School Librarians and STEM in the Digital Age: Faculty Advance a New Program Integrating OER
A powerful shift is in progress where, increasingly, librarian expertise in inquiry, 21st learning skills, and information literacy is becoming critical to STEM learning and classrooms and to the development of cultures of inquiry that extend beyond the boundaries of...
School Librarians: Selecting the Best Anchor Text for STEM Learning
An anchor text is the central text around which a lesson or unit is built. This may be, for example, a narrative piece, a data set, or an image. Students across disciplines engage with this anchor text throughout a lesson or unit, using it as base upon which to...
The Well-Rounded Lesson: History and Common Core Math Come Together As Teachers, and Students, Collaborate
Try this teacher-created lesson on OER Commons: “Cross Curricular Approach to the Child Labor Practices of the 1800s and 1900s Industrial Revolution” Try this teacher-created lesson on OER Commons: “Cross Curricular Approach to the Child Labor Practices of the 1800s...
Action Collab Facilitator Training, August 5 – 6
We are pleased to announce the upcoming two-day Action Collab Facilitator Training, August 5th and 6th in San Francisco. This training is for those who want to learn how to facilitate design thinking that addresses real issues of innovation and change in education.The...
When Teachers and Standards Meet on Polar Ice: Inquiry, Literacy, and Rigor
ISKME’s “Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning” project addresses teachers’ familiarity with Common Core standards and multi-disciplinary learning through their collaborative authoring of new and adapted curriculum ISKME’s “Teachers Advancing Common Core...