Looking for resources!

Getting ready to work with 7-12 students on researching skills.... from credible sources to spotting fake news, to finding information quickly.

Does anyone have any resources they'd like to share?

How private is the data on your apps?

Watch This Video!

22 minutes, but worth the watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx1AUupLn2w&feature=youtu.be

Documentaries for Classrooms

Four Great Websites that Provide Educational Documentaries

From Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/11/4-good-websites-that-provide.html

1- Documentary Heaven
Documentary Heaven features a wide variety of documentaries covering various topics. Documentaries are arranged into over 30 categories from Education and Human Rights to to Science and War. The ‘Popular This Month' section features trending documentaries for the month. You can also check the ‘Top 100’ tab for a collection of the most popular documentaries in the site.

2- Documentary Storm
This is another good website that curate educational documentaries from different online sources.  You can use the integrated search functionality to look for a specific documentary or browse the collections by category. Similar to Documentary Heaven, Documentary Storm  also  has a section for the most popular documentaries which you can access under ‘Explore’ menu. There is also a section called ’New Arrivals’ featuring the recently released documentaries.

3- Free Documentaries
‘Freedocumentaries.org streams full-length documentary films free of charge, with no registration needed. For several films, we even offer the ability to watch trailers or to download the actual film.The films are gathered by our researchers as we scour the web for well-produced videos and present them to our viewers. We adhere to all copyright laws and honor the wishes of the producers.’

4- Documentary Addict
Documentary addict offers a massive library of educational and entertaining documentaries embedding over 5000 online documentaries. You can use the menu on the left hand side to browse through the collections. Documentaries are sorted into the following categories: Best Documentaries, 9/11, Art/Music, Comedy, Nature, Media, History, Politics, Religion, Sexuality and many more,

Are you saying these phrases correctly?

Good descriptions of why you would use one or the other of some of these phrases. And some people say some of these incorrectly.

My personal pet peeve?  "Irregardless vs. Regardless."  Interesting read!

From the article: Commonly Misused Phrases That Will Make You Sound Unprofessional by  Briana Hansen on July 18, 2017, Work and Money

Spotting Fake News

Great video to show students (and adults!!) on fake news, from Common Sense Media:

https://youtu.be/AkwWcHekMdo

Common Sense Education Ambassador

I was invited and selected to be a Common Sense Education Ambassador! 

Search Out "Typical" SAT Scores

(From Google for Education)

You can easily search "typical" SAT scores for colleges using Google search.
Just type (for example) "SUNY Geneseo SAT scores" and get this:

Exciting Learning Opportunity Using ThingLink 360!

Virtual Reality in the Classroom Using ThingLink 360

Workshop in Dansville on Friday, July 21.

Sponsored by Edutech and presented by
Susan Oxnevad, Director of ThingLink Education

Click here for poster and details

"Media Literacy Clearinghouse"

I discovered this site from an ISTE article.  What a wealth of information!!! Check this out here:
http://frankwbaker.com/mlc/

MLC’s mission is to assist K-12 educators who want to:

• Teach standards that include non-print, media texts
• Learn more about media literacy
• Integrate it into classroom instruction
• Help students read the media
• Help students become more media aware
• Locate appropriate resources

The Media Literacy Clearinghouse was created by educator Frank W. Baker in response to a need.

At the time, 1998, there was no one central place, on the Internet, where educators could go and locate appropriate resources for teaching about media and media literacy.  With that in mind, Baker created the Media Literacy Clearinghouse.  It has received rave reviews: http://www.frankwbaker.com/testimonials

He created original material which has proven popular with educators and students.

NYSCATE Presenting Virtual/Augmented Reality Workshop in Dansville

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 - DANSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS - DANSVILLE, NY

Register on NYSCATE's website: http://www.nyscate.org/conferences.cfm?subpage=1049

Session Descriptions:

Session 1:

What is Virtual Reality: Let’s Explore

This session will explore the basics of Virtual Reality. What is it? Where in our culture is it used, and most importantly how does this affect students and possible classroom experiences.

This session is for the beginner and will help build the foundation for the rest of the workshop day for participants.

Extending Reality: A Look into Different Apps for the Classroom

This session will cover basic apps that you can find and use to begin your classroom and personal journey into virtual reality. This presentation will begin with an overview of Virtual Reality and then participants will be guided through various apps that they can use on their smartphones.

Session 2:

Google Expeditions

Come see the world in a whole new way you never imagined! Within the last few years, Google has entered into exciting world of Virtual Reality! Cardboard is Google’s low cost, fascinating solution that uses low cost viewer hardware combined with a mobile phone to create immersive, rich media experiences. During this hands on session, participants will learn about how the technology works, where it is heading in education with Google Expeditions, and how you can get started with exploring this exciting technology today!

Create Your Own Virtual Reality Experience

Want to create your own Virtual Reality experience on a budget? There are already a number of apps allow for uses to create 360-degree videos and pictures. Learn how to create your own adventures.

Session 3:

Augmented Reality in the Classroom with Aurasma

How can you design a field trip in your classroom? Would you like to create an assignment that allows for students to be physically engaged? This hands-on presentation will allow for participants to not only experience an augmented reality experience, but allow for them to learn how to create their own experiences.

Google Expeditions

Come see the world in a whole new way you never imagined! Within the last few years, Google has entered into exciting world of Virtual Reality! Cardboard is Google’s low cost, fascinating solution that uses low cost viewer hardware combined with a mobile phone to create immersive, rich media experiences. During this hands on session, participants will learn about how the technology works, where it is heading in education with Google Expeditions, and how you can get started with exploring this exciting technology today!

Speaking of Digital Footprint…

I just read this intriguing article on Motherboard titled "The Data That Turned the World Upside Down," by Hannes Grassegger and Mikael Krogerus (link below).  Although perhaps skewed politically, the message about our digital footprint is important. Please note that there is no intention of any political leaning--only the information about our digital trail.

According to the article, "Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity."

"Anyone who has not spent the last five years living on another planet will be familiar with the term Big Data. Big Data means, in essence, that everything we do, both on and offline, leaves digital traces. Every purchase we make with our cards, every search we type into Google, every movement we make when our mobile phone is in our pocket, every “like” is stored. Especially every “like.” For a long time, it was not entirely clear what use this data could have—except, perhaps, that we might find ads for high blood pressure remedies just after we’ve Googled “reduce blood pressure.”

"But it was not just about “likes” or even Facebook: Kosinski and his team could now ascribe Big Five values based purely on how many profile pictures a person has on Facebook, or how many contacts they have (a good indicator of extraversion). But we also reveal something about ourselves even when we’re not online. For example, the motion sensor on our phone reveals how quickly we move and how far we travel (this correlates with emotional instability). Our smartphone, Kosinski concluded, is a vast psychological questionnaire that we are constantly filling out, both consciously and unconsciously."


Read the entire article here.

What is Google "Tilt Brush"?

In short, Tilt Brush is a new app that allows artists to paint in 3D… artists say they can paint inside their painting! Watching these videos makes me want to paint!

In short, Tilt Brush is a new app that allows artists to paint in 3D… artists say they can paint inside their painting!

https://youtu.be/TckqNdrdbgk