"WW2" Google Expedition
(View Complete Item Description)Google Expeditions is a fantastic app for taking students on virtual field trips. This resource is a guide for using Expeditions when teaching students about WW2.
Material Type: Student Guide
All resources in Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools
Fly's Eye View- Evaluating Animal Behavior, Health and Handling
(View Complete Item Description)When given video feed data from a working animal production farm, students will be able to explore, analyze and assess animal behavior, health, handling and safety procedures. Extensions- Students would evaluate reproductive readiness behaviors or even track each step of the gestation process.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Alternate Assessment, Case Study
What is that deer doing?
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity students look at images of white-tailed deer behavior and use their observations to write a research question. They describe the types of observations they will make and the data they will record to turn a question into a hypothesis. This activity was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools OER grant.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Civil Rights Cases that Transformed our Society
(View Complete Item Description)Students will gain an understanding of civil rights Supreme Court cases that helped to transform the move away from the oppression of minority groups and move towards equality for all. This project was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools OER grant.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment Item, Case Study, Diagram/Illustration, Interim/Summative Assessment, Lesson
Festivals of the World Google Expedition
(View Complete Item Description)Students will use the Google Expedition app to engage in a virtual reality experience to learn about different cultures around the world. This resource was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology- Platteville Public Schools OER Grant.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Learning Task, Lesson
(Emily) Posting in the Digital World
(View Complete Item Description)Students are living in a digital world, where etiquette is not clearly defined or followed. Using Emily Post as inspiration, students will develop and teach each other the best practices for behaving in the digital world. This lesson was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools OER grant.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Learning Task
Google Expedition - Ecosystems
(View Complete Item Description)Google Expeditions is an excellent app for giving students a virtual reality experience, allowing students to visit and experience new places and locations. This activity takes students on a virtual field trip through six different ecosystems. This resource was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools OER Grant.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Learning Task, Lesson
Basics of Polynomials
(View Complete Item Description)This resource is an introduction to polynomial vocabulary and naming of polynomials. It includes an interactive presentation using Pear Deck and a note taking sheet for students. This resource was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools OER grant.
Material Type: Learning Task, Lesson Plan
World Language Identity Day
(View Complete Item Description)This assessment involves students using technology to create videos that represent their own interests, sharing these videos on an online platform, and react to other students’ videos. It may be adapted to use in any level and to any world language. This assessment focuses on all three modes of communication and empowers students to become members of the target language's social media community. This lesson was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools OER grant and was inspired by George Couros’s “Identity Day”, as described in his book “The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity”.
Material Type: Alternate Assessment, Assessment, Interactive, Interim/Summative Assessment, Reading, Rubric/Scoring Guide, Teaching/Learning Strategy
The Iditarod-Google Tour Builder
(View Complete Item Description)The Iditarod is a dog sled race across Alaska commemorating the Iditarod trail and the sled dog tradition of Alaska. Tour Builder will give students a way to record all the checkpoints that the Iditarod race has taken their musher and it can be a useful tool for students to write about Iditarod topics. Incorporating the race into your classroom during your non-fictional informational text unit can build engagement and motivation with the students. The resource was developed as a part of the Creating Lessons Using Transformative Technology - Platteville Public Schools OER Grant.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Learning Task