Media Monday: NC Wise Owl
As you know, NC Wise Owl is an awesome, FREE resource available to all students and staff in North Carolina Public Schools. The ...
Media Monday: NC Wise Owl
Media Monday: NC Wise Owl
Media Monday: NC Wise Owl
Media Tip: Big 6 Ideas
Media Tip: Big 6 Ideas
Big6 Research Ideas from Guest Blogger - Sarah Lee, Riverwood Middle The Big6 Research Process can help teachers, students, and j...
Wednesday Web Tool: Digital Trading Card Creator from Read, Write, Think
Wednesday Web Tool: Digital Trading Card Creator from Read, Write, Think
This week we are exploring a great resource that allows students to quickly and creatively create sets of digital trading cards. Digital tr...
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Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Monday, September 19, 2016
Media Monday: NC Wise Owl
As you know, NC Wise Owl is an awesome,
FREE resource available to all students and staff in North Carolina Public Schools.
The password for 2016 has been released and is our media folder in Google Drive.
Please remember not to post this password anywhere online.
Remind your patrons to see you for the password.
Check out the NC Wise Owl Tool Kit for copyright and instructional support, and promotional materials.
Again this year they are offering: Wise Owl Wednesdays.
These are free webinars offered from 3:30-4:30 on various ways to use the resources available through NC Wise Owl to enhance instruction.
Monday, January 4, 2016
Media Tip: Big 6 Ideas
Big6 Research Ideas from Guest Blogger - Sarah Lee, Riverwood Middle
The Big6 Research Process can help teachers, students, and just about anyone! It’s great to use as a guide when you have a research project, but it’s also meant as a guide to problem solving. This is why Danny Hinnant and I wanted to come up with some ideas that our middle school students could really get interested in when we teach the Big6. We wanted them to see that the Big6 can be used throughout their lives to solve all kinds of problems.
What does every middle school student feel a need for? They feel a strong need for a mobile phone if they don’t already have one. Those that do have one are always ready for an updated model. So, the problem that and 6th and 7th grade students were given was to find a way to get this new phone. We explain to the students that the problem and the solution will not be identical for all students. Some students may already have parents who are willing to help them out with a phone, but others may need to convince their parents to let them have one, before being concerned with which phone. Many of the students may need to find a way to help pay for the phone and/or the service, but all should be concerned with getting a good value.
What are 8th grade students hoping for once they get to the high school and get their driver’s license? They would like something to drive. Our 8th graders were asked to find a way to get that first vehicle. We make sure they understand that in addition to the price of the vehicle they will need to consider other expenses associated with having a vehicle such as insurance, gas, and maintenance.
Here are the resources we use to explain the Big6 and students are encouraged to refer to this often using the links for more information and examples: http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/Big_Six_Steps.asp
All students were asked to follow the Big6 steps to solve their problems. They could choose either Google Docs or Google Slides to record their findings for each of the steps. This project was completed in multiple visits to the media center with some classes moving through the steps faster than others.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Wednesday Web Tool: Digital Trading Card Creator from Read, Write, Think
This week we are exploring a great resource that allows students to quickly and creatively create sets of digital trading cards. Digital trading cards are a great project idea for a topic in any subject area. It allows students to build writing and research skills in a fun and interesting way.
To get started, go to: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html
This trading card creator is available as a web based site and as an app for iOS and Android. On the main page you will see an overview of the creator tool along with a lesson bank of Common Core aligned lessons that use the trading card creator. Click on the orange button to get started.
The trading card creator will open in a new window, enter your name to begin.
You can then choose what type of card set you would like to make or you can create your own.
Depending on the card set you choose, your cards will be generated with different areas. The process is very clear and guides the students through several areas with each card.
Once the card has all the information, students can add a picture and then click finish editing.
Students can create up to eight cards in a set. They can print the cards or save the cards as a PDF that be used later or displayed digitally.
I hope you explore Trading Card Creator with your students as a fun way to get them to research and write about important topics.
Questions? Comments?
Email me at: pamelabatchelor@johnston.k12.nc.us
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