This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Amy Stohs. Beliefs about lesson planning can feel like a tug of war. We want to plan ahead so we don’t have to stress-plan the night before. We also want to be responsive to student needs. We...
Beliefs about lesson planning can feel like a tug of war. We want to plan ahead so we don’t have to stress-plan the night before. We also want to be responsive to student needs. We think it would be great to have the year mapped out,...
This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Amy Stohs. Beliefs about lesson planning can feel like a tug of war. We want to plan ahead so we don’t have to stress-plan the night before. We also want to be responsive to student needs. We...
Making a green screen video can be a lot of fun for students and also a lot of fun for peers, parents, and teachers to watch. Ten years later I still occasionally refere to this video from Greg Kulowiec's middle school class as an example of...
Yesterday morning I published blog post in which I shared an ESRI Story Map of where traditional Thanksgiving foods are grown today in the United States. That story map covers where food comes from today, but it doesn't cover the historical origins of traditional Thanksgiving...
The audio slideshow style of video is probably the easiest of all video formats to create. It's also one of the most misunderstood when it comes to using it in classroom. For an audio slideshow project to be effective students first need to plan the...
Where Does Your Thanksgiving Dinner Come From? is an interactive storymap that I've shared in the past and still find to be a neat resource. The map displays where eight popular Thanksgiving foods are grown and harvested in the United States. The storymap includes a map...
Making animations is a great way for students to bring their written stories to life on screen. Depending upon the story, the animation could be as short frame or two that plays for twenty seconds or it could be a five minute story. Making animations can...
I don't think there's a meal I like better than a classic Thanksgiving turkey with potatoes, squash, stuffing and cranberry sauce from a can (my mouth is watering just thinking about the "shlop" sound the cranberry sauce makes as it pops out of the can)....
This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Marissa Minnick. The weekend holds such an allure that it’s easy to overlook the opportunities we have each afternoon to turn off our classroom lights, lock our doors, and tuck our lanyards away for use again the...
