http://interview.sweetsearch.com/
Mature audiences have much to discuss after viewing these early Martin Luther King Jr. TV videos from 1957-1964. Some full-text written transcripts are also available.
MLK TV Interviews in 1950s, 9-12
Personal Learning Network, K-12
As you develop your virtual personal learning network, consider 350 Best Education Resources,
http://edudemic.com/2011/12/best-ed-blogs/
Teen Health and Wellness, 9-12
http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com
Beginning in early January, each article in Teen Health & Wellness online database will feature the text-to-speech function. Click the "Listen" button at the top of any article page.
In the text-to-speech player, the Settings link will let the user choose text highlighting on a word per word or sentence basis, or to disable text highlighting. You can also control the speed of the reading and select a male or female voice. The "No Sound" link can be used if your system requirements do not allow for text highlighting, and it will download an mp3 file of the audio for that article section.
If you’d like a free poster for the guidance office, health classroom, office, etc., contact the Heartland library. View the poster at http://teenhealthandwellness.com/static/promotionalmaterials
Apps, K-12
Appitic
http://www.appitic.com
A collection of 1,300 apps for education. Unique features include searching by themes, special education and autism, multiple intelligences, and Bloom’s.
10 Best Productivity Apps of 2011
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/12/28/the-10-best-productivity-apps-of-2011/
Autism Apps
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AjbIta8OTS0KdHRMVWx0Q3pvOWRXRXBfd01jc3lqakE&hl=en&single=true&gid=0&output=html
LiveBinder
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/36989
Apps in Education Blog
http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2011/11/4-way-video-calls-on-ipad.html
Includes an interesting article on how to do 4-way video calls on the iPad.
Android Apps
http://www.android4schools.com/2011/12/11/apps-4-kids-helps-you-find-apps-your-kids-will-like/
100 Best Free iPad Apps
http://savedelete.com/top-100-best-free-ipad-apps.html
NPR Book Club for Kids, 5-8
http://www.npr.org/series/141728003/nprs-back-seat-book-club
"All Things Considered" is rolling out NPR's Back-Seat Book Club. Each month, students and parents will read a different book—then they're invited to join a conversation with the author. The series encourages kids to get creative and create video messages and other expressive means of reaching out to the author. Podcasts, RSS, and email notifications are available.
Student Filmmaking, K-12
http://www.svntv.com
School Video News is launching a new site that will showcase student-produced films and the students who created them. It will also include articles on script writing, cinematography, audio, lighting, and set design. The site will help take your skills and your students’ skills to the next level.
A&E Videos Downloaded/Streamed from Learn 360
A&E Television videos are available for streaming and download on Learn 360, http://www.learn360.com. As of January 9, 2012, the A&E videos will be available for download using Windows Media only. Users can only download A&E videos in Windows Media Format. For teachers to stream and/or download these videos, installation of the Microsoft Silverlight Player and Plug-in will be required at each desktop computer.
Administrative Next Steps:
As an Administrator, you can set up installation of the Silverlight Player & Plug-in for all of your users by clicking http://www.learn360.com/silverlight-install.aspx and following the instructions.
Desktop Computer Next Steps:
When a user wants to stream an A&E video, a message will appear in the video player asking them to install the Microsoft Silverlight Plug-In. If the user is authorized to install, they can complete the task. If they are not, they will be directed to contact their local Administrator.
In order for a user to download an A&E video, the Microsoft Silverlight Plug-In MUST be installed first. Once installed, the user will refresh the page and an "Install Player" button will appear below the video player; this button must be clicked to complete the installation. The user can then click the "Download" button and save the video to their computer.
The user can now view the A&E video on their computer by clicking the up-arrow in the lower right corner of the video player, browsing the menu for the video and clicking the "Open" button.
Desktop Computer Self-Installation:
If teachers will be required to install the Player & Plug-in themselves, please ensure their download/installation rights are sufficient enough to allow for self-installation and provide them with this link, http://www.learn360.com/silverlight-install-administrators.aspx
It will direct them to a page on Learn360 containing comprehensive instructions based upon their Operating System (Mac or PC/Windows).
Remember, this is just for the A&E videos on Learn 360.
World Crisis DVDs, 9-12
The World Crisis: Cause and Effect series examines the cause and effect of each crisis-from looking at the social and political climate at the time, to examining how each event has changed the world-whether through legislation, preventative measures, or other means. Available for checkout.
Afghanistan War #810356
Asian Tsunami #810357
Bhopal Disaster #810353
Chernobyl #810355
Haiti Earthquake #810352
Hurricane Katrina #810354
Rwanda Genocide #810349
September 11 #810350
Tiananmem Square #810351
To enhance learning, students can search the SIRS Researcher and EBSCO Points of View databases for full-text magazines, journals, papers, and newspaper articles. Go to Com Cat and search both databases at the same time, http://comcat-agent.auto-graphics.com.
