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Great Ideas for Developing Tech Infused Lessons

Gettysburg By The Numbers

• Web-based, interactive resources

• Move beyond facts and dates to make information meaningful

Gettysburg By The Numbers

• Designed for middle school and older, but adaptable to all levels

• Use of infographics provides quick visual representation of information

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• Create graphs or Venn Diagram comparisons

• Plot Civil War battles on Google Maps

• Create infographics using Easel.ly• Coordinate with other teachers -

over 100 Civil War resources on TeachersFirst search

• Not just for those without a media specialist

• Read-aloud and activity suggestions

• Kid-friendly resources • Wide variety of topics

Help! I Lost My Media Specialist

Further Classroom Ideas:

• Use Throwww for quick persuasive writing activity on current events

• Create a Thinglink including facts about a current topic

• Use a timeline tool such as myHistro to follow the chronology of events

Rubrics

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• Increase student growth

• Easy to reuse and modify for different lessons

Quick Assessment

• Increase focus on learning objectives

• Provide specific knowledge of expectations

Provide specific feedback of your

assessment, don’t just assign points

Students may choose to do only the minimum

amount of work

Expectations may still be considered

subjective

Rubrics may stifle creativity

Students need to fully understand guidelines before beginning work

Teacher-friendly information helps you create and use rubrics for any learning

situation.

RubiStar -

Create your own rubrics or customize from already-created

templates

RubiStar -

ForAllRubrics -Rubric creator and data Gathering Tool

Questions?

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Gettysburg by the Numbers - http://www.teachersfirst.com/gettysburg/index.cfm● Venn Diagrams● Easel.ly

Help! I Lost My Media Specialist! -http://teachersfirst.com/exclusives/moreless/librarian/● Throwww● Thinglink● MyHistro

Rubrics to the Rescue -http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/rubrics/● Rubistar● iRubrics