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Irondale Teacher Resources
Teacher and staff resources like TDAP, Calendars and other things specifically for Irondale!
Educational Videos, Resources
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Share My Lesson (by AFT)
Members contribute content, share ideas, get educated on the topics that matter, online, 24/7. They issue Creative Commons licenses to share and give ideas for free.
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Smithsonian History Explorer
From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History - features tons of free classroom resources including history lessons, interactive activities, and more for all grade levels and historical time periods beginning in 1620 through present day.
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National Geographic Education
Free classroom resources, activities and games as well as media, maps and more.
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Read, Write, Think
Providing educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.
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Ted Talks
Influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in 100+ languages. Ideas free to stream and download.
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Open Culture - Movies/Videos
Watch 4,000+ movies free online. Includes classics, indies, film noir, documentaries and other films. The collection is divided into the following categories: Comedy & Drama; Film Noir, Horror & Hitchcock; Westerns (many with John Wayne); Martial Arts Movies; Silent Films; Documentaries, and Animation. Some of the sites linked may be blocked by Mounds View Schools.
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TeacherTube
A free community for sharing instructional videos and content for teachers and students.
Resources for Teaching News Literacy
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Media Literacy & Fake News: A Syllabus
Ten lessons from the past and steps we can take now to educate ourselves and our students about how to be a thoughtful consumer of information.
Educational Games
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GIMKIT
Students answer questions on their own device at their own pace. Throughout a Kit, each student will get exposure to the questions multiple times to ensure mastery.
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explayn
Fun vocab game app similar to "Heads Up" game where you tilt your smartphone for correct answers or to pass. Teacher creates the vocab list, then students have to define word correctly to move on to next.
Media Resources (Audio, Video, etc)
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Smithsonian Open Access
Free, easy access to more than 4.5 million 2D and 3D digital items from Smithsonian's collections.
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The Internet Archive
A source of Public Domain media, the Moving Image Archive within the Internet Archive is an index of more than 1.7 million video clips.
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The Public Domain Reveiw
A website that features collections of images, books, essays, audio recordings, and films that are in the public domain.
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Unsplash
Offers a huge library of images that are either in the public domain or have a Creative Common license.
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Sound Bible
A resource for finding and downloading free sound clips, sound effects, and sound bites.
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"Radical Care" to Let Black Boys Thrive
From Educational Leadership:
Educators can make a difference in the ways Black boys experience school. -
Three Strategies for Better Online Discussions
These strategies help to address challenges of having online (remote) discussions with students.
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Two ways to encourage better note-taking
Teaching students to use effective note-taking skills that increase their engagement.