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Eclectic Technology
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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This interactive website allows you to explore climate change from the following perspectives: * By region (and it is global so you click on the location you want to begin) * By theme (and there are seven themes): - Food Security - Food Emissions - Climate impact on production - Climate impact on people - Adaptation - Mitigation - Policy and Finance Quoting from Larry Ferlazzo's post Big Facts is "intended to provide a credible and reliable platform for fact checking amid the range of claims that appear in reports, advocacy materials and other sources. Full sources are supplied for all facts and figures and all content has gone through a process of peer review." This is an open access resource. Much more information may be found at the site. (And think about checking out Larry Ferlazzo's post at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2014/02/08/very-very-impressive-new-interactive-site-on-climate-change/ 
No Planeta B's curator insight,
March 11, 2014 7:20 PM
EXCELLENT interactive resource on #climatechange ! Take a special look at the #LATAM section and food resources.
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"Mission US is a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games. In Mission 3: “A Cheyenne Odyssey,” players become Little Fox, a Northern Cheyenne boy whose life is changed by the encroachment of white settlers, railroads, and U.S. military expeditions. As buffalo diminish and the U.S. expands westward, players experience the Cheyenne's persistence through conflict and national transformation."
Beth Dichter's insight:
"A Cheyenne Odyssey" is the third mission from Mission U.S. This interactive game will teach students about the Cheyenne's experience. There is a teacher guide available for this game (as well as the first two: Mission 1 - For Crown or Colony? and Mission 2 - Flight to Freedom). Each guide provides an overview, background information, standards alignments, activites, primary sources and there are videos to help provide guidance for teachers.Two additional games are set to be released in 2014 and 2015. The games are geared to students in Grades 5 - 8.
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Check out YouTube's top trending educational videos in 2013.
Beth Dichter's insight:
It appears that science is trending in educational videos on YouTube. Other videos in this list (and embedded in the post) include: * Immovable Object vs Unstoppable Force * Why Do We Kiss? * Is Your Red the Same as My Red? * How Old Are Your Ears? (Hearing Test) * Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mind (Part 2) * What if the Sun Disappeared? * What Your Body Does in 30 Seconds * Canada & the United States: Bizarre Borders (Part 2) * The True Science of Parallel Universes
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This infographic, put out by the World Bank, looks at the state of biodiversity today. The sections include: * Once a Species is Extinct, it is Lost Forever * Threats to Biodiversity * Why Biodiversity Matters * Signs of Hope Think about using this to help students learn and understand some of the issues related to biodiversity.
Sally Egan's curator insight,
September 4, 2013 6:58 PM
A great series of infographics showing the decline in world biodiversity, the factors threatening biodiversity, why bodiversity is imoportant and hope for teh future. Compiled by World Bank it is useful for students in develoing knowledge and understanding of the importance of global biodiversity in topic Ecosystems at Risk. 
The Morpho Institute's curator insight,
January 28, 2014 9:45 PM
Great infographic for your class discussion on biodiversity 
Diane Johnson's curator insight,
January 29, 2014 8:17 PM
Biodiversity is the key to a healthy ecosystem. Since there have been at least 6 mass extinctions in Earth's history, we can learn the stress this puts on all parts of the system and how to try to ameliorate the damage.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Richard Byrne provides 13 resources for social studies in this post. Some have been mentioned previously in this Scoop.it and others are new. Each one includes a brief description and all are free. They include: * Museum Box - a virtual display of artifacts * Mission U.S. - 2 missions that explore different times in U.S. History * Hip Hughes History - a YouTube channel on both U.S. and World History (the image above is from this site) * The Google Cultural Institute (42 exhibitions online) * History Animated - "animated online tours of notable battles and strategies and the outcomes of each battle in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and WWII" and more! Check out the post for additional resources.
