by Roy Winkelman | Jun 29, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This bridge is less than 200 years old, but it isn’t substantially different from bridges built 2,000 years ago. The arch bridge is one of the earliest forms of bridges. I am fascinated by bridges because they often combine both engineering and aesthetics. The...
by Roy Winkelman | Jun 28, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
We recently received a request from the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument to use our Lit2Go recording of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address in a video they were preparing about the Monument. Their finished video can be...
by Roy Winkelman | May 22, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | May 22, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | May 21, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | May 20, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | May 9, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | Apr 27, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | Apr 27, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | Apr 26, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | Apr 26, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
Parents, if you have children at home due to school closings or vacation periods, the Lit2Go free audiobook website is a great resource to keep students reading and learning. You’ll find plenty of age-appropriate reading passages, audio files, and activity...
by Roy Winkelman | Apr 25, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
With many people sheltering inside and many great national parks closed to visitors this month, instead of a single photo of the month, I selected 20 photos of the great outdoors just to enjoy. Sit back, relax, and imagine the call of birds or the thundering of a...
by Roy Winkelman | Mar 28, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
I took this photo nearly ten years ago for the ClipPix ETC website. At the time, I had intentions to create a whole series of photos illustrating various proverbs, aphorisms, and idioms.Well, the series never happened, but the first image is still a good one for class...
by Roy Winkelman | Mar 28, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
April has been recognized as National Poetry Month in the US since 1996 and in Canada since 1998. It is organized by the Academy of American Poets whose website provides additional resources. “Poem in Your Pocket Day” is celebrated on April 30th....
by Deborah Kozdras | Feb 25, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Once Upon a Dime, Little Books Solve Big Problems
In this new series, we will use classic children’s tales to introduce problems and have students come up with solutions. For example, in this activity, we will discuss Peter Rabbit’s decisions and help him decide which vegetables to grow in his new garden. This lesson...
by Roy Winkelman | Feb 22, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Lit2Go Audiobooks
(Our friends from Australia and elsewhere in the Southern Hemisphere will probably prefer to celebrate the March equinox with our collection of autumn poetry on Lit2Go.) The rich sensory descriptions in poetry offer an additional avenue to understanding seasonal...
by Roy Winkelman | Feb 22, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
For the many new subscribers in the past month, this post is one in a series that each feature a photo from FCIT’s ClipPix ETC website. Each month I select one photo and provide various classroom connections, discussion questions, or related content. I took this...
by Roy Winkelman | Jan 29, 2020 | Using Digital Content
ALERT! Not a Florida teacher? Don’t run off! You can use this collection even if your students never study or have even heard of Florida. In fact, the less your students know about Florida, the more they’ll have to rely their map reading and research skills. One map...
by Roy Winkelman | Jan 27, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This is a model of something that existed in Pennsylvania between 1834 and 1854. So that you can better see the details, here are several additional views. Click on any photo to enlarge it. This is a great photo for a class discussion. What is a boat doing on a train?...
by Deborah Kozdras | Jan 26, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Once Upon a Dime, Little Books Solve Big Problems
In this series, we are using classic children’s tales to introduce problems and have students come up with solutions. For example, in this activity, you will meet Bessy, the great granddaughter of one of the Twelve Dancing Princesses. Bessy inherited all of the dressy...