Recently, the AASL came out with their 25 Best Apps for Teaching & Learning for 2014. The apps were chosen because they foster innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.
One of these apps is Brian Cox’s Wonders of Life. AASL says that Brian Cox “will appeal to young students and he presents the information in a way that makes you just sit and watch. You become mesmerized.” The crisp images and 3D capabilities will hold the attention of students while learning science, math, and social studies concepts.
The app is only available for iOS at $4.99 and is recommended for 3rd through 12th graders. Check out the promotional video:
Recently, the AASL came out with their 25 Best Apps for Teaching & Learning for 2014. The apps were chosen because they foster innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.
Duolingo is one such app. The app encourages students to learn another language by rewarding points for correct translations. The app starts off easy and is simple to use. AASL provides a tip: use the app along with geography lessons to get students interested in learning another language!
The app is free and is available on iOS and Google Play. It is recommended for 3rd through 12th graders. Check out the promotional video:
Recently, the AASL came out with their 25 Best Apps for Teaching & Learning for 2014. The apps were chosen because they foster innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.
One of those apps, Monster Physics, is a building app that lets students play with monsters to learn physics! By using 68 different parts including wheels, rockets, magnets and more, students learn physics through solving missions and building their own inventions. AASL recommends that Monster Physics can be used to explain basic concepts such as mass, force, friction, acceleration and more.
At .99 the app is only available on iOS and recommended for 3rd through 12th graders. Check out the promotional video:
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Update 9/22/2014: “AASL has received word that the organization that hosts and provides technical support for the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database has refocused their mission and will no longer be providing these services. As such, the lesson plan database will be archived and future plans are currently under consideration” (AASL Lesson Plan Database).
Whether you are looking for a lesson plan on digital citizenship or wanting to share the snazzy lesson plan you created on screen-casting, there is now a place to do so. After all, why should every school media specialist re-invent the wheel, right?
AASL gets credit for creating this database, and contributors get credit for what is in it! This lesson plan database is meant to support school media specialists and other educators too as they teach essential learning skills within the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner.
You can do free searches by standards and indicators, content topic, grade level, type of lesson or schedule, and of course keyword too. Registered users can bookmark lesson plans, rate and comment on content, print to PDF and socially share content too. Again, it is free.
April is a month in which we take time to feature libraries! As a result, each week CMLE will post noteworthy “happenings” pertaining to libraries appreciation.
This week CMLE recognizes School Library Month (SLM) sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL). This is a month long celebration of school librarians and their programs. In April 1985, a small committee published a 52 page book commemorating school media centers and served as the foundation for the first national celebration designated as “School Library Month.” Since then, every April school librarians are encouraged to create activities to help their school and local community celebrate strong school library programs-highlighting their role in a student’s education. We would like to hear from you- take a moment and share one thing you are doing to recognize School Library Month (place in the comment section below)!
Click here for additional information about SLM 2013.
Click here for a link to the history of SLM.
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Recently, the AASL came out with their 25 Best Apps for Teaching & Learning for 2014. The apps were chosen because they foster innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration.
