Assessment in Math and Science - Is This Going to Count?
Workshop 3. Is This Going To Count?; Embedded Assessment (90 min.)
'Assessment does not compete for valuable teaching time; it is teaching time. This workshop shows how embedding assessment into everyday curriculum turns performance tasks into learning activities. Well-designed assessment allows teachers to shape subsequent instruction according to what their students have and have not understood. Content Guide: Monica Neagoy.'
Assessment in Math and Science-I Didn't Know This Was an English Class!
Workshop 4. I Didn't Know This Was an English Class!; Connections Across the Disciplines (90 min.)
'One measure of students' depth of understanding is the connections they can make across disciplines. This workshop explores how teachers can encourage these connections by designing performance tasks that build on other disciplines. Content Guide: Monica Neagoy.'
Assessment in Science and Math-You WILL be Tested on This!
Workshop 5. You WILL Be Tested on This!: Standardized Testing (90 min.)
'Teachers are under pressure to get their students to perform well on state and national tests. Sometimes, however, it seems that too much attention is paid to these tests. This workshop considers how teachers can use standardized tests to focus their teaching on improved student performance in the classroom as well as on these external measures of success. Content Guide: K. Michael Hibbard.'
Assessment in Math and Science-When I Was in School...
Workshop 8. When I Was in School...: Implementing Assessment Reform (90 min.)
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'Changing old ways is not easy. Communication is the first step toward encouraging support for new assessment strategies. This workshop will focus on the importance of collaboration among teachers, administrators, and especially parents, when implementing assessment reform in a school or district. Content Guide: K. Michael Hibbard.'
Feelings Count: Emotions and Learning-Session 5
This program introduces ways to create an emotionally safe classroom to foster learning and to deal effectively with emotions and conflicts that can be obstacles. Featured are a fifth-grade teacher and an eighth-grade band teacher, with expert commentary from Daniel B. Goleman, author of the book Emotional Intelligence, and Yale University Professor James P. Comer.
Investigating Word Meaning Workshop 9
Using a passage from Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White, Angie Zapata
teaches her third graders how to use context clues to discover the
meaning of unfamiliar words. Ms. Zapata’s mini-lesson also models
individual and small group work, as well book groups. (Optional
classroom program)
Fostering Book Discussions Workshop 10
Third-grade teacher Maria Ruiz-Blanco is piloting the use of book club
in her bilingual classroom. The class is starting a new book, My Name Is Maria Isabel, in their year-long unit on immigration. Working in
groups, students discuss what they read, ask questions, and make
connections to their own lives.
Looking At Cause And Effect Workshop 14
Holly Concannon and her fifth-grade class discuss cause and effect in a
passage from Gary Paulsen’s book, Wood Song. The lesson models grouping students for independent reading, as well as guided reading.
How To Play Badminton
Step-by-step guide gives directions to play the game while the video demonstrates what to do. Explains the use of the equipment and how to score the game. 2:21 min.
How to Write a Book or Story
Tips from a published author and English professor in this video on writing. Compose a book, whether as a form of expression or a form of financial stability, with help from this video.
Basic Mathematics : Learning Basic Math
Basic math is learning the concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Use basic mathematics concepts for everyday life, like counting money and balancing a check book, with help from a math teacher in this video on mathematics. There are English captions at the bottom of the screen.
Expert: Jimmy Chang
Bio: Jimmy Chang has been a math teacher at St. Pete College for nearly a decade. He has a master's degree in math, and his specialties include calculus, a
Francine Prose describes how "Anne Frank's Diary Rises from Reject Pile to Bestseller"
Francine Prose, award-winning fiction author and author of Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife, is shown speaking into a microphone. She describes the arduous path Anne Frank's diary traveled to get published in the United States. "The book was turned down everywhere," says Prose, criticized as "boring" and "domestic."  This is a portion of the video footage taken of Francine Prose speaking on October 6, 2009, in Corte Madera,
Steven Kellogg, 2009 National Book Festival YouTube - LibraryOfCongress's Channel
American children's book author and illustrator Steven Kellogg shares 25 minutes of storytelling and drawing as he talks about "the language of feeling, which is what art is." He shares the story of his family's beloved Harlequin Great Dane, Pinkerton, the picture books he created about Pinkerton, and the letters he received from people who identified with the books. He draws Second Hand Rose, the yellow cat with the small heart that his family kept and loved for 25 years. He draws and t
Courgette Wants To Be Big - A Picture Book Illustrations from the picture book are narrated. Â Baby Courgette is just lovely as he is, but he doesn't think so. All he wants is to be big like the others. He asks loads of vegetables for advice on how to they grow, and follows all of their tips, but when he hasn't zoomed up, he is disheartened. Then Big Courget
Pear And The Lost Leaf - Making the Best of a Bad Situation
This video features a narrated version of the picture book, "Pear and the Lost Leaf." In this story, Pear loses the leaf on her head. Her friends help her look all over the garden, but all they find is a selection of gardening bits and pieces. Pear gives up, but her friends cleverly think of a more creative solution—they make her a lovely new leaf using all the bits they find in the garden! (1:39)
Character Development in Narrative Writing Students create their own character trading cards with the interactive Character Trading Cards tool. Character cards can be used to help students deepen understanding of characters in a book they are reading or as a prewriting exercise for narrative stories. Promp
Guide to Homeschooling - How to Homeschool
Are you looking for a guide to homeschooling? Inside this video you'll discover how to get started homeschooling.
Topics Covered Include:
Homeschool Methods & Homeschool Styles
Homeschool State Laws
Homeschoolers Guide, Guide to Homeschooling
How to Homeschool
Choosing a Homeschool Curriculum
Homeschooling Guide, Homeschool Manual
Homeschooling Questions
Homeschooling Help
Home Schooling Book
Help with Home Schooling
Cat Dissection - Flexors of the Arm
Cat dissection of the flexors of the arm. Instructor clearly shows how to find and separate the muscles of the arm, including pectoantebrachialis, clavodeltoid, biceps brachi, brachioradialis, flexors on the medial surface. This would make a good pre-dissection video. (:38)
Review of Cat Organs and Blood Vessels
Professor reviews major blood vessels. Comparisons to human anatomy are made. Trachea, larynx, spleen, pancreas, and kidneys are also identified. This would make a great review for students preparing for a cat muscle practical. Color video with sound. Run time 07:01.
Cat Ventral Neck Muscles
Dissection of the head and neck muscles of the cat by an instructor. Clearly shows how to find and separate the muscles. Includes masseter, digastric, mylohyoid. Would be a good pre-dissection video.
