Snippets from Sturgeon
Some things that just caught my eye (Volume 13)
It's Thursday, January 2, 2020
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Do you agree? What steps do you take to alleviate these feelings in your students?
Best Apps for Teaching and Learning
Monday Memo
Virtual Reality
Have you been hearing about Virtual Reality but don’t know where to find out more? Classroom teachers, teacher librarians, teacher leaders, STEM leaders, tech directors, school administrators are all invited to a discussion at Prairie Lakes AEA in Pocahontas on Thursday, January 9 at 12:30-3:00 p.m. We will have equipment on hand for you to try and give you the chance to collaborate with educators from around the region to imagine how you can use this technology in your classroom. You will . . .
- Learn about various virtual reality solutions
- Provide input on the virtual reality solutions that will be made available through the PLAEA lending library
- Share what your school is currently doing with virtual reality including plans for future implementation
- Explore various apps to learn more about using virtual reality in the classroom
- Hear from educators about their implementation of virtual reality in the classroom
We look forward to seeing you there. Please also share with other educators in your districts as appropriate. If you have any questions, call or email me. (712-335-6004; csturgeon@plaea.org)
Happy birthday!
Teaching Books
Here are some video tutorials to learn more about using Teaching Books, an online tool free to you thanks to Prairie Lakes AEA. If you're doing an author study of Kate DiCamillo (why wouldn't you want to do that? She's awesome!), this is a great place to start. You'll find a video of DiCamillo reading from her first book, Because of Winn-Dixie. Or this one, where she reads from The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. (It's the first chapter, not the last, so no risk of librarians starting to cry.)
How do you use Teaching Books? I'd love to hear!
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What are you listening to?
There are a lot of books on the topic of meandering librarians - My Librarian is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World, Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia, and The Book Boat's In. What is your favorite book on the topic?
Have you seen Harriet?
I saw the film Harriet over holiday break at the Lake City Capri ($2 movies!). I was blown away. Her life story is so fascinating, I wanted to learn more. Iowa AEA's digital resources delivers, as always. "American Moses," as she was called, is featured:
- With other women in history in this 11-minute video of Chelsea Clinton's book, She Persisted (Iowa AEA Digital Library)
- In an hour-long video program called Whispers of Angels: A Story of the Underground Railroad (American History in Video)
- In all three levels of Britannica - elementary, middle, and high school resources, including information on where these resources meets Common Core Standards
- In this book and video, The Underground Railroad (FreedomFlix)
- In this photograph (she lived to about 90 years of age, dying in 1913) (Gale's Kids Infobits)
- In this journal article with Tubman's reaction to the film, Uncle Tom's Cabin (Gale's Educator Reference Complete)
- In this cartoon from a Canadian television show, from Learn360
- In this picture book, Before She Was Harriet, available from Mackin Via (there's also this book by Torrey Maloof, and this one by Gillian Gosman)
- And finally, in this book and video on TrueFlix (different than the ones on FreedomFlix)
Who fascinates you in history?
(Image from the Library of Congress.)
Visits
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Christine Sturgeon
Email: csturgeon@plaea.org
Website: plaea.org
Location: Pocahontas
Phone: 712-335-6004
Twitter: @c_sturgeon