New Virtual Learning Series
WOUB learning Lab would like to flip the script on professional development. Throughout the end of this school year, we are offering a flipped series of trainings. Participants will get the materials to review and learn independently. Then there will be a short meet up for participants to ask questions and share what they learned or created. To kick this series off, Shannan Williams will walk you through using Book Nook from INFOhio. Materials will be available April 10th. We will meet virtually April 19th at 7pm through Facebook live. Attendees wil receive contact hours and a set of books at your grade level to use with your classes.
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NOVA: Misinformation Nation
Scientific information is shared through the news, advertisements, and social media platforms by sources with differing intentions and levels of expertise. Unfortunately, science misinformation, information that contradicts what established science tells us to be true, can mislead and confuse people and potentially endanger their health and wellbeing. Learn the science behind why misinformation is shared, why it’s believed, and what we can do to address its spread across digital media. Use this collection from PBS Learning Media to help prepare students to be critical consumers of science content and to make informed judgements about the science media they encounter.
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Teach Your Way Calendar – April
April’s Teach Your Way Calendar is out and full of great spring themed activities. Find activities for maps, dinosaurs, protecting our planet and community helpers.
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2022 Youth Collective Summit
Stop the Spread! Misinformation and Ethics
Thursday, April 7th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET
This year’s virtual Youth Collective, The WNET Group’s Generation Z media summit, will focus on empowering young people to think critically about misinformation and their own role in stopping the spread, all through a lens of ethics. The summit will feature a fantastic lineup of speakers, interactive workshops, media, and more. The event is geared toward Gen Z students, ages 14-20.
Students and adults can register here.
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Student Reporting Labs
If you’ve wanted to learn more about working with Student Reporting Labs, there is an in person opportunity this summer but the application deadline is fast approaching. If you are in the WOUB viewing area and are interested in participating, let us know. (WOUBlearninglab@woub.org) We’d love to get more schools involved with this project. We may be able to help with costs. As of now, the site has not been announced.
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Benjamin Franklin Collection
PBS Learning Media
To go along with the new documentary, Ken Burns in the classroom has added a new collection on PBS Learning media. Topics include :
* What does it mean to be self made?
* Benjamin Franklin & Engineering for Good: STEM and Media-Making Extensions
* How Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” Imagery Has Been Remixed, Reused, and Reappropriated.
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Spring Changing Seasons Collection
PBS Learning Media
Join PBS KIDS and explore spring. Learn about the parts of a plant, seeds, and about how plants grow through media clips, extension activities, articles, and crafts. Share activities, articles, games, and printables with families to strengthen a school-to-home connection. Children will learn about the world around them through science, math, and art activities. As you engage in these lessons, you can feel confident that you are helping children grow up great!
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Music Collection
PBS Learning Media
Are you interested in sound and music? From creating music to the science of sound, this PBS Learning Media curated collection explores multiple aspects of sound and music.
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Media Literacy Academy – April
Implementing Media Projects
In April we are looking at ways to develop an original/adapted lesson, lesson sequence, or unit of instruction in which student learning is demonstrated through media making. Kara Hutchinson will guide us through the credential content this month.
April Sessions Dates:
April 5 th 4pm
April 12th 4 pm
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NOVA Financial Lab
For its latest Lab, NOVA teamed up with the Center for Advanced Hindsight (CAH) at Duke University to create a game designed to help players understand how we make financial decisions and how to develop habits to overcome the behavioral biases that often get in our way. Such biases include “opportunity cost neglect,” where we focus only on the spending decision right in front of us, and “mental accounting bias,” which can cause us to treat money differently depending on where it came from. The NOVA Financial Lab provides a fun, safe place for players to practice managing spending, paying off debts, and investing for the future.
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