As some of you know, I have committed to publishing one post a week dedicated to anti-racism. I want to thank my friend, Callan, for bringing my attention to this week’s resource when she shared it on Facebook. Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices is produced by Netflix. The series of short videos (most of them less … Read more
One of my favorite online resources, iCivics, has joined with Adobe, Participate, and ClickView to offer a series of free professional development videos about online teaching. TOM (Teaching Online Masterclass) includes short (less than 2 min. each) videos produced by Makematic featuring advice given by staff contributors from all over the world. The various categories … Read more
Before I get into this week’s post dedicated to eradicating racism, I want to make note of the moving moment that took place yesterday when teams for both the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees all took a knee at the same time to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement. After this truly … Read more
BrainPop has created an excellent animated video that explains the protests for Black Lives Matter. It is accompanied by a blog post that offers tips for discussing related topics with young people, and a video discussion guide. This is a fairly recent addition to the BrainPop archives, as it refers to the death of George … Read more
TED Ed has so many great videos for the classroom. These videos have interactive questions, which can be customized for your own students. You can sort the videos by subject if you are just browsing, or you can search for keywords. Many of the videos are short animations offering information about topics like coronavirus and … Read more
I have been uplifted by the many videos that have been shared on social media lately showing how people are making their own joy with others despite our physical distances. I wanted to share a few today. This first one was brought to my attention in a blog post by @LarryFerlazzo: Here are two young … Read more