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Valentine Activities Via Search
Searching for a Valentine? 💘 Well this week is a good time to find one. Using the Search feature in the Apple Education Community (top right) here are 12 activities that will fit nicely into any cl…
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New Year, New Laws, New Memes - Keynote!
Promote digital literacy and visual communication skills with an activity that combines learning aboutnew local or state lawswiththe creative process of meme-making. As government or social studies …
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Bringing History to Life: Student-Created Egypt Quiz Games using Keynote
As a teacher with over 30 years of experience, I'm always looking for new and engaging ways to help my students learn. Technology has been an incredible tool for transforming my teaching approach. Re…
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Challenge Based Learning - A history lesson focusing on resilience
Engaging high schoolers in a topic that might touch their experience today is a sure connection for learning history.The story of the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 certainly …
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Present your pepeha using code!
Introduction: Pepeha is a way of introducing yourself in Māori. It tells people who you are by sharing your connections with the people and places that are important to you.In this lesson students us…
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Autumn Photo Walk Activity Inspired by Primary Sources
As I have mentioned, I spend a lot of digital time in the Library of Congress using primary sources and sharing in the Teaching with Primary Sources Teachers Network (TPS Teachers Network). I'm alwa…
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W.E.B. Du Bois Collection: Creating Photo Lift Outs for Impactful Lessons
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Portraits at the Paris World Fair W.E.B. Du Bois curated a striking collection of portraits for the Exposition Universelle, the Paris World Fair of 1900. This collection carried a…
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Using IPad & Pages to Engage Learners with Atlas Learning - The Olympics
As part of our STEAM, we have been learning about the Olympics. STEAM learning often creates more questions than it answers; most of these questions were geographical. To ignite their curiosity, we t…
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Keynote Magic Move for Primary Source Fun
U.S. National Ice Cream Day (July 21, 2024) provided me with another opportunity to use the Keynote transition Magic Move,this time with text, exported as an animated gif ,to celebrate the day with a…
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Fireworks Allowed Here! - Creating Keynote Builds & Animations
Use Keynote to easily create animated gifs of historic fireworks celebrations and send to friends, students, colleagues as part of the U.S. 4th of July celebrations. Celebrating in Washington DC Libr…
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Ancient Civilisations Digital Dioramas
At my school (and in many across Victoria), in Years 7 through 9, students do a semester of History and then a semester fo Geography for their core Humanities subject. In our Humanities classes last …
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“Shaping up” with Keynote - History Electrified
Michael Hernandez in a Community post featuring student work using shapes in Keynote, and a blog post fromKristi Feinfieldin Picture This Library of Congress Prints & Photos, inspired a history l…
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Correcting Media Misinformation
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (and beyond) Lesson Idea Frequently primary sources can tell the story of wartime racism, stereotyping, and government misinformation.I came acros…
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Purple Pop Art… SHIRLEY!
Shirley Chisholm, the first Black U.S. Congresswoman, was creative and innovative in her 1972 run for United States President. Her campaign slogan “Unbought and Unbossed” inspired many. Shirley is my…
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What are we all teaching?
Chatting with some of the ADEs around the world, it got me thinking about what we call subjects where we live and what we teach. As such, I thought it would be interesting to discuss this very topic …
