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GotTechED the Podcast Episode #53Sign up for the GotTechED Newsflash www.gotteched.com/newsflash (http://www.gotteched.com/newsflash) Join us every Wednesday at 8:30 pm for our #EduMentor Twitter Chat  https://gotteched.com/edumentor/ (https://gotteched.com/edumentor/) In this episode of GotTechED the Podcast we discuss: The characteristics of Real-World Opportunities Real-World Opportunities activities Edtech that help with the integration of Real-World Opportunities into the classroom If you are a new listener to GotTechED the Podcast, we would love to hear from you.  Please visit our (https://gotteched.com/contact-us/#) and let us know how we can help you today! Segment 1: Real-world Opportunities for your studentsSegment 2: Next Steps AKA Project IdeasCurate a community list of experts willing to come into class Start a program that matches students to companies for internships/work opportunities Virtual Field Trips Google Arts and Culture (https://artsandculture.google.com/) Google Lit Trips (https://www.googlelittrips.org/) (Charity Dodd) Conference Calls Skype a Scientist (https://www.skypeascientist.com/) Zoom (https://zoom.us/)   Mystery Skype (https://education.skype.com/) Global Gamification Games for Change (http://www.gamesforchange.org/) Look for outside opportunities for students to do “in the field research Earthwatch (https://earthwatch.org/) Global Volunteers (https://globalvolunteers.org/)   Global knowledge networks like iEARN (https://iearn.org/) Continue your own professional learning #globaled, #globallearning, or #globaledchat  Music Credits:The Degs: Shotgun http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Degs/ (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Degs/) @bensounds https://www.bensound.com/ (https://www.bensound.com/) Subscribe to our Podcast Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gotteched/id1358366637?mt=2) Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/7zyzfCkSDNHkKdqxmh9XLB?si=YhSdMa6BQVmcLHbSrYxE9Q) Google Podcasts (https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Indeizidhz4h37mawfylwdgco4y)    Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/search?q=gotteched)    YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIQwu39Tkow3kduRQAH85w?view_as=subscriber)    Twitter (https://twitter.com/WeGotTechED)     Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WeGotTechED/) Connect with us on Social MediaGuise on Twitter @guisegotteched (https://twitter.com/GuiseGotTechEd) Nick on Twitter @nickgotteched (https://twitter.com/NickGotTechEd) GotTechED the Podcast on Twitter @wegotteched (https://twitter.com/WeGotTechEd) Join the Conversation and our PLNOur favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our Facebook Group Page (https://www.facebook.com/WeGotTechED/) .    This weeks question is: Question: What educational opportunities have you provided your students that go outside of the brick and mortar classroom? Need a Presenter?As experienced presenters and content creators, you can contact Nick and Guise to speak at your school, event, or conference. They can customize a workshop that meets your organization’s unique time and content needs. While no topic is out of bounds, GotTechED is best known for sessions on: 1:1 Chromebook Integration EdTech Throwdown TargetED Learning Gamification (Badge Systems) Game-Based Learning (Escape Rooms, Amazing Race, and more) Google apps and extensions Personalized learning and Choice Boards Teacher productivity (Lesson Planning, Online Grading. and Feedback) Digital content creation Student Podcasting Screencasting Flipped Classroom Student-Centered Learning

Google News and Updates Changes to the Google Classroom Stream Helping developers create more choice for educators Find ideas and activities on the new Chromebook App Hub Living the "multidream" by blending coding with a rap career Featured Content MyMaps Resources from Google Through Google My Maps students can explore the basics of cartography, share information about local communities and far-flung destinations. The map is their canvas on which they can build with points, lines, and polygons, and they can go as far as their imagination leads them. In your Google Drive, go to NEW>MORE and select MY MAPS. Dropping pins Locations in a story Personal student stories (My Happy Place Hyperdoc by Lisa Highfill) Historical events Summer vacation at back to school (where you’ve visited in your life, etc.) Measuring distances (distance = rate x time, etc.) … measure and take a screenshot? Layers (biomes, animals, etc.) Poly tool to determine area/perimeter Locations for sports / extracurriculars Plotting locations where you’ve done video calls Amazing Race with Forms and MyMaps Clue #1 Create a map of the journey of a character from a novel Tell a story, non-fiction, fiction, personal 20 ways Google MyMaps can enhance lessons in any class Google Teacher Tribe Mailbag Ginna Jones (Virginia) -- Shares how she teaches proportions with pancakes and Google Slides! Check out her slide deck by clicking here! Camden (5th-Grader, South Carolina) -- Listen to and from school. Teachers should use Google Lit Trips. Feel like you’re the character. 360 pictures. Earth and Tour Builder. Number the Stars: takes to the street where sisters are stopped by Nazi soldiers. Pictures and video. Diary of Anne Frank takes you to the secret annex where she hid. On The Blogs Matt - Four ways to make math come alive with Google tools Kasey - Stranger Google: Crazy Tools from the Upside Down Part 1 & Part 2

