In this alternative to the traditional book report, students report on their novel choices using Facebook-like pages.
Book Report Alternative: Getting Acquainted with Farcebook
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Sharing Information about Careers with Infographics
6 - 9
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students research careers of their own choosing. Then using Piktochart, students create their own infographics to illustrate their research.
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Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
Grades
6 - 12
Strategy Guide
Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.
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Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
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5 - 12
Strategy Guide
Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
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Exploring Careers Using the Internet
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Doctors, astrophysicists, and daycare providers are only some of the careers that will be explored in this lesson in which students research careers and publish occupational summaries about them.
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Create a Great Future: STEM Career Research Using Close Reading
6 - 12
Lesson Plan
| Minilesson
What if students could see the relevance of their school curriculum to real-world, interesting, STEM-related careers? Let's help them create a great future!
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Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
2 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Minilesson
Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
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Resumes and Cover Letters for High School Students
9 - 12
Lesson Plan
| Unit
High school students are taught how to use resumes and cover letters to highlight their skills and make them stand out, whether applying to college or for a job.
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Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Critical Thinking
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Recurring Lesson
Students learn that dogs are more than just pets in this lesson, which teaches them to use research and vocabulary-acquisition strategies to learn and write about working dogs.
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Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Pop culture and the classroom collide in this lesson when students go behind the scenes to analyze a television series for characterization to use in an original television show proposal.
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Create a Career Blog
7 - 12
This activity invites children and teens to explore various careers and then write about what they might want to be when they grow up in a blog.