Friday, October 25, 2019

October 25, 2019 Civics

Week Five

Civics

FRIDAY FUNNY

TEACHING RESOURCES

OBJECTIVES you can use on your lesson plans:
CASAS Civics Objectives

From the Free Tech for Teachers Blog:

64 Years of Presidential Campaign Commercials - A Lesson Plan

A Tool to Simulate Text Messages Between Historical Figures

A Good Collection of PowerPoint Presentations for AP US History and World History

From the New York Times Learning Network:

STUDENT OPINION What Are Your Reactions to the Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump?

STUDENT OPINION What Do You Think of the Field of Democratic Presidential Candidates?

From TESOL press:

Need some fresh ideas for classroom activities? Download 12 FREE activities from TESOL Press's popular New Ways series! Each book is filled with easy-to-use activities for teaching students of all ages and proficiency levels.

https://www.tesol.org/read-and-publ…/bookstore/new-ways-now

TEACHER READING

Teaching Adults Newsletter

Blended learning: what is it and when should you use it?

CLASSROOM SHOWCASE

BLC T/TH 12-3 NRS 4/5/6

HL TABE M/D M/W 12:30- 3:30 class working on a crossword puzzle.

Please send me pictures, and be sure to include the branch name and level. I need them by the end of the business day on Wednesday. If I already have enough submissions for the week- that just means your pictures will be published the next week. Personally, I think the pictures that you share are the best part of the blog.

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

CALENDAR

Add caption

Fall 2019 term: September 30 - December 16

No classes on the following dates:

November 11: Veterans Day

November 27 - December 1: Thanksgiving

2020 Dates

Winter: January 27 - April 5

Spring: April 27 - June 30

Summer: July 27 - August 23

Fall: September 28 - December 16

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

A New, Free Online Conference for Teachers

I've decided to try something new to end 2019. That new thing is organizing a free online conference for teachers. I'm calling it the Practical Ed Tech Creativity Conference. It will be held over the course of three afternoons/ evenings in December (10-12). But I can't do it alone. So I'm looking for people who would like to share a creative classroom project.

Call for Proposals
If you have a creative project that you think other teachers would benefit from learning about in the course of a 30-45 webinar, please fill out the proposal form here. If you've never presented in a webinar format before, I'll give you some training in advance.

Read the entire blog post here: FTfT Conference

GOOGLE RESOURCES

How to Use Google Drive to Share Videos

Thank you for all that you do! Have a great week!

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Friday, October 18, 2019

October 18, 2019 Personal Info

Week Four

Personal Information

FRIDAY FUNNY

TEACHING RESOURCES

These folders have all available downloads - worksheets, Collaborative Activities, Audio Scripts, Tests, Self Assessments and more.

Ventures Basic
Ventures 1
Ventures 2
Ventures 3
Ventures 4

teachervision.com: Halloween Worksheets and Activities

controlaltachieve.com: Build a Jack-O-Lantern with Google Slides

12 Free Websites to Practice English at Home

TEACHER READING

A brief history of Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers

These are a great series of books, and I highly suggest you check them out!

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Richard Rossner on Continuing Professional Development

How can teachers usefully reflect on a lesson they have taught?

Want to learn more? Check out Richard Rossner's book on Language Teaching Competences!

GOOGLE RESOURCES

teacherrebootcamp.com: Where to Find Incredible Student Templates for Google Docs, Slides, Sheets and Drawings!

TECH TIPS

freetech4teachers.com: How to Create Vocabulary Games on Educandy

Thank you for all that you do! Have a great week!

Friday, October 11, 2019

October 11, 2019 Personal Info

Week Three

Personal Information

FRIDAY FUNNY

TEACHING RESOURCES

Online Safety Tip Sheets, Posters, and More

Find Halloween ELA Articles on ReadWorks
Those of you who are looking for Halloween-themed stories to use in ELA lessons could do well to turn to this collection on ReadWorks.

TEACHER READING

5 Ways to Improve Feedback in your Classroom

Effective Feedback: The Key to Successful Assessment for Learning

TEACHER SHARE
Every Picture Tells a Story...from Visual Literacy to the Written Word
by David Hellman from CUNY

Thanks to Ruby Taylor MacBride, for sharing it with us from the Literacy Review workshop
Every Picture Tells a Story

Where are your pictures??

Thank you! elizabethschade@nypl.org

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

What's wrong with this roster?

Did you figure it out? There are 7 students marked present, but only 6 are showing up.
This is because the "x" circled in RED has a SPACE before it. Therefore, the spreadsheet is NOT COUNTING the student as PRESENT. A little space can be a big deal!

Congratulations to Selena Daniels and Jean Choi who figured it out!

CALENDAR

Don't forget, the NYPL is CLOSED Monday, October 14

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BEST PLUS REFRESHER
St. George Library
Friday, October 18, 9:30 am
please rsvp: elizabethschade@nypl.org

please note: this is *not* initial training,
this is for people who already have that certification

Sponsored by NYS TESOL NYC Region in collaboration with Baruch College’s Tools for Clear Speech

https://nystesol.wildapricot.org/event-3530249

Wednesday November 6, 2019 (6pm-8pm)

Baruch College, CUNY

55 Lexington Avenue

$10 members, $15 non members

Our Presenters:

Creating a Digital Portfolio -Patricia George – Kingsborough Community College, CUNY

Getting the Most out of Texting- Edwin Harris –Jacob A Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Using “GooseChase” as a Collaborative Tool to “Hunt for Ideas" - Laiyin Lao – Teachers College, Columbia University

Engaging Multilingual Learners Through Interactive Technology - Todd Wagner – NYC DOE

Everything’s in Google Drive - Jessica Coyle – The New School

ESL Learners as Designers of Digital Stories: Benefits and Tools - Amany Alkhayat – Teachers College, Columbia University

CAN YOU HELP ME?
Hello everyone! I am scheduled to make a presentation at several upcoming TESOL-related events. I'll be presenting about the blog and how we use it.

Could you send me a sentence or two about the blog, how you use it, and what you like about it?

Email me: elizabethschade@nypl.org
Thank you!

Thank you for all that you do! Have a great week!