I think that OERs are the most exciting thing I've learned about in this class! In my previous post, I talked about how I do feel much of my teaching material is borrowed from others and that I am excited to share what I've created, and now I see that there are online communities out that believe the same and are doing the same! I looked mostly at Ted-Ed (I have used some Ted Talks before and love them, so this was the natural place for me to start) and I found many lessons I could use in World History (one on Ancient Rome, a couple on China), but the one I am sharing here is on the Electoral College. I always have to teach the Electoral College during all my classes in election years, and it tends to be something hard to explain. I will certainly use this video in the future, and it also has some multiple choice questions and additional resources I can send my students to for an informal assessment or digging deeper! Here is the link: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-your-vote-count-the-electoral-college-explained-christina-greer
On a side note, I have seen students use Khan Academy to enhance and test their understanding of math and science concepts, and it is exciting to me that KA is branching out into the Humanities as well. I think this could be a great site to send kids to if they need additional help on certain topics or want to dig deeper on their own; the ARC tutors should know about and use this resource to assist students that come in there (if they don't already)!
I also like that the TedEd talks have additional resources like MC questions. I like the one you chose on the electoral college. Many of my students have used the Ted Talks for our "SciFri" sharing time.
ReplyDeleteWhat is SciFri sharing time? I'm curious!
DeleteNot sure if you explored the part of TedEd that let's you FLIP anything. You can take any youtube video or ted talk and create a tedEd lesson out of it.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to make sure the ARC tutors know about these resources.
Thanks for finding that Electoral College link - I'm sure the department will thank you too :) It's great that there was so much on TedEd for world history. There were just a few things for Econ that I found that could apply to what I do, so I'll keep hoping that they continue to grow in that area too!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be cool if we all sent a lesson to TedEd and asked them to animate it? It seems like this is part of what they do if I'm understanding the video correctly! Isn't it fun to have all these resources? It makes having a new prep not so daunting anymore. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat is what they do. You send quality audio, if they like it, they put it out there for the animators. I'm sure we have some teachers who deliver some great talks that would make the cut. Go for it!
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