Tomorrow, November 1st, All Saints Day, my eighth grade English class will publicly launch the web site they’ve been working on for the past month. They’ve been creating articles and podcasts for about two weeks now, and each one is better than the one before. Be sure to check back tomorrow to get all the [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2007
Resources for Teaching about the Holocaust
October 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Resources
The Florida Center for Instructional Technology has created A Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust, a comprehensive set of resources for teaching students about the holocaust. If you teach books like Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, The Book Thief, Number the Stars, or Night, then A Teacher’s Guide to Holocaust is an Internet resource [...]
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How to Save YouTube Videos to Your Computer
October 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Technology, Video
You want to show your class a Netsmartz Internet safety video or the “Hero in the Hallway” anti-bullying song, but your school’s Internet filtering software blocks YouTube. One alternative is to download the video to your computer at home and then bring it to school on a CD-ROM or thumbdrive. Here’s how:
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