Meredith Bernadt, the newest Schenectady City Schools STAR, has been working on a special project with her 4th grade students: Podcasts.
After participating in the Northeast Regional Event in Troy, NY; Meredith will 
never be the same. She’s off and running with some great ways to integrate technology in her classroom. nr=1&&s=144961871
Look for more from Meredith at the Howe International Magnet School.
Website: Howe 10 Podcast - http://www.gcast.com/user/MsBernadt/podcast/main?
In the Teacher Tools section of DEstreaming you can find themes to fit just about any topic. Each theme includes video segments, lesson plans, discussion guides, related resources and student activities for each grade level.
* Before clicking on the link below, open a new window and log in to your DEstreaming account.
This weeks theme is:
Writing Skills
Knowledge of form and function is as important to writing as it is to the visual arts. Examine the structural conventions of a range of genre, from contemporary songwriting and screenwriting to classic satire and horror.
Get a jump start on your classroom lesson plans for next week. Include DEstreaming video content and make history come alive for your students. Visit the Calendar within the Teacher Center of DEstreaming for more videos of history during this week.**Note - Before clicking on the links below, sign in to your DEstreaming account
Science - Nov. 27 1867- Patent for refrigerated railroad car
Math -Nov.28-1866-Birthdate of Henry Bacon, engineer and architect
Social Studies - Nov. 28 - 1520- Magellan eyes the great peaceful water
Art & Humanities - Nov. 27 -1924- First Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade
Language Arts -Nov. 24 - 1947- John Steinbeck’s The Pearl published
Health & Guidance - Nov 29 - 1975- New law guarantees children’s right to education
Famous People -Nov.26-1922- Charles Schulz, cartoonist
Nov. 27 - Thanksgiving
The image above is the first frame from the editable video: Animated Hero Classics: William Bradford:The First Thanksgiving. NEST. 1992.Discovery Education. 11 November 2008
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In the Teacher Tools section of DEstreaming you can find themes to fit just about any topic. Each theme includes video segments, lesson plans, discussion guides, related resources and student activities for each grade level.
* Before clicking on the link below, open a new window and log in to your DEstreaming account.
This weeks theme is:
Historic Speeches
Seasonal change is an ever-present part of life in most parts of the world. How are humans affecting the changing seasons? Explore seasonal change and the impact of global warming on future seasons.
In the Teacher Tools section of DEstreaming you can find themes to fit just about any topic. Each theme includes video segments, lesson plans, discussion guides, related resources and student activities for each grade level.
* Before clicking on the link below, open a new window and log in to your DEstreaming account.
This weeks theme is: American Democracy
What are the origins of American Democracy? What is the basis for the United States system of government? How did a government ‘for the people and by the people’ originate? Investigate the foundation of the U.S. system of government - with featured video clips, lesson plans, discussion guide, and activities.
Web Wednesday is a feature of the online “Big Deal Book”. This Wednesday’s theme is Information/Media Literacy
Check out the book for more online deals. You’ll find everything from grant opportunities to free and inexpensive finds
Lights, Camera … Debate
Media literacy, just like any literacy, is about helping students to develop the ability to understand, interpret and communicate. Media literacy adds the ability to apply those skills to pictures and sound using a variety of tools.
An article accessible from Cable in the Classroom’s site offers advice on how to help your students use a media-literacy perspective when watching the presidential debates. A free worksheet accompanies the article. Students can fill in the worksheet with their observations as they view the next presidential debate.
Click here for other ideas on how to integrate information/media literacy into your classroom activities.
From Glittering Generalities . . .
The Role of Media in Elections is devoted primarily to the 30-second campaign “spot” so common in American elections. The site is designed to provide teachers with the tools they need to introduce political campaign advertising to their students. Another goal is to assist teachers who want to help their students become aware of the unique techniques of persuasion used in these ads.
. . . to Bandwagon Appeals
A media literacy kit produced by Ithaca College called “Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns” provides middle and high school teachers with a new way to teach the history of U.S. elections. The kit allows students to learn in a way that will prepare them to think critically about historical, political and ethical issues related to media, democracy and presidential campaign messages.
With the program, students are able to parse their favorite candidate’s credibility by studying more than 150 historical media documents, ranging from bumper stickers to political cartoons, from over 26 different presidential elections from 1800 to 2004. The kit also includes recordings of old-time campaign songs and video clips.
* Web Wednesday is a feature of The Big Deal Book - Amazing Resources for 21st Century Educators
Get a jump start on your classroom lesson plans for next week. Include DEstreaming video content and make history come alive for your students. Visit the Calendar within the Teacher Center of DEstreaming for more videos of history during this week.*
*Note - Before clicking on the links below, sign in to your DEstreaming account
Science - Sept10 -1846: Elias Howe patents sewing machine
The photo above is of a NY sweat shop. You can find both the image and a sound of a sewing machine in DEstreaming.
“Female Slaves of New York” picture of sweat shop.. IRC. 2005.unitedstreaming. 31 August 2008
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
HOUSEHOLD: SEWING MACHINE : DROP PRESSER FOOT SEW SLOW SPEED STOP RAISE FOOT CLOTHES. Discovery Education. 2008.unitedstreaming. 31 August 2008
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
Math -Sept 9-1914: Marjorie Lee Browne, math educator
Social Studies - Sept 11 - 2001: Hijacked planes crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon
Art & Humanities - Sept 7 -1936: Buddy Holly, singer-songwriter
Language Arts -Sept 8 -1892- Pledge of Allegiance published
Health & Guidance - Sept 12 - 1793: First quarantine on U.S. city declared
Start the year off with a reading incentive program from Power to Learn. View requirements and submit your class application now at http://www.powertolearn.com
/reading_lounge/knicks_read_to_achieve/index.shtml
Even if you choose not to enter the incentive program, you can still use the Reading Lounge for a post card club and video books.