Manners Videos, PreK-2
http://www.learn360.com
The Royals: Manners is a series of 19 videos on Learn 360 to help young students understand why it’s important to say “excuse me”, don’t talk with your mouth full, remove headphones when talking, using a napkin, staying quiet in a theater, etc.
Excuse Me
Cover Your Germs
Can You Take My Order?
Don't Talk with Your Mouth Full
You Should Wait to Start Eating
I'm Going Outside
But I Don't Like It
Turn It Down
Quiet Down Front
Use a Napkin
Taking the Last Bits of Food
How Do You Set the Table?
Inside/Outside Voices
Please and Thank You
Telephone Manners
Hats
Chewing Gum
Don't Litter
Cell Phones
New National Geographic Videos, K-12
http://www.learn360.com
There are 9 new videos in Learn 360.
The Big Easy Animal Rescue
Easter Island Underworld
Fongoli Chimps
Hogzilla
Inside Sumo
NGS Adventure: Grand Canyon—The First Journey
Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack
Wild Chronicles 4
World’s Most Bizarre Dinos
1:1 Schools and ebooks, 6-12
Elementary students have been using ebooks through BookFLIX for about three years and TrueFLIX since October. We are creating a new ebook collection for grades 6-12. This "starter" collection of 220 titles includes middle school social studies titles that complement the Iowa Core. The high school collection includes biographies, financial literacy, government, science, and social studies (as recommended by a group of high school teacher librarians). The ebooks will be available 24/7. No special ereader is required. More information will be on the Heartland homepage mid-January.
Use ebooks to:
• Introduce new topics
• Build background knowledge
• Expand upon lessons
• Teach vocabulary
• Review essential skills and information
• Practice research skills to find relevant information
Supplement classroom materials
• Organize titles by topics, theme, and reading level.
• Assign titles for reading or research.
• Teach books in small group and whole group lessons.
• Students use mark-up tools to identify words they don’t know or just learned (glossary).
• Teach nonfiction book characteristics such as toc, glossary, index.
• Practice repetition and choral reading of properly pronounced words and phrases.
• Teach content-area vocabulary with definitions and glossary.
• Extend learning by inviting family involvement.
• Whiteboard compatible.
• Customize VIA with special groups such as grade, class, subject, reading group, etc.
• Start for an inquiry-based lesson for students looking for info to support an argument or a position.
Fake Facebook Profiles of Historical Characters, K-12
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/07/three-ways-to-create-fake-facebook.html
This is an exciting approach to history and writing. Learn how to create a fake Facebook profile for a character in a book or a famous person in history.
Twitter Hashtags, K-12
More and more teachers are using Twitter to create a personal learning network as part of their professional development. A hashtag, or #, is used to transmit tweets to groups. To see more hashtags and learn how to use Twitter, start with this site: http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html
Here are some educational chat hashtags to get you started.
#edtech
#ellchat
#engchat
#iPadChat
#k12media
#mathchat
#scichat
#spedchat
#web20chat
#edchat
#artsed
#aspergers
#gtchat
#math
#science
#STEM
#lessonplans
iPad App for Britannica, K-12
Encyclopaedia Britannica just announced the availability of the free iPad app. Add this to the other online database apps:
Gale / AccessMyLibrary (choose the green app)
EBSCOhost
Teen Hotlines
TrueFLIX ebooks, 3-6
http://trueflix.scholastic.com
TrueFLIX includes nonfiction ebooks targeted to readers in grades 3-6. They are interactive and help students understand how to read nonfiction text. While targeted to elementary students, some students in higher grades could benefit from this high-interest, low-level, multi-sensory nonfiction information:
-ELL students struggling with English
-secondary students functioning at a reading level below 5th grade
-ADHD students who need multi-sensory resources to maintain focus
and, of course, those second graders who are reading above grade level will also benefit. Elementary teachers will be encouraged to share the username/password with parents for home access. TrueFlix is continuing to add new titles and additional vetted content (almost doubled the number of titles in two years).
An introductory video is at http://slpmarketing.grolier.com/trueflix/trueFlixDemo.html
Features:
Unlimited number of students can be reading the same book
Nonfiction video/book titles paired
Read-aloud with quality voices
Includes ideas and strategies for using the ebooks
Students can access from home
Perfect whiteboard application
Extension activities, primary sources, and lesson plans
TrueFLIX includes ebook titles in these categories:
American Indians
Ancient Civilizations
Continents
U.S. Government
Westward Expansion
Disasters
Ecosystems
Extreme Nature
Human Body
Natural Disasters
Space
All types of readers will enjoy:
Leveled texts, select by Lexile
Voice-over reading features
Multiple text types
Words highlighted as read
Pronunciations
Word definitions
Access: Use the online database username/password assigned to your school. Students can also use TrueFLIX at home. There is a hyperlink on Heartland’s Homework Help page. Go to http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us, click the Parents tab, scroll down to Homework Help.
