided modules to deliver instruction. Most activities are perfect for use in computer labs, a computer center, or a blended learning activity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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