Games for Change
Games for Change has identified and selected the following games as being examples of games that engage contemporary social issues in meaningful ways to foster a more just, equitable and/or tolerant society. These games have been created by cross-disciplinary teams from around the world and all aim to serve the public interest.
Topics include: Economics, Public Policy, Poverty, Environment, Global Conflict, News and Politics- FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
BAM - Body and Mind
BAM - Body and MindWorld Health Day is April 7th, and this super Web site will help kids ages 9–13 make healthy life choices. BAM! was created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It contains interactive online games and activities that are both educational and lots of fun.
ePals Global Community
ePals Global Community
Wisconsin Connects provides students access to high-tech tools that will provide entry to cultures around the world, builds relationships that strengthen America's stature in the world and benefit state and economic security, improves global understanding and positions Wisconsin students to develop their global competencies at a young age. Participating students will improve their communication and internet technology skills, develop connections with their peers in other countries, and become better prepared to compete in a 21st century global economy.
*The Internet's largest global community of classrooms
*Safely connect, collaborate and learn
*Practice language skills and learn about different cultures
*Use school-safe email, forums and blogs
*Engage in collaborative learning projects
IT'S FREE - all you have to do is join!
Wisconsin Connects provides students access to high-tech tools that will provide entry to cultures around the world, builds relationships that strengthen America's stature in the world and benefit state and economic security, improves global understanding and positions Wisconsin students to develop their global competencies at a young age. Participating students will improve their communication and internet technology skills, develop connections with their peers in other countries, and become better prepared to compete in a 21st century global economy.
*The Internet's largest global community of classrooms
*Safely connect, collaborate and learn
*Practice language skills and learn about different cultures
*Use school-safe email, forums and blogs
*Engage in collaborative learning projects
IT'S FREE - all you have to do is join!
Friday, March 20, 2009
Ask the President
Ask the President
a site that lets users submit questions and then vote on the questions they’d like to see asked. The most highly voted questions will then be given to a credentialed journalist, who will ask the most appropriate one if given the opportunity.
a site that lets users submit questions and then vote on the questions they’d like to see asked. The most highly voted questions will then be given to a credentialed journalist, who will ask the most appropriate one if given the opportunity.
American History
American History- From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium. The best history has at its foundation a story. A printer challenges a King and so is laid the foundation of the first amendment; a New Jersey miner finds gold in California and sets off a torrent of movement westward; a woman going home from work does not relinquish her seat and a Civil Rights movement explodes. A GREAT RESOURCE FOR TEXT SETS!
Historic Tale Construction Kit
Click here to check out the site
You can create your own stories with the Historic Tale Construction Kit. Using this digital storytelling tool, students can select among menus of folk (brave and ordinary), buildings, and beasts; add their own text in the colors of their choice; adjust the scale of the items they select; and create an authentic looking Medieval comic strip ala the Bayeux Tapestry.
Student storytellers may save, email, or submit their best work to the gallery.
You can create your own stories with the Historic Tale Construction Kit. Using this digital storytelling tool, students can select among menus of folk (brave and ordinary), buildings, and beasts; add their own text in the colors of their choice; adjust the scale of the items they select; and create an authentic looking Medieval comic strip ala the Bayeux Tapestry.
Student storytellers may save, email, or submit their best work to the gallery.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Inspiring Middle School Literacy Reading and Writing in Science and History
Inspiring Middle School Literacy Reading and Writing in Science and History(http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/adlit/) These self-paced classroom activities are designed to enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5–8. Each uses videos, interactive activities, note-taking, reading, and writing to present students with an engaging science or history topic.
Studio 4 Learning
Studio 4 Learning (http://studio4learning.tv/) Studio 4 Networks provides award-winning lifestyle and educational programming delivered on-demand over cable television, satellite, and the Internet. Launched in 2003, Studio 4 produces and distributes targeted programming environments to consumers in the U.S. and Canada through three video networks – Studio 4 Kids (http://www.studio4kids.tv), Studio 4 Learning (http://studio4learning.tv), and Studio 4 Fitness (http://www.studio4fitness.tv).
Parent Conferencer
Parent Conferencer (http://www1.esgisoftware.com/esgi/Public/parent_conferencer.aspx) - A FREE tool!
If you schedule parent conferences with multiple families, then this tool is right for you. It will help you accomplish all of the things you currently do on paper in an automated, fast, and easy way that is more accurate, and more accessible.
1. Organize and Schedule conference dates and times by dragging and dropping students into the schedule.
2. Print conference notices individually, or all at once, in English or Spanish as appropriate.
3. Print conference reminders individually, or all at once, in English or Spanish as appropriate.
4. Print your conference schedule for your reference, and for the office.
If you schedule parent conferences with multiple families, then this tool is right for you. It will help you accomplish all of the things you currently do on paper in an automated, fast, and easy way that is more accurate, and more accessible.
1. Organize and Schedule conference dates and times by dragging and dropping students into the schedule.
2. Print conference notices individually, or all at once, in English or Spanish as appropriate.
3. Print conference reminders individually, or all at once, in English or Spanish as appropriate.
4. Print your conference schedule for your reference, and for the office.
Curriki
Curriki http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ is more than your average website; it's a community of educators, learners and committed education experts who are working together to create quality materials that will benefit teachers and students around the world.
Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them.
Find entire units at all grade levels!
Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them.
Find entire units at all grade levels!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Museum Box
Museum Box (http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php)
This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.
This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.
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