Welcome Back
Hello and welcome back! This is a friendly reminder that I am here to help you with your Instructional Technology and STEM needs. Giovanna Chamberlain is also available to assist.
Some quick updates on software tools that are available to you. Be sure to save this link to all our IU13 instructional technology resources available to you and your students.
¡Bienvenido a Generation Genius en español!
All 117 of the K-8 science lessons have been translated into Spanish. This additional language is available at no extra cost in our Generation Genius account. Every part of the www.GenerationGenius.com science section has been translated: all video dialogue, discussion questions, vocabulary, reading material, lesson plans, teacher guides, quizzes, PDFs, etc. To use the site in Spanish just click the language selector in the top navigation bar.
Generation Genius: Online Science Videos & Lessons For K-8
Common Sense Education
Common Sense Education has a Back-to-School resource page with helpful planning tools to create a plan that leverages technology effectively and supports students' digital well-being. Also, you can find Back-to-School templates that support family communication with customizable digital learning pledges/agreements for K-5 and 6-12 students.
You'll see their focus this month is on SEL resources, including their SEL in Digital Life Resource Center. The content package for September has been added to this Google spreadsheet that contains direct links to their new resources.
Nearpod Webinars
Here are some (free!) Professional Development opportunities NearPod is currently offering.
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Your local Pennsylvania PBS stations offer a variety of TV and radio programs that reflect how the events of September 11, 2001, continue to resonate nationally and within our communities. These programs can be resources for you as you discuss this event and anniversary with your students.
WITF
Radio - Flight 93 retrospective:
- Sacred Ground - collaboration with NPR
- Smart Talk episodes
- Collection of previous reporting
- Blindspot: The Road to 9/11 podcast
TV - “9/11 Kids” airing September 9 at 9pm. A documentary about a unique group of Americans: the 16 young people who were with President Bush in a Florida classroom on the morning of September 11, 2001, as the president received the news of the attack.
TV Programs airing on your local Pennsylvania PBS station this month include:
- "In the Shadow of 9/11"- this film tells the story of the so-called 'Liberty City Seven', a group of young Black men accused of assisting Al Qaeda in a plot to blow up buildings within the United States.
- "Generation 9/11" - this documentary marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks by following the children born to fathers who perished in the disaster
- PBS NewsHour: Segments starting Labor Day including livestream of the 9/11 ceremonies
Online resources:
The 9/11 Memorial "Teardrop" sits directly across from NYC, in Bayonne New Jersey, just the other side of the Statue of Liberty, yet we hear nothing about it. This absolutely beautiful, 100 ft. tall monument was gifted to the people of the United States by the people of Russia in 2006, in memory of all those who lost their lives on that fateful day, September 11, 2001.
The breaking in the cracked facade forms the shape of the two towers. The giant suspended teardrop signifies the tears of the entire world that day.
