InteractivityInteractivity

TEACH Academy – June 2009TEACH Academy – June 2009

Karen StreeterKaren Streeter

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InteractivityInteractivity• The interactive classroom is one in which students

participate as equal partners in an ongoing discovery process.

• Interactivity in the classroom: – promotes a more active learning environment

• facilitates the building of learning communities• provides greater feedback for students and/or teachers• increases student motivation

• The interactive classroom involves real-time, dynamic give-and-take between the classroom environment and the learner.

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ThinkfinityThinkfinity• Website containing thousands of free lesson plans and student

materials for every subject, designed by the leading educational organizations in the US.

• It is designed to improve learning in traditional settings and beyond the classroom by providing the high-caliber content needed to improve student achievement anytime, anywhere, at no cost.

• Our focus will be the interactive resources on Thinkfinity for remediation, acceleration, front of class instruction, and learning centers.

www.thinkfinity.org

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Social Studies

Subject

Resource Type

Grade

Content Partners

Search Thinkfinity

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Thinkfinity’s Content PartnersThinkfinity’s Content PartnersThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Arts

National Council on Economic Education Economics

National Endowment for the Humanities Humanities

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Mathematics

International Reading Association &National Council of Teachers of English Reading/English Language Arts

American Association for the Advancement of Science Science

National Geographic Society Geography

National Museum of American History American History

National Center for Family Literacy & ProLiteracy Worldwide

Adult & Family Literacy

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Interactives on ThinkfinityInteractives on ThinkfinityContent Area Grade Description

Science Elem All Systems Go – Lesson plan and Interactive Applet for Human Systems studies.

Science Elem The Cycle of Life 1 from Science Netlinks – Lesson plan and Interactive(s)

Mathematics EL/MSBox and Whisker – This applet allows the user to investigate the mean, median, and box-and-whisker plot for a set of data that they create

Language Arts K-1 Construct a Word – Results can be printed out with student name

Language Arts PreK-1 Picture Match – Results can be printed out with student name

Language Arts PreK-1 Word Family Sort - Results can be printed out with student name

Language Arts PreK-1 ABC Match – Can also be done as hard copy

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Interactives on ThinkfinityInteractives on ThinkfinityContent Area Grade DescriptionScience 4 Lunar Cycle – Lesson plan and interactive

Language Arts 5-6Flip A Chip - The activity provides hands-on practice with affixes and roots, and also promotes comprehension through structural analysis and vocabulary in context.

Music/Science Stormy Weather - Get a new view on weather as you listen to these storm-inspired works!

Music ?? Perfect Pitch– Baseball themed approach to learning about orchestra instruments

English 2-12 Crossword Puzzles

English & Social Studies 8-12

Analyzing a WWII Poster - students visit various Web sites and then select a World War II poster to analyze. They determine if the poster fits the genre of argument, persuasion or propaganda.

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Interactives on ThinkfinityInteractives on ThinkfinityContent Area Grade DescriptionSocial Studies Multimedia Map and Timeline - Pearl Harbor

Social Studies Interactive WWII Map - Pacific

Social StudiesInteractive Quiz EconEdLink - Why South Seceded – results can be emailed to teacher

English CD/DVD Cover Creator – In lieu of a book report

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/index.html - Library of Congress’ The Learning Page

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QUIAQUIA• www.quia.com

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• Interactive PowerPoints – Directions on website

• Self-Correcting Excel• CLOZE• Thinkfinity

– Phases of the Moon– All Systems Go

• Virtual Manipulatives– Box and Whiskers

• Into the Book• Starfall• BBC• PBSKids• Shodor Foundation

– Coin Toss

• VoiceThreads• Math Dictionary• Writing Fun• Typing with own passage• Slates• Wireless Keyboards• Headphone/Microphones• Student Response Systems

– Polleverywhere.com

Use Trackstar, PortaPortal, I Keep Bookmarks, Filamentality as a means to organize your interactive Websites.

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