Nick Urban's curator insight,
July 16, 2015 3:31 PM
This site offers terrific digital resources specific to the social studies classroom. It offers resources on a variety of social studies topics from world history to American history, and politics. One of the sites that I have used in my classroom is History Animated that allows users to see virtual battlefields and live the action that soldiers would have felt. |
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Did you know that you can get a free digital subscription for the NY Time if you are K-12 classroom (and you must be located in the U.S)? They are currently accepting applications (a pdf that you may download, fill out and return via email with a calendar of your school year also attached). The subscription provides access to all the daily articles in the NY Times. It is not as robust as the daily paper found online (which is behind a paywall). What are some of the benefits?
Head on over to the website and download the pdf so that your classroom may participate in this offer.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
What do you think are the ten most important developments in human history? What do you think your students would think? This infographic is from Norwich University Online and provides their view but I would suspect that our students might come up with a different list (as would many teachers). This would be a great topic for students to research and create their own infographic...which would probably include items not included in this one!
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Explore records of the National Archives documenting the ongoing struggle of Americans to define, attain, and protect their rights.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Are you looking for primary documents that explore the history of rights in America? The National Archives has a new website that provides resources on: * Equal rights * Rights to freedom and justice * Rights to privacy and sexuality * Workplace rights * First amendment rights * Rights of Native Americans Each area has a brief overview and provides a list of stories that are told through a detailed timeline with primary documents being utilized to tell the story. This interactive website is a great resource for teachers of history and social studies and may also be a resource for ELA teachers when reading books that relate to the areas covered.
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"Google and the Comparative Constitution Project have launched a new site called Constitute. The site hosts the constitutions of 160 countries. You can search the site according to country and or constitutional theme. Searching by constitutional theme is the best aspect of the site. More than 300 themes are outlined on the site. Select a theme then a country and the element of that country's constitute addressing your chosen theme will be highlighted."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This new website provides a tool that will allow students compare constitutions from various countries and find similarities and differences. You will also find tags, over 300 of them, so you may choose to search by a specific tag such as "right to privacy" (found in 156 constitutions) or "right to bear arms" (found in 5 constitutions). This site may be a great resource for history and social studies as courses in government.
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"Under His Hat is the home of the Lincoln Collection Digitization Project, a thematic online-education resource about the United States' 16th President, Abraham Lincoln...[The site] uses primary source materials from the more than 52,000 Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln-era artifacts and documents known as the Lincoln Collection. These primary source materials are presented in thematic groupings to bring Lincoln's history to life for a global audience."
Beth Dichter's insight:
If your class will be studying Abraham Lincoln check out this great resource that provides primary source materials using the themes listed below. * Paying the Price * Mr. Lincoln's Desk * Lincoln and the Frontier * Lincoln and the War Part 1 * Lincoln and the War Part 2 * Iconic Lincoln * Lincoln the Politician * Personal Lincoln The resources include hands-on activities, critical thinking activities, references and more. Each item has a Suggested Classroom Activities page that may be downloades and some of the items include a video presentation and/or a podcast.
Michele Alvarez's curator insight,
June 10, 2013 3:22 PM
This will be a great resource to go with "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson and the ELA6 CCSS :) Thanks for sharing!
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Who says that learning has to be lame? Take the boring out of those old Social Studies books add in cool stories, links, and videos, and you get Go Social Studies Go. Currently there are 6 sections: Global Religions, History (ancient, medieval, 19th & 20th century, colonial, American), World Geography, Choose Your Own Adventure (The Underground Railroad and Immigration with more to be added), History Legal Files (the Trial of Marie Antoinette with Brown vs Topeka Board of Ed. to be added soon), Cool Sites (a Scoop.it site by Go Social Studies Go), and Teacher Resources (a wikispaces site). It appears that additional information will be added. If you teach social studies check this site out, and share it with others!
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Mission US has just released a new mission: City of Immigrants. This game allows learners to learn about issues of immigrants ad they become Lena Brodsky, a 14 year old immigrant from Russia. During the game learners meet people in Lena's community, gaining a better understanding of the dynamics of immigrant communities. Throughout the game learners will need to make choices, which are not necessarily easy.
These games are geared to middle and high school learners. The other games found at Mission US are:
* For Crown or Colony (1770)
* Flight to Freedom (1848)
* A Cheyenne Odyssey (1866)
You will also find teaching materials on the website.