Photo of the Month: Dahlia
I’m starting a new series with this photo post. I usually send photos back to the staff at the FCIT offices in Tampa, Florida, each week. Recently, one of the staff commented about how much she enjoyed receiving an interesting photo amidst all the work-related...
Tales for All
One of the “hidden gems” within the Lit2Go free audiobook website is the Folk & Fairy Tale collection. Here you will find the text and audio files for well over 300 tales. Some teachers may skip over that collection entirely, thinking that it’s primarily something...
Colorizing ClipArt: Using Gradient Maps
This week as I was creating a colorized illustration for our TIM website, I thought it was time to add a second installment to a series on colorizing clipart. The first post was “Colorizing ClipArt: Intro to Blending Modes”. That first post included...
Trace-Based Case: Railroads
This trace-based case is focused on the following question: How did railroads contribute to Florida’s economic and social development? In a trace-based case, begin with a trace of history, like an artifact, photo, painting, or other visual text. In this case, begin...
Audiobooks for English Language Learners
Lately, we’ve noticed a large influx of subscribers from countries where students are likely to study English as a second language. Although most of the new subscribers are primarily interested in the TIM and TIM Tools, I’d like to make sure that...
Trace-Based Case: Florida Explorers
What motivated explorers to take the long, hard journey to Florida? In a trace-based case, begin with a trace of history, like an artifact, photo, painting, or other visual text. Then, use a variety of sources to trace the historical evidence, using critical...
Using Holocaust Memorial Photos
In 2019, Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust will be observed from Sunday, April 28 through Sunday, May 5. This annual 8-day period is designated by the US Congress for commemorations and educational programs to remember and draw lessons from the...
NASA Trace-Based Case
Trace-Based Case: Economic Impact of NASA on Florida This is one lesson in a new series of Trace-Based Cases, critical thinking inquiry lessons, created by the USF Stavros Center demonstrating the use of digital content in the classroom. Trace-Based Cases begin with...
Paper Math Manipulatives from ClipArt ETC
The ClipArt ETC website includes nearly 10,000 Mathematics images. Here you can find everything from kindergarten counting posters to high school trig illustrations. Within the collection, you can find many items that can be printed out and used as manipulatives with...
Trace-Based Case: Florida Tourism
How does tourism impact Florida’s economy and growth? This is one lesson in a new series of Trace-Based Cases, critical thinking inquiry lessons, created by the USF Stavros Center, demonstrating the use of digital content in the classroom. Trace-Based Cases...
Immigration and Migration
This is one lesson in a new series of Trace-Based Cases, critical thinking inquiry lessons, created by the USF Stavros Center demonstrating the use of digital content in the classroom. Trace-Based Cases begin with a trace of something from the past, like an artifact,...
Civil War Resource Collection
The Florida Center for Instructional technology offers over a thousand Civil War resources for the classroom. Our collection includes texts, audiobooks, maps, photos, and illustrations. All are available for free classroom use. The Emancipation Proclamation Audiobook...
From Many Lands: Multicultural Education through Miniatures
The From Many Lands website is a great resource for reading and social studies at the elementary and middle school levels. Easily navigated by young students, the site pulls together engaging stories, interesting photos, and some basic information about each country....
Steamships Then and Now: Using Text Sets in the Social Studies Classroom
Collections of texts tightly focused on a specific topic are known as “text sets.” They may include varied genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and so forth) and media (such as blogs, maps, photographs, art, primary-source documents, and audio...
Hidden Gem: 21,000 Digital Buttons
This month’s “Hidden Gem” collection is from the Presentations ETC website. The Buttons section of this site includes over 21,000 images that can be used across subject areas from kindergarten counting exercises to high school application...
Using ClipArt ETC for Flyers and Newsletters
We all want to reduce paper usage and waste, but there are times when printing is necessary. You may be serving a community that does not have ready access to digital devices. You may be in a situation where posting announcements in public places is the best way to...
In Their Shoes: Identifying with Historic Characters
One of my favorite activities from our Hispanic Heritage iBook series is in the San Marcos iBook (Download). After students have read about the difficult time Florida Governor Don Pable do Hita Salazar had supervising the construction of the Castillo in St. Augustine,...
8 Real World Examples to Help Students Visualize Proportions from FCIT Resources
Understanding how to represent proportions, including fractions and percentages, is an important real-world math skill. FCIT has contemporary and historic photos, clip art, maps, and many other free resources that can provide examples of proportions as well as...
Historic Florida Maps and Google Earth
Old maps and new technology can be an exciting combination in the classroom. You may have noticed that many of the historic Florida maps on FCIT’s Maps ETC website include a link to a “Google Earth” file. If you click the “Google Earth”...
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