Instructional Technology | Innovation Specialist | Retired June 2022
How handy would it be to take notes while watching a video that was assigned to you?
With Video Notes you can type in notes that are automatically synchronized with the video AND it integrates with Google Drive making it easy to share simply by managing permissions.
This open source tool works with Coursera, Udacity, EDX, Khan Academy, Vimeo, and YouTube videos.
Give it a try. Video Notes is a tool you will want to share with your students!
How Will Your Students Write the Future?
Ask your students this question through a writing lesson and contest about community and innovation. Your class will identify, analyze, and solve a problem through writing.
| SEL AND ELA LESSON AND CONTEST FOR GRADES K–6 $25,000 in Prizes! Grand Prize Winner: (1 winner selected from all entries) $12,000 school grant $2,000 student prize $2,000 teacher prize including BIC and Scholastic products Grade Winners: (1 winner from each grade range: K–1, 2–3, 4–6) $1,200 school grant $1,200 student prize $600 teacher prize including BIC and Scholastic products http://www.scholastic.com/writingthefuture |
Since 2015 the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has partnered with the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) on its annual National High School Essay Contest. The contest engages high school students in learning and writing about issues of peace and conflict, and encourages appreciation for diplomacy’s role in building partnerships that can advance peacebuilding and protect national security.
In a 1,000- to 1,250-word essay, students identify two cases—one they deem successful and one they deem unsuccessful—where the US pursued an integrated approach to build peace in a conflict-affected country. They should analyze and compare these two cases, addressing the following questions: (a) What relative strengths did members of the Foreign Service and military actors bring to the table? What peace-building tools were employed? Ultimately, what worked or did not work in each case? (b) How was each situation relevant to US national security interests? (c) What lessons may be drawn from these experiences for the pursuit of US foreign policy more broadly?
The winner of the contest will receive a $2,500 cash prize, an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC, to meet leadership at the US Department of State and USIP, and a full-tuition-paid voyage with Semester at Sea, a multi-country study abroad program, upon enrollment at an accredited university. The runner-up will receive a $1,250 cash prize and a full scholarship to participate in the International Diplomacy Program of the National Student Leadership Conference. A freely downloadable Study Guide includes the essay questions, prizes, and rules for the contest; an introduction to foreign policy tools; key terms used in the field; examples of coordination in practice; and a list of other useful resources.
Deadline: March 15, 2019, for submission of essays
ClassTag is a free communication tool very similar to Remind but the one big difference between the two is that ClassTag brings in free supplies for your classroom. Along with sharing photos, events, and messages, you have the ability to schedule Parent Conferences.
With notices of Remind wanting to charge Verizon customers, maybe it’s time to explore something else and go with something a little more robust. Give ClassTag a look and see what you think.
February 5th is recognized as Safer Internet Day. Google partnered with experts from iKeepSafe.org to develop a curriculum that teaches digital safety and citizenship fundamentals for elementary students. Topics include:
Curriculum Resources
Interland – Adventure-packed Online Game
Resource link to Interland can be found on the student menu on the my.ccps.us intranet site.