TL2014 – Resources of the week… (weekly)
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Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice | Teaching Tolerance
Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice is a series of 12 lessons. Each lesson focuses on a contemporary social justice issue. These lessons are multidisciplinary and geared toward middle- and high-school students.
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The Innovative Educator: Connect students to industry thought leaders with LinkedIn
This is a great idea…having students connect with industry and thought leaders through LinkedIn.
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Social Media Guidelines for Students and Job Seekers| The Committed Sardine
Here’s something that has been a hot topic in both the workplace and classroom for some time now—to what extent should social media play a role in these environments? This infographic is from Onlinedegrees.org and provides some useful stats and guidelines concerning this issue.
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Is it time to start the conversation of competency/proficiency-based learning?
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PRINCIPALLY SPEAKING: How are We Measuring the Tough Stuff?
Is implementation of common core sucking the oxygen out of the room?
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“Social media is a tremendous way for students to engage in meaningful work and causes. This is why it is so important for educators to be in the know when it comes to guiding and supporting all students in making a difference using this powerful resource. In the post below Stephanie Rivera shares some students worth following. “
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12 Intensive HTML5 Infographics
These infographics may be useful for computer science classes interested in coding in HTML5.
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Search Tips & Tricks – Inside Search – Google
Useful tips from Google – get movie times, convert currencies, track packages, etc.
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Teachers and Social Media| The Committed Sardine
An informative way to look at social media guidelines: Looking after yourself – respect and protect yourself; Looking after others – respect and protect others; Looking after property – respect and protect intellectual property
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Parent Roadmaps to Common Core Standards / Parent Roadmaps
“The Council of the Great City Schools’ parent roadmaps in English language arts/literacy and in mathematics provide guidance to parents about what their children will be learning and how they can support that learning in grades K-8. These parent roadmaps for each grade level also provide three-year snapshots showing how selected standards progress from year to year so that students will be college and career ready upon their graduation from high school”