In this episode: Mike talks with Jerome Burg about Google Lit Trips and more…  

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I recommend the below books for use when teaching about slavery in the United States between 1700 and 1900 to students in intermediate-level grades. In some cases, I also include Google Lit Trips developed by teachers in the Teaching American History Grant program.Most Loved in All the World by Tonya Cherie HegaminUnder the Quilt of Night by Deborah HopkinsonFollow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette WinterA Voice of Her Own: A Story of Phyllis Wheatly, Slave Poet by Katherine LaskyAlec's Primer by Mildred Pitts WalterDaily Life on a Southern Plantation by Paul EricksonDiscovery Kids: Underground RailroadElijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul CurtisHenry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen LevineIf You Lived When There Was Slavery in America by Anna Kamma [Lit Trip by Laura Conway, Cathleen Mullen, and Rachel Robertson]If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad Ellen LevineMeet Addie: American Girl (Book One) by Connie PorterNight Boat to Freedom by Margot Thiels Raven [Lit Trip by Jill Hardin]Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom by Bettye StroudPriscilla and the Hollyhocks by Ann Broyles [Lit Trip by Jessica Graham]Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson [See this Lit Trip by Megan Leider and a companion lesson plan by Cynthia Weeden]Time For Kids Biographies: Harriet Tubman A Woman of Courage by the Editors of Time for Kids with Renee SkeltonUnderground Railroad Interactive Adventure by Allison LassiuerFreedom River by Doreen RappaportAlmost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux NelsonUnderground Railroad for Kids: From Slavery to Freedom with 21 Activities by Mary Kay CarsonAlmost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux NelsonMukambu of Ndongo by Patricia Procopi [Lit Trip by Andrea May and Jordan Savitt]Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation: A Three-Dimensional Interactive Book with Photographs and Documents from the Black Holocaust Exhibit by Velma Maia ThomasUp the Learning Tree by Marcia K. VaughanJanuary's Sparrow by Patricia Pollaco (Note: This book contains graphic pictures and explicit text)Graphic Library: Graphic HistoryBrave Escape of Ellen and William Craft by Donald LemkeHarriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad by Michael Martin [Lit Trip by Melissa Rea and Shelita Oliver]Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion by Michael BurganJohn Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry by Jason GlaserEli Whitney and the Cotton Gin by Jessica Gunderson

For this Teaching American History Grant module, each participating teacher will either create or collaborate on the creation of at least five annotated placemarks in a Google Lit Trip relating to one of the grant provided children's books about slavery. Thank you to Jerome Burg, the creator of Google Lit Trips, for the resources and assistance he provided to make this assignment possible.Assignment Description and Grading RubricTAH Resources for Creating Google Lit Trips (including HTML Code Recommendations)

Click here for the module syllabus.Module DescriptionThis module will enhance teacher knowledge and context relating to the history of slavery in the United States. The content focus will be on the institution in relation to American culture, society and government, and its impact on African Americans and the country as a whole. Required readings include texts that provide both a historical summary and analysis of slavery. In module sessions, teachers will receive additional documents, as well as participate in lectures and discussions highlighting key components of how slavery affected America and its people, and how the American people dealt with slavery.The pedagogical focus of the module will provide a broad perspective of historical content by integrating all core social studies disciplines. Teachers will focus on using children’s literature and technology tools to understand American slavery from geographic, economic, and civic perspectives. Teachers will learn to use: a.) children’s literature as teaching tools, b.) historically-centered technology methods for ensuring student comprehension of historical content, and c.) integrated social studies disciplines as a means for gaining a broad perspective of American history. Throughout the process, teachers will ensure heavy student engagement with primary source historical material while stressing research, creativity, interactivity, and cooperative student-led learning opportunities.Combining the historical and pedagogical pieces of this module, teacher participants will utilize children’s books and technology tools by producing Google Lit Trips. Using accurate historical information about African-American slavery, teachers will be prepared to use Google Lit Trips to provide greater content understanding for their students as well as a project-based platform for examining meaningful events of American history.Upon completion of the Slavery/The Disciplines of Social Studies module and all required assignments, teacher participants will have met both history and content pedagogy objectives as outlined below.The historical content objectives for this module include:· Teachers will identify ways slavery affected African American culture and society, and ways African American culture and society affected slavery;· Teachers will describe how slavery became part of American culture, and how Americans responded to it;· Teachers will identify ways slavery shaped and reshaped how Americans conceive of their government and the role that governmental decisions play in their lives; and,· Teachers will list ways that slavery affected the country’s evolution.The content pedagogy objectives for this module include:· Teachers will view history pedagogy as an opportunity to combine multiple social studies disciplines to create a cohesive understanding of specific historical eras;· Teachers will integrate children’s literature into their instruction about Black American slavery;· Teachers will utilize technology as an instructional tool for delivering theme-specific historical content;· Teachers will develop technology-generated artifacts for teaching and learning about given historical topics; and,· Teachers will be prepared to have students use multimedia technology during history lessons.

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