Does anyone have any resources they'd like to share?
Monday, December 11, 2017
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?
Does anyone have any resources they'd like to share?
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017
Documentaries for Classrooms
Four Great Websites that Provide Educational Documentaries
From Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
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,
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,
Monday, October 2, 2017
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
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
Friday, September 22, 2017
Spotting Fake News
Great video to show students (and adults!!) on fake news, from Common Sense Media:
https://youtu.be/AkwWcHekMdo
https://youtu.be/AkwWcHekMdo
Common Sense Education Ambassador
I was invited and selected to be a Common Sense Education Ambassador!
Friday, May 5, 2017
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:
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