Resources for Educators
Connected Research: A Letters to the Next President Mission
presented by: Youth Voices
Youth Voices is an open community for online conversations supported by “missions” – ie. curricular activity and guidance – created by...
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- Curriculum
Do Now: How much do candidates’ faces influence voters? #DoNowBias
presented by: KQED
KQED’s Do Now by Science Friday asked, How do subconscious snap judgements affect democratic elections? Do Now is a weekly activity hosted by KQED ...
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- Activity
#TeachDoNow
presented by: KQED
KQED’s #TeachDoNow is an archive of collaborative learning experiences in partnership with the National Writing Project that explore how to use Twit...
- Resource Type:
- Curriculum
BAVC: Digital Pathways Video Curriculum
presented by: BAVC
This toolkit from the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) contains information about the distribution of youth media, including knowledge and expertise fr...
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- Curriculum
MAPP: Digital Media Toolkit
For those wanting to strengthen their media making skills, these short tutorials from the Media Arts + Practice Division at the University of Southern...
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- Tools/Toolkit
KQED Education: Digital Tools
presented by: KQED
This series of short video tutorials from KQED about using digital media making tools covers everything from Soundcloud to Vine to Pixlr
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- Tools/Toolkit
Skills and Strategies | Annotating to Engage, Analyze, Connect and Create
presented by: New York Times Learning Network
This post from Katherine Schulten of the New York Times Learning Network and Jeremy Dean, director of education at Hypothes.is, offers an in-depth loo...
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- Curriculum
Edutopia Election 2016: Lesson Plans and Digital Resources for Educators
This collection of lesson plans, resources, and primary sources from Edutopia cover topics ranging from the Electoral College, to the Iowa Caucus, to ...
- Resource Type:
- Curriculum
PBS LearningMedia: Election Central 2016
At Election Central 2016, teachers will find tools, resources and creative solutions to educate students on the various facets of the political proces...
- Resource Type:
- Tools/Toolkit
Jumping Into the Deep End: Preparing Students for Meaningful Social Media Discussions
presented by: KQED
This resource from writing project teacher Joel Malley is the first post in a three-part series explaining how uses KQED’s Do Now to take his studen...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
KQED Education: Media Making Toolkit
presented by: KQED
In this toolkit from KQED, you’ll find a collection of instructions, videos, worksheets and rubrics for implementing media-making projects with stud...
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- Tools/Toolkit
NWP Digital Is: Persuasion through Public Service Announcements
presented by: National Writing Project
Kristyna Brewer from the Central Texas Writing Project shares how digital writing reignited a passion for writing in her classroom and how the creatio...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
BAVC: Youth Media Distribution Toolkit
presented by: BAVC
This toolkit from the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) contains information about the distribution of youth media, including knowledge and expertise fr...
- Resource Type:
- Tools/Toolkit
iCivics
iCivics is a non-profit organization dedicated to reinvigorating civic learning through interactive and engaging learning resources. Founded and led b...
- Resource Type:
- Curriculum, Tools/Toolkit
MediaBreaker Video Editor
presented by: Lamp
MediaBreaker is a video editor which enables you to remix – or break – a variety of media, such as commercials, news clips, music videos and more....
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- Tools/Toolkit
Why is Argumentation a Critical 21st Century Skill?
presented by: National Writing Project
In this brief video, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, Executive Director of the National Writing Project (alongside Argubots from Glasslab Games), makes a case a...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
Mars Generation One: Argubot Academy EDU (iOS)
Mars Generation One: Argubot Academy EDU is an engaging futuristic adventure game for iOS tablets. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, the gam...
- Resource Type:
- Tools/Toolkit
Screencast: Creating a Culture of Argument
presented by: National Writing Project
Beth Rimer of the Ohio Writing Project shares a screencast about supporting students in routinely practicing argumentative writing.
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
Uncommonly Good Ideas: Teaching Writing in the Common Core Era (NWP Radio)
presented by: National Writing Project
In this NWP Radio show, Sandra Murphy and Mary Ann Smith, authors of the book, Uncommonly Good Ideas: Teaching Writing in the Common Core Era (a co-pu...
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- Professional Learning
Creating a Culture of Argument Writing in Your Classroom
presented by: National Writing Project
In this show, a panel of teacher-leaders from NWP’s College-Ready Writers Program talk about how they integrate regular—often informal—opportuni...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
MTV News
“News for Millennials” on a variety of topics, including politics and the 2016 Presidential Election at MTV News.
- Resource Type:
- Informational
In the Classroom: How Do You Teach Thinking?
presented by: KQED
This is the first in a series of posts by teacher Nancy Ogden telling the story of her efforts to shift thinking to the center of her curriculum using...
- Resource Type:
- Professional Learning
Mozilla: Tools to Teach and Learn the Web
presented by: Mozilla Foundation
These tools from Mozilla are free and open source, and can be used in a variety of ways to teach learners how to read, write, and participate on the W...
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- Tools/Toolkit
Google Trends
Google Trends offers data, interactive maps, and articles on a wide range of election-related topics and beyond, providing a venue for students and te...
- Resource Type:
- Informational
Rock the Vote Blog
Since 1990, Rock the Vote has been registering and turning out millions of new voters. Find out more about what Rock the Vote is doing in 2016 to mobi...
- Resource Type:
- Informational
NY Times Election 2016: Understanding Primaries and Caucuses
This post by Michael Goncher at the New York Times Learning Network provides a lesson plan for understanding primaries and caucuses; it provides resou...
- Resource Type:
- Curriculum