Training: You are welcome to register for a training webinar.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
2:00-3:00 PM
Click here to register: https://scholastic.webex.com/scholastic/onstage/g.php?d=658576187&t=a
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
2:00-3:00 PM
Click here to register: https://scholastic.webex.com/scholastic/onstage/g.php?d=653974808&t=a
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
2:00-3:00 PM
Click here to register: https://scholastic.webex.com/scholastic/onstage/g.php?d=657156015&t=a
Save 85% on Microsoft and Adobe Software, K-12
http://www.iec-ia.org
Students and staff can get discounts on software from Adobe, Microsoft, Inspiration, Crick, Nuance, Sophos, Symantec, and more. Go to the URL listed above and click the Teacher & Student Buys tab in the lower left.
DE Science, K-8
http://www.discoveryeducation.com
This is a reminder that Discovery Education Science K-8 is available to schools in the Heartland AEA service area. Use the online database username/password assigned to your school. Contact the Heartland AEA library if you need the teacher passkey to create a personal teacher account.
Winter Ellison Symbols, K-12
http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/print/Ellison.html
The colorful Ellison symbols are fun for students and can be used in instruction. They are available in a variety of colors and sizes and range from $.03 to $.06 each. A full-color catalog and order form are online.
Tiny (1”)
Small ( 2 ¾”)
Large (4”)
Double Cut (11”x3”)
Extra large (8”x11”)
TeachingBooks.net and Whiteboards, K-12
http://www.teachingbooks.net/
TeachingBooks.net, one of Heartland’s online databases that adds a multimedia dimension to reading experiences, is a powerful tool to use with a whiteboard.
This article includes five strategies for using an interactive whiteboard as teachers build 21st-century connections to books and authors.
Create an interactive punctuation lesson
Identify, organize, and explore characters' relationships with a Venn Diagram
Analyze 13 layers of a Steve Jenkins picture book illustration
Learn from authors discussing their writing process
Teach phonic spelling while mastering author names
PWIM Posters, K-8
Picture Word Inductive Method is an integrated reading and writing strategy. Children are encouraged to study a picture and then name the objects, actions or emotions suggested in the picture. Students can make connections between oral and written language. Heartland AEA has over 90 posters. You can view the posters and order online at http://median.aea11.k12.ia.us, click Advanced Search in the second column.
Project-Based Learning, K-12
http://www.bie.org/
This website is a one-stop shop for project-based learning (PBL) with quality content that’s easy to access. Project-based learning is an increasingly popular instructional strategy that emphasizes workforce readiness and development of students’ 21st-Century skills. The site offers quality free resources including planning forms, student rubrics, and handouts. It also provides a library of project examples as well as blogs and discussion forums. An extensive research section rounds out the content, sharing positive outcomes and best practices associated with PBL.
New York Times Science, 3-12
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
The science area of the New York Times site offers timely news from the world of science, combined with interactive features and commentary. A handy “what’s popular” box lets students know what others are reading about in terms of science topics. The New York Times content is quality reporting with easy, fun reads on topics appropriate for both elementary and secondary classrooms. Teachers at all grade levels can use articles such as “Earliest Signs of Advanced Tools Found,” without having to be experts on topics in order to follow them.
Free Publishing Site, K-8
http://www.launchpadmag.com/
LaunchPad is a publishing site that provides young writers and illustrators with an online method for sharing their original stories, poems, book reviews, or illustrations. An editorial team reviews each submission and only accepts those they consider quality pieces. LaunchPad is different from other publishing sites in that submissions are accepted free of charge, which also means there is no physical book produced. Students are required to provide a parent’s email address as a security method. Reading the pieces is fairly easy. A scrolling window allows the student to browse the pages of a selected title without having to navigate multiple windows. The student also has the ability to download the file.
Get to Know Poe, 6-12
http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org
The activities introduce the literature, life, and times of Edgar Allan Poe. Students can explore Poe’s worlds—both fictional and real—from a number of perspectives. They can examine the complex choices writers make as they create their works. They can investigate the “hard facts” about life and death in the United States during Poe’s lifetime. In addition, they can learn about the continuing impact of Poe’s legacy. The classroom resources have been created especially for students in middle school and high school. In addition to these interactive experiences, there are lesson plans created by teachers, primary source documents, and links for further research. Throughout the site, students can watch for the Random Raven, which will give them some inside information and little known facts about Poe.
Civil War, 8-12
National Archives: Discovering the Civil War
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/civil-war/education/?
Discovering the Civil War
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/civil-war/?
Letters, orders, maps, telegrams, photographs and broadsides are preserved in the National Archives. To complement these primary sources, the Archives education specialists have produced articles with companion lesson plans related to Civil War history. Teaching with Documents contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration and teaching activities correlated to social studies standards that include cross-curricular connections. Offerings include:
Fugitive from Labor Cases: Henry Garnett (1850) and Moses Honner (1860)
The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady
The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors That Affected the Civil War
Confederate Sympathizers in New Mexico During the Civil War
Georgia: The Atlanta Campaign of 1865—The Camera at War
Teachable Texts from the National Archives at New York City
The Union Blockade: Lincoln’s Proclamations
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