Tuesday Tips February 25, 2020

TECH TIP:  Ken Burns in the Classroom on PBS Learning

Ken Burns has been creating historical documentary films for over 40 years.  His films pull together primary sources, archival footage and interviews.  These are great resources for the classroom.  However, they are often long.  At PBS Learning, they have created lesson plans and pulled video clips from his films to support learning in your classroom.  You can search for things by Era or by Film.

And you can find items by video clip or lesson plans

BOOK TIP:  New Books Delivered Today!

Over 60 new books were delivered today!  Can't wait to explore them.  I love to talk books with your classes.  I can create a book talk to go with any of your needs.  And maybe one of these new books will be in there!

Tuesday Tips February 11, 2020

TECH TIP:  2nd Quarter Report Using Texting Story

Texting Story is an app I wrote about here before.  I used it to create the 2nd Quarter Report for the library.  This was very easy to use and could be a great project option for students.  It is a 40 second video, watch it here:

2nd Quarter Report Author: Kara Staunton-Shron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4gkkVM38GA

BOOK TIP:  Life and Death Booktalk

Last week, I gave a book talk to the Life & Death class on books that inspire.  Here are the books I shared with them. Ones that are highlighted were the ones students checked out.  

• The Thank You Project: Cultivating Gratitude One Letter at a Time
• Educated: A Memoir
• One Day: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Day in America
• Internment
• When I Was the Greatest
• Every Moment After
• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
• Shooting Stars: The Story of Lebron James
• A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time
• My Story: Elizabeth Smart
• We Say #neveragain
• The 57 Bus
• Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
• The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border
• In the Country We Love: A Family Divided
• Shout: A Poetry Memoir
• Strangers Assume My Girlfriend is My Nurse
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
• Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds