Curriculum+Links

Westside Middle School

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants By Marc Prensky http://www.marcprensky.com/ ESU#3 Learning web resources http://esu3.ishareinfo.org/learningweb/ or http://www.esu3.org/special/institute/ Marzanos Strategies for increasing student achievement Take to TAG website with ways to integrate technology. Use materials from Statewide Learning web site http://tlw.k12.ne.us/ and Marzano Instructional Strategies Site http://manila.esu6.org/instructionalstrategies/ Storyboarding Making Movie Storyboards http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/storyboarding/b.html Josh Sheppard's Storyboard site http://www.thestoryboardartist.com/links.html Inspiration - Kidspiration or A FREE version of Inspiration - Concept maps a tool for learning The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition is making concept-mapping software available for free to schools to help them assess student knowledge, organize curricula and promote pupils' critical thinking. http://cmap.ihmc.us/ Science Topics add multimedia to a science class, when the subject is earth/space science. It consists of little movies on space exploration that were underwritten by Wal-Mart for the Nebraska Department of Education, and we want to make sure people know it's there! Here's the link to the NDE program site: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/TECHCEN/sci_liv.html http://www.nde.state.ne.us/TECHCEN/pages/solar_system.html NASA Solar System Simulator http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ Probes in Science http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/curriculum/science/scienceprob.html Apple No child Left Behind site http://www.apple.com/education/k12/nclba/ Soda Sabotage about car color and interior temps Lesson Plan for Science Monarch Butterfly Migration and study http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/kansas/ http://www.monarchwatch.org/update/2005/0114_teaching.html Online textbooks are currently available in Science and Math classes at WMS Textbooks dumped in favor of laptops and online content http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5270 Math Topics IRS Understanding Taxes website and Lesson Plans http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/ Math Tutorials for students http://www.hotmath.com/ Microsoft Excel in math education Examples from Janet Caughlin's Excel books (Handouts) Microsoft's Educational web site http://www.microsoft.com/education/LessonPlans.mspx Learning Environments mostly elementary but lots of content with some overlap http://iKnowthat.com Reading - English Topics 17,000 royalty-free texts http://www.Bookshare.org Using Technology to teach writing (handout) History/Social Studies Sites Library of congress http://www.loc.gov The Western History Photography collection denver Public Library http://photoswest.org/ This is a great Virtual Farm Website http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/ The New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ History Alive http://www.historyalive.com/historyalive/ http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ allows for layered maps showing data Google Earth – Explore, Search and Discover Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Google Earth / satellite images http://maps.google.com/ http://earth.google.com/ inet library Lesson plans http://www.inetlibrary.com/?function=categories&category=library/Educational+Lesson+Plans ILIFE Apps http://www.apple.com/ilife ALI lesson plans http://ali.apple.com/ Digital Media Solutions: iLife Lessons http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/ http://www.apple.com/education/ilifeawards/ http://www.apple.com/education/ilifeawards/honorablemention.html Apple Educational community Student Gallery of projects, movies, pictures, songs, etc. http://edcommunity.apple.com/gallery/student/ Garageband Sites http://maclab.esu3.org/garageband.htm (Handout) http://www.bandmateloops.com/ http://manila.unl.edu/dschmit/garageband http://www.decorah.k12.ia.us/dms/soppel/garagebandproject.html http://icompositions.com/ http://thegaragedoor.com/ http://shareyourmusic.com/ http://macband.com/ http://macjams.com http://macidol.com/ Webquests Online resources using webquests for directed student learning (handouts) http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html Digital Video and Digital Photo Projects Digital Imaging and digitl video lesson plans from Adobe http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/main.html Podcasting Now fully supported by iTunes http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1818926,00.asp Vodcatsing - Video Streaming http://www.apple.com/education/streamingsolution/ Video Yearbook http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/losalamitos Video Projects galore http://www.isightEd.com Turn your students into Documentary Filmmakers http://www.apple.com/education/documentary/ http://www.apple.com/education/documentary/quotes.html Animation Movie could be a GREAT multi curricular topic. can have storytelling for English students, math talking about frame rates, Music for background and to set moods, art for drawing cells of animation, technology, etc. Misc. Resources for Multimedia projects Free Images http://www.public-domain-image.com

Free Photos http://www.pics4learning.com More free photos http://www.freefoto.com Veterans History Project http://www.loc.gov/vets/ National Archives http://www.archives.gov/aad/ Video Clips, music, pictures, LOTS more http://www.Archive.org Free Music for Multimedia Apps http://www.freeplaymusic.com Digital Imaging Links http://www.bobsedulinks.com/digital.htm