Instructional Video5:59
Lesson Planet

EdTech Tuesdays: Bing in the Classroom

2nd - Higher Ed
More than a search engine, Bing in the Classroom, also known as Bing for Education, is a teaching tool, providing lesson plans, professional development, and community discussions. The narrators model how to access the various features...
Lesson Plan9:04
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TED-Ed

A Digital Reimagining of Gettysburg

9th - 12th
Why would Robert E. Lee order Pickett's Charge, an action that changed the course of the Civil War? Geographer and historian Anne Knowles uses digital technology to explain what she thinks is the missing piece in trying to understand...
Instructional Video10:26
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Crash Course

Exercise: Crash Course Study Skills #10

7th - 12th
There's a big test in school next week—time to hit the gym! The final video in a playlist on study skills focuses on the relationship between bodily movement and brain development, and how regular exercise can improve school performance.
Instructional Video9:00
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Crash Course

Papers and Essays: Crash Course Study Skills #9

7th - 12th Standards
Your research paper is due tomorrow, and you're staring at the dreaded blank screen. How can you avoid this problem next time? Watch a short, informative video on writing papers and essays to review the importance of the writing process...
Instructional Video8:50
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Crash Course

Test Anxiety: Crash Course Study Skills #8

7th - 12th
Many students experience test anxiety, keeping them from performing their best and showing what they truly know. A helpful video guides stressed-out learners through negativity bias with a set of tips and explanations to help them get...
Instructional Video8:59
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Crash Course

Studying for Exams: Crash Course Study Skills #7

7th - 12th Standards
The test is tomorrow, so you should stay up all night to study—right? Teach middle and high schoolers that cramming is not the answer with a short video on studying for exams. It covers ways to address possible constraints on studying,...
Instructional Video10:27
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Crash Course

Procrastination: Crash Course Study Skills #6

7th - 12th Standards
Is it true that we are evolutionarily programmed to procrastinate? Sort of. Learn how the factors of expectancy and short-term rewards can contribute to procrastination, how they are related to the habits of our ancestors, how...
Instructional Video10:13
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Crash Course

Focus and Concentration: Crash Course Study Skills #5

7th - 12th Standards
Daydreamers and multi-taskers beware: some of your preconceived notions about work and attention are about to be proven wrong. A video about the importance of focusing on one task at a time—and the cognitive disadvantages of becoming...
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

Online Reputation and Cyber-bullying

7th - 12th
Combat cyberbullying with information. During this plan, learners watch a couple of videos, consider online behavior scenarios, brainstorm long- and short-term consequences, and discuss how to react to bullying in order to build up to...
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

Copyright

7th - 12th
Introduce your class to the concept of copyright with a series of activities. Pupils first learn about copyright laws and fair use, putting their knowledge to the test with a quick categorizing task. They then watch a video and answer...
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

Privacy Part 2

7th - 12th
Why is online privacy so important? Explore privacy with a group assignment for which pupils create word clouds with words they associate with privacy. A discussion and online activity follow. Learners will read articles, explore the...
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

Policy - The Community Guidelines

7th - 12th
Following a site's community guidelines is just one step toward being an excellent digital citizen. After a brief introductory video, small groups come up with their own community guidelines and present their ideas to come up with a...
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

Detecting Lies & Harmful Links

7th - 12th
Who and what can you trust online? How do you know? After viewing a pair of introductory videos on positive and safe online conduct, learners discuss the content and put it into practice during an online search activity about alien...
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

What Makes YouTube Unique

7th - 12th
Start off a unit on YouTube with an introduction to the service and all that it offers. Learners watch various video clips before participating in a brief discussion about YouTube. The plan includes an activity based around...
Instructional Video1:38
Curated OER

How to Be Bold with HTML

9th - 12th
Katie, a high schooler shows viewers how to create a web page with images and text using code. Her example product is a colorful web page, with a surprise message. Who knew web design could be so easy.
Lesson Plan4:55
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Curated Video

Safety Mode

7th - 12th
Teach your YouTube users how to protect themselves from offensive content with a mini lesson on Safety Mode. The teacher presents information about Safety Mode, and then demonstrates how it can be turned on and off. Learners...
Instructional Video0:58
Curated OER

How to Make a Movie Not an Animation

7th - 12th
This is not animation, it just looks that way. This brief explanation describes how to make a movie using PowerPoint and iMovie software. For individuals familiar with these tools, this clip could be a big help.
Instructional Video
Other

Code.org: The Internet: How Search Works

9th - 10th
Join John, Google's Chief of Search and AI, and Akshaya, from Microsoft Bing, to find out how search really works. They cover everything from how special programs called "spiders" scan the Internet before you even type in your search...
Instructional Video
Other

Netsafe Net Basics

9th - 10th
New Zealand-based cybersafety organization provides access to entertaining, educational animated videos on topics associated with online safety and media awareness. Find episodes on the dangers of downloading, firewalls, phishing,...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Brain Teasers: Toggler Brain Teaser

9th - 10th
Video explaining how to solve a brain teaser involving five people. Four of the people are togglers--they alternate between lying and telling the truth--and the fifth person always tells the truth. The goal of the teaser is to figure out...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Brain Teasers: Blue Forehead Room

9th - 10th
Video explains the following brain teaser: One-hundred perfect logicians are blindfolded and each has their forehead painted blue. They all enter a room with the lights off, sit in a circle, and the lights are turned on. Each logician...
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Learning and Literacy Centers

9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing literacy centers straight to your fingertips.
Instructional Video
Other

Moore Public Schools: #Think Twice Your Digital Footprint Matters

9th - 10th
Moore Public Schools interviewed students, principals, counselors, university professors, admissions officers, college coaches, law officials, and more to dive into the consequences of creating a negative digital footprint. Abigail Ogle...
Instructional Video
Stanford University

Stanford University: A Fair(y) Use Tale

9th - 10th
Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms. [10:13]