02.19-25+Screencast+Curr.


 * Week 6 - Screencast - (30 points)**
 * CURRICULUM APPLICATIONS**

READ/VIEW/LISTEN/SCAN
 * "Holiday Edition: 12 Resources All Social Studies Teachers Should Try." http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/holiday-edition-12-resources-all-social.html
 * "A TED Talk for Your Weekend - Learning From Mistakes." http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/ted-talk-for-your-weekend-learning-from.html
 * //Docs Teach//. http://docsteach.org/
 * "Touring: Museum and Tour Apps and What They May Mean for Learners." http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2010/08/22/museum-and-tour-apps
 * Looking for apps
 * //Uquery: The AppStore Search Engine// http://www.uquery.com
 * //Iear.org: Education Apps Review// http://www.iear.org/
 * "Interesting Ways" http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/
 * "My Best of Series" http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/about/my-best-of-series/
 * //Web 2.0 Guru.// "Core Content Area Resources." http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Tools+By+Subject

Select a curricular area **that is not social studies or language arts** -- the two areas that use the library the most often. Since, as a librarian, you support all curricular areas, also look for applications that would be used in an area that is not your own. Really strike out and explore how you can support teachers who don't come to the library with their classes, very often.

CLARIFICATION OF THE SCREENCAST In your roles as an instrtuctional partner and information specialist you are tuned into what is going on in the curricula of your school. You have come across applications that would work specifically well for a particular curricular area -- let's say a biology class or the Family and Consumer Sciences class. The application is sophisticated enough that students are having trouble using it well -- or they are using the application superficially and don't realize that there are other parts of the application they could be using. The teacher has asked you for help in using the application for the class project and you have decided that a screencast would help the students use the application quickly.

The curricular areas I'm asking you to not address are social studies or languagae arts (reading, drama, poetry, etc.) because these areas are more easily addressed and I'm looking for your expertise in assisting all areas of the curriculum. (How could you assist the PE teacher, for example?)  (Information added 18 Feb.)

SCREENCAST: Post your screencast to your wiki on the new page: Curriculum (20 points)

WIKI ADDITIONS Add a description of three additional curriculum sites or apps that fit into your or a neighboring teacher's curriculum. Describe the app/site and how it could be used in education. Add these to your new curriculum page. (10 points)