Make sure students are exposed to Make sure students are exposed to different types of sourcesdifferent types of sources

WrittenWritten VisualVisual Visual with oralVisual with oral Live performanceLive performance TechnologicalTechnological

School GroundsSchool Grounds

NeighborhoodNeighborhood

Museums Museums Queens Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, NY Hall of ScienceNY Hall of ScienceQueens Historical SocietyQueens Historical SocietyMetropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtAmerican Museum of Natural American Museum of Natural HistoryHistoryBotanical Gardens, Central ParkBotanical Gardens, Central Park

Our Selves Our Selves senses, knowledge, understandings, senses, knowledge, understandings,

and experienceand experience

Interviews with family members,Interviews with family members,

classmates, faculty, professionalsclassmates, faculty, professionals

Literary Books Literary Books

Fiction, DramaFiction, DramaNon-FictionNon-FictionPoetryPoetryPicture BooksPicture Books

Textbooks – Non-FictionTextbooks – Non-Fiction

Newspapers and MagazinesNewspapers and Magazines

Primary DocumentsPrimary Documents

Anthologies: Single/Multi-Genre; Anthologies: Single/Multi-Genre; Single/Multi-Themed Single/Multi-Themed

DVDs – movies/clips from moviesDVDs – movies/clips from movies

MusicMusic

WebsitesWebsites Research – Visual Search Engines, WebsitesResearch – Visual Search Engines, Websites Sharing Knowledge: Wikis, Blogs, Sharing Knowledge: Wikis, Blogs,

googledocsgoogledocs Games, CompetitionsGames, Competitions Tools: Rubrics, Quizzes, Bibliography MakersTools: Rubrics, Quizzes, Bibliography Makers

Textbooks are Useful ForTextbooks are Useful For

• Basic information and overview• Information relative to other information• Teach and review features of non-fiction•Table of Contents•Index•Bibliography•Text and style changes (bold, italics, color, etc.)

•Glossary•Subheadings•Sidebars

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Books and anthologies can be used to Books and anthologies can be used to help students understand content, skills, help students understand content, skills, Big Ideas/Themes/Concepts, Enduring Big Ideas/Themes/Concepts, Enduring Understandings.Understandings.

Magnet Library Books. Magnet Library Books. Some schools Some schools developed a magnet-developed a magnet-themed Literacy themed Literacy library. Some books library. Some books can be used across can be used across disciplines.disciplines.

Develop annotated Develop annotated bibliography bibliography

Mentor TextsMentor TextsExpose students to good writing. Expose students to good writing.

Expose students to advanced vocabulary.Expose students to advanced vocabulary.

Help students read above their Help students read above their independent reading levels.independent reading levels.

WebsitesWebsitesThink about your audience. Is Think about your audience. Is the website beyond your the website beyond your students’ understanding or is it students’ understanding or is it too simplistic?too simplistic?

Is the website biased Is the website biased ??

Teach about website reliability.Teach about website reliability.

Always determine website Always determine website reliability.reliability.

Websites for Websites for TeachersTeachers

Teacher Websites• www.surfaquarium.com•Differentiated Learning Styles: Visual, Linguistic, Logical, Naturalist, Kinesthetic, Existential, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Rhythmic

•www.users.muohio.edu/romanots•Multigenre Writing Site•Rubrics for grading•Research designs•Social Studies and ELA

Websites for TeachersWebsites for Teachers

Green Websites for Green Websites for TeachersTeachers

Student/TeacherVISUAL SEARCH ENGINES

http://search-cube.com/ - creates a cube with - creates a cube with relevant websitesrelevant websites

http://www.quintura.com/

http://www.curriki.org/ - places to find/share - places to find/share units, often created via UbDunits, often created via UbD

http://www.yolink.com - must be downloaded. - must be downloaded. Shows information in double window, zooming Shows information in double window, zooming in on search resultsin on search results

http://www.viewzi.com/ - allows for different - allows for different views and specialized searchesviews and specialized searches

Student Science & Math Student Science & Math WebsitesWebsites

• Ology – American Museum of Natural History Ology – American Museum of Natural History http://www.amnh.org/ologyhttp://www.amnh.org/ology • Windows to the UniverseWindows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu• NY Hall of Science NY Hall of Science http://www.tryscience.org/http://www.tryscience.org/ The Globe Program The Globe Program – – http://www.globe.gov/science

Math PlaygroundMath Playgroundhttp://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Middle School PortalMiddle School Portal

http://msteacher.org/math/explore/http://msteacher.org/math/explore/default.aspxdefault.aspx

Student Information Websites

• CIA World Factbook – •https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook

•Infoshare – demographics by zip code:•http://www.infoshare.org

Teacher Support SitesTeacher Support Sites

• Share and correct each others’ papers: Share and correct each others’ papers:

http://docs.google.com/ http://docs.google.com/

• Online painting softwareOnline painting software

http://www.sumo.fi/web/?s=3#/home/ http://www.sumo.fi/web/?s=3#/home/

• Create cartoonsCreate cartoons

http://www.toondoo.com/http://www.toondoo.com/

• Create posters, movies, etcCreate posters, movies, etc

http://edu.glogster.com/http://edu.glogster.com/• http://www.extranormal.com - Animationhttp://www.extranormal.com - Animation

What are your favorite What are your favorite sites?sites?

What websites or resources do you know that What websites or resources do you know that would be helpful for other teachers to use?would be helpful for other teachers to use?

www.quia.comwww.quia.com

www.usgs.govwww.usgs.gov

www.noaa.govwww.noaa.gov

EUGENE- EUGENE- https://projecteugene.org https://projecteugene.org - - Evaluation for Evaluation for students’ students’ environmental knowledgeenvironmental knowledge

SourcesSources““Anthologies” image: Anthologies” image: http://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBhttp://news.clas.virginia.edu/english/images/AnthologyBooks0605.jpgooks0605.jpg

Michael Leung’s Powerpoint - ResourcesMichael Leung’s Powerpoint - Resources