If you're a teacher, librarian, student or parent in my district, you may be interested in checking out our newly updated library department web pages. I/we will be adding more content over time, but for now, the basics and some interesting other resources have been updated and added---student resources, parent resources, teacher and librarian resources. …
Category: Social Studies
Teaching Tolerance PD
This one is for teachers and librarians who are interested in social justice issues for their students. The Teaching Tolerance website has a large number of resources for teachers to assist them in teaching in a multicultural and social justice sensitive way. You can order DVDs and teacher resources for no cost, as well as …
PBS Educational Videos
So I've posted a lot of video sites today. A couple ways to use videos is to review already covered material, use as an overview to what students are about to learn, and use as a note-taking exercise which can reinforce the review experience. A unique way to take notes from a video is to …
Crash Course Videos
Many teachers may already have heard about, or used, a Crash Course video for your classes. There are a large number of topics and subjects for older students that align with courses and content you are teaching. The videos are pretty fast-paced and really designed I think, to help with review or overview of a …
Brain Pop Online Learning
Hello Olmsted Families--I have a great resource to share with you for varying grade levels that has student-centered videos, quizzes and games on various subjects and topics. Perhaps your child has already heard of, and used some of the Brain Pop resources. The company has made all their resources free for families (and teachers) during …
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