- Lesson Plan
Copyrights and Wrongs
- “Students reflect on their responsibilities as creators and users of creative work.”
- Online tool, Professional Development
Six Styles of Classroom Video Projects
- “Various types of video creation projects that can be used in a class with suggested apps.”
- Information resource
Intellectual Property: Overview
- “What is intellectual property? A novel? A film script? A joke? A cook book? A character in a TV show? A painting? The lyrics
- Lesson Plan
How to Teach Paraphrasing, Quotation and Summary
- Help “students develop their skills in paraphrasing in order to avoid plagiarism.”
- Lesson Plan
Up, Up and Away?
- “Students look at the key concepts of intellectual property, learning the difference between copyright and trademark and come to understand how these affect how
- Information resource, Professional Development, Video
How Do I Collaborate on Google Files?
- A practical guide by University of York.
- Lesson Plan
Rework, Reuse, Remix
- “Students examine the Fair Dealing exception of the Copyright Act and apply what they have learned on different works of art before creating their
- Online tool, Professional Development
12 Real-Time Document Collaboration Tips
- Microsoft Outlook tips for collaborating online.
- Online tool
My Storybook
- A tool that “allows students to create picture books.” (No Account Required. Additional features may be purchased.)
- Professional Development
The 4 S’s of Digital Note Taking
- ” Based on a Blog by Beth Holland ( http://goo.gl/GH1ugO ), this film shows how digital note taking can help students by supporting various
- Online tool
MindMeister
- A mind mapping tool that allows simultaneous collaboration. (Account Required. Additional features may be purchased.)
- Lesson Plan
A Creator’s Rights
- “Students are introduced to copyright, fair dealing, and the rights they have as creators.”
- Lesson Plan
I Used My Own Words! Paraphrasing Informational Texts
- Students learn how to paraphrase.
- Online tool
Voki
- “An online tool that allows you to record your voice and have it played back by an animated cartoon character.” (Additional features may be
- Information resource
Getting the Goods Ethically
- Learn how to legally access content and download information.
- Video
The Inquiry Process, Video 4 – Use
- “The last step of the inquiry process model.”
- Online tool
LiveBinders
- “An online tool that allows you to collect and organize information (websites, documents, articles etc). It is also a collection of searchable binders created
- Lesson Plan
Let’s Give Credit
- How can you give credit for other people’s work?
- Online tool
Diigo
- “An online tool that allows users to annotate, archive and organize websites. Users can highlight and add sticky notes to sites.” (Teacher Account Required)
- Lesson Plan
Handout: Style Manual
- A simplified way for students in elementary grades to cite their sources.
- Online tool, Professional Development
The 4S’s of Note Taking With Technology
- A website with links to videos that show how apps can assist students who have different learning styles to take notes.
- Professional Development
Note Taking for Elementary and High School Students
- A Prezi that describes findings and different methods that students can use to take notes.
- Online tool
Prezi
- “Slideshow creator/presenter with interesting and different effects. Real-time online collaboration possible.” (Account Required)
- Online tool
Storybird
- “A website that provides the user with a wonderful set of illustrations to create their own book. It also includes many examples of stories
- Professional Development
Apple Teaching Resources
- “The latest resources designed by Apple to inspire creativity in the classroom.”
- Online tool
WolframAlpha Computational Knowledge Engine
- “This online tool provides data based on computations from curated sources.”
- Online tool
Keevi
- Free capsule maker/ screen recorder (No Account Required)
- Online tool, Professional Development
Microsoft MakeCode (Only online)
- Bring “computer science to life for all students with fun projects, immediate results, and both block and text editors for learners at different levels.”
- Professional Development
Action Plan on Digital Technology
- “Resources for new technologies and support for their use in the classroom.”
- Online tool
Scratch Jr.
- “With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects,
- Video
Giving Credit The Creative Commons Way
- “This video shows students how to find copyright free photos and music using CC Search and how to attribute the sources correctly”
- Online tool, Professional Development
Québec Scratch Educator Meetup
- “ScratchEd Meetups are peer-designed professional learning experiences inspired by the unconference model.”
- Video
Creative Commons? What’s that?
- “What is Creative Commons and how can I use it? This video is adapted from the video “Creative Commons Kiwi”, which was created by
- Video
Copyright vs. Plagiarism
- What is the difference between copyright and plagiarism and how can they be prevented.
- Professional Development
Tablets & The Inquiry Process Use eBooks
- “This is the third in a series of films in which elementary school students learn how to research using The Inquiry Process and tablets.
- Online tool
Cartograf
- “Cartograf is an open-source, interactive and collaborative mapping and drawing application, built for students and teachers in Quebec. Anyone can create and share maps,
- Video
5 W’s of Web Evaluation (with voiceover)
- “Students can evaluate websites using the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where, why. “