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e-Learning for Educators - Using Digital Portfolios to Foster Student Learning: Take an in-depth look at the power of digital portfolios to document student learning. Explore a variety of tools for creating and assembling digital portfolios, and investigate portfolio component criteria.; Take this course: Begins April 6.

digital game-based learning: Instructional method that incorporates educational content or learning principles into video games with the goal of engaging learners. Applications of digital game-based learning draw upon the constructivist theory of education.

Color-coded time: This lesson introduces telling time to the minute using the analog and digital clocks. The hands are color-coded to assist with hour and minute hand discrimination. The student will use the time on the digital clock, which can then be transferred to the more difficult analog clock.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Anne Clodfelter.

What time is it?: Students will learn to recognize analog and digital clocks. They will also gain skills to tell time to the hour on both clocks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics); By Alysia Baysden.

Habitat photo album: Students will use digital cameras and explore the outdoors searching ecosystems for opportunities to take pictures of different habitats and the components that go into them.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Science); By Colleen Buchauer and Lesley Brooks.

Digital game-based learning: Digital game-based learning (DGBL) is an instructional method that incorporates educational content or learning principles into video games with the goal of engaging learners. Applications of digital game-based learning draw upon the constructivist theory of education.; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

New machine shop in Plymouth, N.C.: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.12; Broadside advertisement for a machine shop opening in Plymouth, North Carolina, in 1880. Includes historical commentary.; Format: advertisement; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The effects of the Great Depression in North Carolina: This lesson is designed to give the students a better understanding of the personal effects of the Great Depression on the people of North Carolina. It also uses the student's creativity to help others understand these effects.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies and Theater Arts Education); By Yvonne Carroll.

Time - Light and shadow (visit): This lesson focuses on light and shadow. Students will examine several paintings at the Ackland Art Museum for light and shadow.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education); By Denise Young.

Postcards of the past: Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page, and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies); By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.

Probate inventory of Darby O'Brian, 1725: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.4; Probate inventory of a middle-class man from colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.; Format: inventory

Category fun: This is a unit on categorizing for Kindergartners. It spans approximately one week, using 30-45 minutes each day. It incorporates the use of multi-media.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics); By Cathy Palmer.

Kid-created biographies: In this lesson plan, the students will create biographies on the people they know best-- their teachers! The students will use various skills to collect information, organize details, publish the biographies and present the information.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills); By Gregg Farr, Lynn Beatty, and Tricia Freeze.

Reading picture books: resources for teachers: Illustrations, picturebook finding aids, and great picture book websites.; By Melissa Thibault.

African American Moravian log church: This small log church was built in Salem, North Carolina in 1823 as the Moravian church for African Americans. In 1861, the African American congregation moved to a larger brick church.; Format: image/photograph

St. Philip's Moravian church lot: This circa 1866 photograph shows Church Street in Salem, North Carolina. The old African American Moravian log church, built in 1823, can be seen near the center of the image -- it's a small building with two chimneys. The updated brick church, built in 1861,...; Format: image/photograph

African American school, Forsyth County: Circa 1870 photo of the first school for African Americans in Forsyth County. The school was built near Salem in 1867 on Moravian lands south of Salem Creek.; Format: image/photograph

Will of Susanna Robisson, 1709: In Colonial North Carolina, page 7.3; Will of a poor woman from colonial North Carolina. Includes explanations and photographs of items listed.; Format: will

Digital literature: Electronic books offer numerous benefits: They're usually searchable, they can be made instantly accessible to the visually impaired, they're often free, and, perhaps best of all, they're accessible right now. This list compiles some of the best sources for finding great works of literature on the Web.; Format: bibliography/help

A geometric field trip: Students conduct a field trip around the school (inside and out) looking for examples of geometric shapes. They record their findings using a digital camera and present their findings in a multimedia presentation.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Mathematics); By Mary Rizzo.

Using handheld technologies in schools: Originally marketed as a personal organizer for on-the-go business executives and ardent technophiles, personal digital assistants (PDAs) have evolved into handheld computing devices and have become one of the most ubiquitous electronic devices. Can these computing devices also be used to help fulfill the promise of educational computing? This series of articles from SEIRTEC is devoted to exploring the possibilities of handheld computing in K-12 schools.

Solar energy hot box: This hands-on science lesson is great because it allows students to get out of their seats and move about, as well as allows students to work in cooperative groups. The teacher is more of a facilitator and students are more in charge of their own learning processes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics and Science); By Nicole Albright.

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