Links and Resources
Library Resources
Teacher Librarian as Instructional Partner
Building a Schoolwide Culture of Reading Resources
Leading a Reading Culture (Pearltrees Collection by Joyce Valenza)
Online PD for Educators
Open Educational Resources (OER)
OER@AVU, an African Virtual University initiative launched in 2011 with at least 288 OERs, has been a great contribution to the African and global OER communities. As of July 2018, OER@AVU has a total of 1,623 resources. This follows the addition of 1,335 new OERs released in 2018 under the Creative Commons license CC BY 2.5. The new resources include 234 modules, 83 videos and 945 learning objects extracted from the modules.
The AVU developed the new set of OERs jointly with 27 partner institutions located in 21 African countries within the framework of Multinational Project II funded by the African Development Bank. All AVU OERs have been developed in Africa and are being accessed in 225 countries and territories worldwide.
The AVU OER repository has 3 communities (English, French and Portuguese) and 4 collections (Teacher Education, Applied Computer Science, Policy Briefs, and articles of AVU’s peer-reviewed open-access journal). The Teacher Education and Computer Science collections have peer-reviewed modules which are full textbooks, and learning objects as well. The subjects in the repository include mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, informatics, administration, linguistics, teacher education professional courses, and ICT in education
Since its launch in 2011 the AVU OERs portal has been accessed at least 2.8 million times from 225 countries and territories. The AVU has also received 5 international Awards that include the 2017 Open Education Consortium (OEC) Individual Leadership Prize www.oeconsortium.org , the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) Institutional Prize 2015 www.icde.org and 3 other OEC prizes related to OERs in 2013, 2012 and 2011.
The African Virtual University (AVU) is a Pan African Intergovernmental Organization that was founded in 1997. Its Mission is “to prepare learners, using open distance and eLearning, to better contribute to the development of the African continent through provision of high quality tertiary and continuing education”. AVU has contributed in training 75,092 Learners.
Content Area Resources
Social Studies
Geography
Nat Geo MapMaker Kits: Download and print files to create wall sized maps!
History
Articles
"History isn't a 'useless' major. It teaches critical thinking"
Various Resources
- Eyewitness to History
- Veteran's History Project
- Teacher Website for TCI Chapters
- My Old Radio: Listen to broadcasts from the past to learn about events such as World War II.
- Learn about American History by watching these short informational videos! (Videos used for Flipping the Classroom.)--Created by Coach Strusky
- Advanced Placement World History Resource Page
- Have Fun With History: Watch 1 min. animated clips on many topics of history.
- Best of History Websites
- Women's History Month Resources
- EDSITEment
Science
Sid the Science Kid -- This is an excellent interactive site for younger students.
Cosmic Evolution--resources including videos from Harvard College Observatory
Google Science Journal App : Science Journal transforms your device into a pocket-size science tool that encourages students to explore their world. As they conduct eye-opening experiments, they’ll record observations and make new, exciting discoveries.
Two Truths and a Lie: STEM Game and Research Activities * This website has a variety of great resources to use when teaching students how to identify quality, credible information. I am currently collaborating with the 7th grade science teacher to plan and teach a mini-unit on media literacy. Email me if you want to know more about how it went and stay tuned for more info after we teach it.
English Language Arts
Thanks to ____________ for sharing this list at the CRAA Literacy Essentials Conference!
Builds stronger writers through interest based curriculum
Mentimeter: Mentimeter is an easy-to-use presentation software used by more than 8 million people. With Mentimeter you can create fun and interactive presentations. We help you make your events, presentations, lectures, and workshops innovative and memorable. Includes polls and word clouds. You can have 2 projects with the free version.
Shakespeare in Bits: New, exciting multimedia approach to learning his plays. Brings the most popular plays to life. Videos (cartoon) and reads the text aloud. Clicks on text that is confusing and rewords it. (Paid)
CommonLit.Org: free reading passages online. Lists book comparisons and has supplementary articles.
-There is one for Fahrenheit 451
Hooked (app): short stories modeled on text message conversations. Any hooked reader can now create characters and then write their story one message one at a time. They can also include videos.
Flipped Grid:
StoryCorps: StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.
We do this to remind one another of our shared humanity, to strengthen and build the connections between people, to teach the value of listening, and to weave into the fabric of our culture the understanding that everyone’s story matters. At the same time, we are creating an invaluable archive for future generations.
Adobe Spark: Transform your ideas into stunning visual stories. Create impactful graphics, web pages, and video stories. Overview Video
Free Rice: For every correct answer
ListenWise: integrated with Socrative
Emaze:
PeerGrade: A tool for peer feedback
Peardeck:
Digital Literacy
Research Skills Digital Tools
Coding Tools and Resources
Tools to Help Create Presentations
Video Editing
Allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it.
Video Creation
Book Trailer Websites
Book Nook (sponsored by INFOOhio)
Articles and Online Books
Online Books
- "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens" by Danah Boyd
Articles
Curation Tools
