Curated OER
Spinners of Color
Students review primary, secondary, and intermediate colors. They use a worksheet to select the combination of colors they want to try on the spinners. They predict the outcome of the spinning colors.
Curated OER
Create a Weather Newscast
Fourth graders explore and study basic weather terms, strengthen research skill on the web and create a weather newscast. They choose a weather site on the web, copy weather maps and create a videotape based on a written script to...
Curated OER
My Community
First graders design a Powerpoint presentation to reflect information about their community. In this community lesson, 1st graders create slides to explain the weather, geography and other information about the city.
Curated OER
See how They Grow: Butterfly
Young scholars view butterflies and participate in a butterfly activity to learn needed vocabulary. In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students access prior knowledge of butterflies. Young scholars listen to a butterfly life cycle...
Curated OER
Alphabet Adventure Lesson Plan
Young scholars explore the alphabet. In this Alphabet Adventure lesson plan, students work with their prior knowledge of the alphabet to discuss different print and non-print sources.
Curated OER
Author Study
Students work collaboratively to create PowerPoint presentations on an author of their choice. This lesson is written for a first and third grade joint project with students pairing up across grade levels.
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Habitat Movies
Students create movies of various habitats and animals using their knowledge of the subject and the computer program iMovie. Emphasis is placed on cooperative learning and research.
Curated OER
Ed Paschke
Students examine and discuss the artistic style and techniques of the artist Ed Paschke. They analyze various works of art by Ed Paschke, then choose an icon from art history and alter a photocopy of it using scissors and collage materials.
Curated OER
Create a Weather Newscast
Fourth graders explore, research and study how to make and give a weather newscast. They assess a variety of weather terms, research skills on the Web and develop an oral presentation on a weather newscast to present to their classmates.
Education Development Center
Digital Media Arts: Introduction to Visual Arts and Digital Media
Digital media curriculum for teaching high school students how to communicate through media. Students learn the fundamentals of art and design and the technical skills to prepare them for careers in the arts, media, and entertainment...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Media Arts
Take a one-minute tour through the history of media arts. Examine a variety of media forms and be a media critic. Visit the Media Studio and learn about movie soundtracks, animation, and creating a storyboard. Meet different artists as...
Other
21 Things4 Students: Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Media Table
This chart lists different tools students can use to create digital media. The table covers animation, audio recording and podcasts, cartoons, infographics, interactives, screencasts, slideshows, and videos. Each tool has a list of...
Other
Digital Media Online: Digital Animators
A site from Digital Media Online devoted to creative digital animators. Includes articles about what's going on in the field currently, as well as tutorials and software reviews.
Other
Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers
IJIMS is a project designed to introduce students from underrepresented populations to digital, web-based journalism opportunities. Participants create an online magazine to learn computational thinking via digital media, interactive...
Media Smarts
Media Awareness Network: Privacy Pirates
Sail away on the open seas in order to protect your online privacy from the privacy pirates. This animated game helps students become responsible digital citizens as they learn how to keep their personal information secure.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: The Elements of Digital Storytelling
Learn the theory and elements of digital storytelling, with plenty of real-world examples provided for each element. While the purpose of the site is not specifically to instruct teachers how to use digital storytelling in the classroom,...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Best Tech Creation Tools
Check out this list of terrific tools for tech creation that offer a wide variety of engaging end products kids can create, from stories to animations to music to games.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Animation Basics: The Art of Timing and Spacing
Expert timing and spacing is what separates a slide show from a truly amazing animation. TED-Ed demonstrates, by manipulating various bouncing balls, how the smallest adjustments from frame to frame can make all the difference. [6:42]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Digit in Pursuit
The CyberSquad tracks Digit's position in time and then studies graphs to figure out what Hacker is scheming in this video from Cyberchase.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Bio Media Associates: Learning Programs for Biology
This site provides photographs, animations, essays, teaching resources, multimedia, and other information about biological systems and organisms. It features a monthly contest and quiz in which students and teachers identify a mystery...
Other
Museum of Web Art
A fascinating site devoted to art and graphics used on the world wide web. Explore the best in buttons, banners, counters, and more.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: The Art Zone
Ten interactive activities that allow you to use the computer to create and manipulate works of art.
Other
Nielsen Norman Group: Guidelines for Multimedia on the Web
Guidelines on how to design presentations for web media. This is an old article and some of the information is outdated, but much is still relevant. SL.9-10.5 Audio Visuals, RI.11-12.7 Eval Different Media/format....
Brown University
Brown University Library: Garibaldi and the Risorgimento
A digital archive of media portraying Giuseppe Garibaldi, a nineteenth-century Italian military and political leader and hero. Collection includes interactive and animated panoramic lecture, newspaper illustrations, and prints from the...