Knoema’s World Data Atlas: A Great Online Tool for Social Studies

The Knoema World Data Atlas is a knowledge platform  (pronounced ‘No Ma’) that offers a plethora of social, economic, geographic and political data on every country of the world and connects that data to analytical and presentation tools. It represents a uniformed platform where users can access, present and share data-driven content. You can access data from multiple sources, assemble relevant indicators in one space, visualize figures, apply analytical functions, create a set of dashboards and present your results.

Knoema includes more than 500 interactive data sets! 

The most obvious connection to social studies is with grades 5-8 where students identify, describe, classify and compare regions of the world.

Watch a brief online video about Knoema.

Common Core lessons

All of these lessons have been developed by teachers and submitted to the public domain.

  

Classroom folders for Google Docs

gClassFolders is a free, Google Spreadsheet based add-on for Google Apps for EDU that creates class folders for students and teachers to simplify and streamline their experience of using Google's world class productivity and collaboration tools in the classroom.

Common Core ELA Standards with Technology by Grade Level

Thanks to Jessica Wilson , a tech integrationist at CSSU for putting together the list.

Grade short answer Google forms with Flubaroo

If you use Google Form as a formative assessment tool, you need to consider using Flubaroo.

Flubaroo is free!  The directions are are easy enough fior an adult to follow.  Besides getting a quick review all of yiour students' results, one of the administrative options allow you to email results to each of your students.

Blogger Handouts for Vita-Learn workshop @ Bellows Falls

Before you begin to develop a Google web site you must have a Google account.  If you use gmail, you already have one!  If not, go to create a Google Account and sign up for one.  (It's free!)
Below are some of handouts that might prove helpful:

·         New! Blogger getting started guide

·         another getting started guide for Google’s Blogger

·         19 page tutorial on Google web pages

·         Adding a wordprocessed file and a picture to a blogger post

·         how do you make a file that you have created available on your Google web site

·         linking your parent newsletters to Google blogger web site

·         removing the Navigation Bar and the Next blog button on the top of a Blogger web page

·         Google Docs known issues; workarounds and updates on reported problems

·         Add your Google calendar to your Google Blog

·         linking a file from your desktop to a Blogger post

·         adjusting the width of your Blogger posts

·         embedding a slideshow into blogger

·         Customize your Blog; adding gadgets (links, pictures, page view counters, etc.)

·         replacing the Blogger search box with a search box that actually searches your blog

·         changing the width of post or sidebar columns

·         removing the date/date header from a Blogger post

·         allow people to get new posts by email

·         adding the Common Core widget to your blog

New Spanish Resources from Common Sense Media

Spanish Resources

Common Sense Media now has student-facing Spanish Resources for our K-12 Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum and Digital Passport, in addition to their family media resources.

• NEW: Student-Facing Lesson Materials. Found on the right-hand side of each lesson page in our curriculum under the Materiales en español heading.
• NEW: Scope and Sequence [PDF].

• NEW: Curriculum Overview [PDF].

• NEW: Student-Facing Materials for Digital Passport. Found in the Educator Materials tab, student handouts, missions, and certificates.

• Family Tip Sheets (click Spanish to view). Provide advice about current issues related to the age-appropriate topics we addres in our K-12 Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum.

• Family Media Agreements [PDF]. Encourage families to discuss expectations for media and technology use at home.

• Customizable Device Contract [PDF]. Establish guidelines for responsible device care. 
• Advice for Families Videos. Covering topics such as social media, setting limits, and managing app use by preschoolers.