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Today's feature is all about using various web tools and resources to have the tough talk - to find better ways for teaching about controversy. 
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This week’s Learnist feature highlights digital field trips, travel writer Tyler Wilcox and others, as they take us to some of the best museums in the world.
Beth Dichter's insight:
With field trips costing money that is often difficult to come by finding a resource that provides you with virtual field trips is a great resource! So let your students know they will be climbing on a virtual bus and possibly going across the country (or to a completely different country) to learn. Museums discussed in this post include: * The World's Most Amazing Museums * The World's Best Natural History Museums * The Best Children's Museums And more. Take the time to click through and see if there is a journey for you and your students.
Tracy Shaw's curator insight,
October 9, 2013 1:52 PM
Unfortunately, the first link won't load at school --
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"Let’s take a look at American History resources on Learnist. These five featured US history boards allow us to take a look at slices of the nation, from military to political to social history."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Learnist has many great resources and this post shares five that look at various times in American History. Check the list below to see if any are on interest to you (quoted from post): * The New Deal - primary source images and posters that can be used to study the CCC, Depression, and New Deal. She also includes articles to provide information about this period. * American Revolution - an interesting approach to curating the Revolution, choosing material that provides a comparative study between the American and Egyptian revolutions, as well as other learnings about the founding of our nation. * The Nastiest Campaigns in American History - [a look at] the worst mudslinging in election history. * American Civil War - outstanding resource for teaching the American Civil War–there are causes and effects there, as well as links to excellent online resources and documentaries. * Protest: Music and Movements that Shaped Society - protest in American social history
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Learnist (which is still in beta, but ask for an invite) allows you to share and learn in a style similar to Pinterest. They have recently made 3 updates. This post describes the changes and provides a look at what the boards look like. If you have not yet checked out Learnist go over to http://learni.st/ and check it out.
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"...Grockit, a social learning company that up ’til now has been focused on test prep. Today, Grockit introduces Learnist which it describes as “a way for anyone to share what they know” and which I’m sure every tech blogger, myself included, will use the “Pinterest for education” comparison." This site is in beta but they are accepting requests for invites. The possibilities of this, locating online resources, annotating them and ordering them in a logical sequence is something that many folks are already doing with other tools. This one alos allows sharing and commenting. I am looking forward to trying it out in the near future.
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Teaching Shakespeare’s intrigues are not on the serving platter for today, there will be no Titus Andronicus’ baking boys into meat pies. We’re discussing love. Love is hard enough for a fifteen-year old to swallow.
Beth Dichter's insight:
There are many great resources available on Shakespeare and this post provides a wide range of sites that may be of interest. The areas covered include: * Best Shakespeare Sites including a Shakespeare search engine * Shakespeare's Insults * Knowmia demystifies MacBeth * Introducing Younger Students to Shakespeare * Shakespeare's Poems * 10 Unique Shakespeare Adaptations * The Shakespeare Prison Project * Shakespeare for Teens * A PBS Documentary - In Search of Shakespeare You might also want to take a virtual tour of Globe Theater at http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-us/virtual-tour
Scott Nicholson's curator insight,
April 10, 2014 2:51 AM
Q1) Even though this website is geared towards teaching Shakespeare, do you think it could be adapted to facilitate your own learning and understanding of him and his works? Why/why not and how?
Q2) Shakespeare is known to be notoriously difficult to learn and is abhorred by students the world over. As such, would you argue that Shakespeare is still relevant in an English curriculum context? This question extends to not only how important his works are but also how engaging or interesting you might find them.
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Wondering how to get your students to use and analyze primary sources instead of their beloved Wikipedia? Here are some great resources for primary sources.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post provides links to 10 Learnist boards that provide access to a wide variety of primary documents including: * The British Library * The Relationship Between Primary and Secondary Resources (helps teach Common Core 6-8.RH.9) * Primary Sources for the Science Classroom * Citing Textual Evidence Many more boards are available through the post.
Monica S Mcfeeters's curator insight,
October 5, 2013 5:36 PM
Never hurts to know what resources are out there in the Web world. Here are 10 good ones to help with that.
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Have you checked out Learnist? It is one of the newer educational social networks. This post suggest ten ways you could use Learnist in your classroom. Although geared to high school students the ideas are useful in most grade levels. Each suggested way to use Learnist includes ideas to help you create a Learnist board for your class. Ideas for using Learnist include: * Organizing materials * Collaboration * Combatting boredom * Teach research skills Check out the post for additional ideas as well as links to some learning boards!
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"Learnist, as many have already pointed out, works much like Pinterest — a way to catalog online resources on a topic and share them with the user’s social network. And like Pinterest, it looks like a digital bulletin board with pictures and messages, and connects with Facebook accounts. In fact, the site’s “learning boards” look quite a bit like Facebook’s timeline feature, and Facebook membership is required to use Learnist at this point." Currently in beta you may find that if you request membership you will receive an invitation. In the meantime you may explore some of the information that has been posted by others.
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Students often like to study controversial topics. The level of discourse may rise when these types of conversations take place. To be successful with these types of topics it is necessary to have "a classroom community, must set up an atmosphere of respect, tolerance, and understanding."
This post provides ten resources that provide resources for 10 controversial subjects. The list is below and more information is available by clicking through to the post.
* Reclaim the Swatika Day - Did you know that the Swatika is an ancient symbol for peace?
* Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center
* The Ethics of Force Feeding Inmates
* El Salvador Refused to Allow Abortion that would save a Mother's Life
* Teen Pregnancy - How Does Having a Child Change your Life?
* Really Awful Court Cases
* LGBT Teens and Homelessness
* Life on Death Row
* Dating and Domestic Violence
* Driving Men Crazy in Saudi Arabia: Women's Rights