| Active Learning | Questions | Assign & Assess | Resources | Teaching | Textbooks provide well-organized, developmentally appropriate learning resources. These materials work great for some aspects of classroom instruction. However other resources are needed to provide up-to-date information, current events, and alternative perspectives.
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News and Current EventsExplore the resources on this page. Or, examine the Article Archive or Science Explorations Library from Scholastic. Design an activity based on an article. Consider the individual differences in your class. How can focused practice, using reading tools, and integrating real-world reading assignments help particular students in your class? Rethink how your classroom computers are being used. Do all students complete the same activities? How are your computers an opportunity to differentiate to meet the needs of individual children? K-3 3-6 For more ideas go to Teacher Tap: News. Fiction ReadingK-3 3-6 For more ideas go to Teacher Tap: Electronic Books and Online Reading.
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Ever Changing ResourcesGo to Wikipedia. Design an activity that helps a student "fact check" using other resources Visit Lamb's Inquiry. Explore other examples. Explore areas within Wikipedia:
Explore some examples of wikis:
Be sure to check out library and educational technology wikis:
Think about wikis because we're going to come back and create one later in the week! Learn more at High Tech Learning: Collaborative Web & Wikis |
