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Finding Resources

Finding Resources. Now that you have written the outline of your unit, it is time to find resources that you can use to support your unit and flesh out your lessons. . What caption would you write for this picture?. Why should we find resources?. We can find resources for:

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Finding Resources

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  1. Finding Resources • Now that you have written the outline of your unit, it is time to find resources that you can use to support your unit and flesh out your lessons. What caption would you write for this picture?

  2. Why should we find resources? • We can find resources for: • Our students to use in completing the activities and culminating tasks that we already developed • Ourselves to use when we are writing units • Include your resource list on the last page of the UBD template. • This lets other teachers better utilize your units.

  3. Textbooks – for writing units • Look at the word problems • Special “investigations” • Teacher edition • Example: 7th Grade Math textbook, Percents chapter: • Many health authorities recommend that a healthy diet contains no more than 30% of its Calories from fat. If Jennie consumes 1,500 Calories each day, what is the maximum number of Calories she should consume from fat? (Glencoe Mathematics Course 3, page 222)

  4. Our favorite websites • Google (e.g. search for “math art middle school ubd”) • Know how to effectively search • Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) • Search scholarly journals/periodicals • Google Books (http://books.google.com) • Full-text and previews of many books • Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble (www.BN.com) • Search for books and have your Magnet specialist order them

  5. Collaboration with experts • Public organizations • MTA/NYC Transit, DEP/EPA • Cultural Institutions • Museums, Moveable Museum • Hall of Science • Art Galleries • Corporations • ConEd • Sony • Banks Call them and see if they are willing to do a school visit

  6. Public Library E-Resources • NYPL.org, QueensLibrary.org • Full Text Databases: JSTOR, EBSCO, ProQuest • Journals • Newspapers/Magazines • Statistical information • Digital Media • E-books and Audio books • PC/Mac/iPod/Burn to CD • Streaming/Downloadable video • TumbleBooks • Animated, talking picture books • Standardized test prep and practice

  7. New York Public Library • Unique Offerings • Bookflix • Classic fictional video storybooks and Scholastic e-books • Freegal Music • 3 downloads per week from catalog of Sony Music • Digital Gallery • 700,000 images, manuscripts, maps, posters etc.

  8. Affordable Content • If the library resources are inadequate… • Amazon Unbox Video • $1.99 episodes • Purchase once, share with many • History Channel, NatGeo, Science Channel, Discovery, etc. • iTunes • More convenient for Mac schools • Mostly $1.99 episodes, share with limited number of peers • PodCasts free • Netflix • Non-fiction and documentaries

  9. Other Websites • MoMA.org • Modern Teachers Online • The Online Collection • Destination Modern Art • MetMuseum.org • Verizon Thinkfinity • www.thinkfinity.org • Lesson plans, PD, and activities

  10. Unique Online Tools • Web 2.0 Tools • ietherpad • Debategraph • Wetransfer • Scribd • Keepvid Organize and share websites with students! http://edudemic.com/2010/07/the-35-best-web-2-0-classroom-tools-chosen-by-you/

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