In this edWebinar, teachers in all grades and subjects, curriculum leaders, and school library/media specialists will hear about the student impact of an audio project in a high school English class.
Digital Media
Using Technology as an Instructional Resource to Investigate Phenomena
This edWebinar models how we can use wireless sensors to investigate phenomena and how students can formulate scientific ideas using observations.
Engaging Students in Science Practices and Moon Phenomena with Digital Media
In this edWebinar, we will fly around the Moon, experience a lunar eclipse, and observe the Moon in the sky as we discuss how to actively engage K–12 students in science practices that support their learning of core ideas around Moon phenomena.
Fighting Fake News: How to Outsmart Trolls and Troublemakers Copy
In this edWebinar, learn a practical approach to helping students avoid one of the major pitfalls of today’s digital media: falling for fake information.
Boosting Engagement in Your Digital Library
Once your school district makes the commitment to have a digital library, the next step is for people to understand how they can stay engaged. In “Secrets from the Front Lines: How Schools Can Boost Digital Engagement,” Kelly Hladek, Library Media Specialist and Technology Liaison at Morton High School, School City of Hammond, IN, discussed best practices for engaging students, teachers and the community in the district’s eBook and audiobook collection. In just one year of having a digital collection, checkouts from the district’s digital library increased by 184 percent.
Secrets from the Front Lines: How Schools Can Boost Digital Engagement
In this edWebinar, library media specialist and technology liaison Kelly Hladek of the School City of Hammond in Indiana, shares the impressive story of boosting checkouts from their digital library by 184 percent in just one year.
The Future of Libraries Addressed with Mackin’s Transform Your School Library Movement
Mackin Educational Resources, the industry leader and global distributor of print and digital media to PK-12 schools and libraries, proudly announced the formation of the TYSL movement, or Transform Your School Library. This philanthropic endeavor was designed to provide school librarians and educators with critical information related to the evolution of today’s school library, TYSL is comprised of dozens of the country’s leading change-advocates committed to shaping the future direction of school libraries.
Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens
In this webinar, Michael Levine and Lisa Guernsey, authors of Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens, will show how educators and parents can help children grow into strong, passionate readers who are skilled at using media and technology of all kinds—print, digital, and everything in between.
Teaching Code through Digital Media: Hour of Code and Beyond
In this webinar, you will learn about ways to bring coding into your classroom through digital media projects.
Making Schools a Game Worth Playing: Digital Games in the Classroom
Presenter, Ryan Schaaf, Assistant Professor of Technology at Notre Dame of Maryland University, discussed integrating a wide range of digital games, including those utilizing the Common Core, into the curriculum. He also explored the instructional strategies essential to making a digital game-based learning experience a success for students. Meaningful assessment processes such as product and process rubrics, as well as self and/or peer evaluation practices for digital game-based learning experiences, were determined.