Monday, November 7, 2011

WATCH: Salman Khan And Bill Gates On Why Video Should Be Used In Education

A great illustration of the power of pre-loading students with low-level thinking skills using some tech, and then using class time to help them or guide them through some deeper thinking (a.k.a. Bloom's Taxonomy of thinking).

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

American History: "Growth of a Nation"

Another great animated map side. This is more like an interactive timeline/textbook resource for all grades.

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Discovery Education streaming - Atlas Interactive Map

Check out this video resource from http://discoveryeducation.com. This will be of interest to elementary and junior high teachers especially.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Larry Miller US History Teacher Field Trip Online Applications

Teachers,
Don't neglect to apply for the opportunity to travel with the
Driven2Teach (Larry Miller) program this summer. The application website is now up
and ready to go!
http://www.driven2teach.org/ Best of luck to you all!
Christopher Hall
Social Studies Curriculum Supervisor
Davis School District

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