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Resources for the High School for Media and Communications

Welcome

The resources here represent an array of opportunities for using technology to collaborate, create, and curate. As you document your curriculum, these resources become a menu of opportunities for upgrading your work and thinking about replacements in your instructional practice. As you investigate and explore, please note that if you have any questions, use the contact link above.

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Media Making

These resources can be used to help students create media products including presentations, videos, stories, interactive avatars, and more!
  • Canva
  • DoInk
  • ​iMovie
  • ISSUU
  • NewHive
  • ​Animoto
  • Blogging
  • ​Prezi
  • ​Big Huge Labs
  • Voki
  • Tellagami
  • Storybird

Collaborative Documentation

These resources are intended to helps students think out loud, collaboratively take notes, have online digital discussions, and annotate texts using digital tools. 
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  • Todays Meet
  • Padlet
  • Google Docs
  • Titan Pad

Bonus Link: Thinking Routines (Routines that encourage deeper thinking and discussion.)

Infographics

I think infographics are the next big thing in education. They allow students to do research and create a research product that isn't a paper. These dynamic representations of research are contemporary products that help students plug into their learning like never before. Read my blog post about them here: ASCD EDge - Upgrade Your Curriculum with Infographics.
  • Smore
  • Piktochart
  • ​Canva

Formative Assessment

There are quite a few online tools for gathering in the moment, formative data from your students. Here are several popular tools:
  • Poll Everywhere
  • Socrative
  • Google Forms
  • Kahoot!

Additional Resources

Some of the resources listed here include continued opportunities for exploration, additional pedagogical considerations, and in some of the websites linked here you can find tutorials to along with these digital tools.
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  • Curriculum 21 Clearinghouse
  • Innovativocab
  • Digital Vocab Rehab
  • UPgrading
  • Digital Learning Strategies
  • Annotexting
  • Map Example Shared During Workshop
  • Google Cardboard Resources


Green Screen Resources
  • Student Made How To Video
  • Resources from EdSurge
  • Tips from Technotes
  • Doink FAQ
  • Another student made How To


Examples of Student Work

Here are some examples of student work using several of these web tools.
  • Assessing Quality Digital Media
  • American Harpy Eagles
  • Minecraft Research Project
  • Topographical Map
  • Medieval Europe
  • Multi-Step Equations
  • Teaching English through Film
  • Senior Project Portfolio Examples​

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