Volume 3 | Issue 910
Know & Go Updates @your Library Trending Tech Integration Video Sources for Social Studies Teachers Try Keith Hughes's Hip Hughes History videos. Because of his quality work Keith was recognized as a YouTube EDU Guru last fall. Hip Hughes History is a series of short, upbeat lectures on topics in US History and World History. The videos are produced by Keith Hughes, a high school history teacher in Buffalo, New York. Tom Richey's videos on topics in U.S. and European history are designed for students preparing for the advanced placement tests on those subjects. Tom's videos have a slightly different, yet equally good presentation for students. Make sure that you also check out Tom's PowerPoint files that are used in many of his videos. Dan Izzo has uploaded more than 3,000 videos to his YouTube channel. Most of the history videos on this channel are overviews of eras or major topics in history. The channel does not have much organization and videos on topics outside of history are mixed-in so you will have to use the search function to find gems that you can use. PBS Video is a favorite place to find high quality documentaries. Look at the American Experience. Crash Course offers excellent videos on U.S. History and World History. The videos are fast-paced ten to twelve minute overviews of major concepts and themes.
Contact Information Kim Lindskog Library System Support Specialist Twitter: klindskog Amy Johnson Digital Learning Specialist Twitter: ajohnson106 Bill Bass Innovation Coordinator: Instructional Technology & Library Media Twitter: billbass
On Timelines.tv you can find six timelines of important eras in U.S. and European history. Each timeline includes short (3-10 minute) videos about people and events in the era. Gooru is a service that aims to provide teachers and students with an extensive collection of videos, interactive displays, documents, diagrams, and quizzes for learning about topics in math, social studies, and science. As a Gooru member you have access to hundreds of resources according to subject areas such as social studies, chemistry, biology, ecology, algebra, calculus, and more. C.G.P. Grey produces all kinds of interesting and educational videos. Some of the videos are a bit too cheeky for some classrooms, but most of them are acceptable for classroom use. The U.S. National Archives YouTube channel offers a mixed bag of videos that include everything from old propaganda films to lectures from historians to short lessons about items in the National Archives. The Smithsonian has many channels on YouTube. The one to highlight is the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History YouTube channel. All suggestions are from Richard Byrne’s blog
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Top 10 Lists of Lists from 2015 This is the season of lists from the previous year and Joyce Valenza curated her favorites. ● National Geographic just published its 2015 Photo of the Day roundup - great for starting discussions, making predictions, or writing a Monday meme. ● Tech & Learning’s Top 50 sites and apps for 2015 - this year’s sites/apps landscape focused on programming/coding, math/STEM, and game-based learning played a predominant role in this year's list ● So many great lists selected by readers! 20 categories! So little time! Best Books 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards - so many categories so little time ● SLJ's shares SLJ's Top 10 Apps 2015 ● Brittany Sullivan gathers the big stories and labels 2015 "the year of the library" - The memorable moments that reminded us of the resilience, creativity and passion that fuel libraries across the country. ● Time's list of Top 10 Apps of 2015 - for use on our mobile devices ● Time selects a sweet to-read list in its: Top 10 YA & Children's Books of 2015 ● YALSA shares this series of best titles and marketing materials for your library ● PC Advisor offers solid picks by age level: 57 apps for kids that are actually worth installing in 2015/2016 - great to share with parents and teachers
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The Google Goods Over the last year Richard Bryne made a concerted effort to organize playlists of the tutorial videos that he created and published on YouTube. The most popular of those playlists is the collection of Google Apps tutorial videos. 65 videos are now in the playlist. In the playlist you will find tutorials on Google Sites, Blogger, YouTube tricks, Google Calendar settings, Google My Maps, Google Docs, Slides, Spreadsheets, and many other Google products. This is definitely worth subscribing to on YouTube.
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#ParkwayReads From Brain Pickings a best Encourage Students of 2015 list that includes to Make Connections to Reading the subject-specific This strategy starts with one question... selections in best art How can you relate to this?” Read more books, best science books, about engaging students in their own and best children’s books. personal learning process at Edutopia.org Enjoy!