I came across a great website, Mapping Media to the Curriculum , that could help teachers and students demonstrate what they have learned using digital media. By asking the simple question, “What do you want to CREATE today?” teachers can choose from a graphic menu of options, including Interactive Writing, Puppet Video, Simulation, Geo-Map, and others. Within each choice, teachers can read a definition, get a sense of the workflow required to create the product, and a list of tools (both free and for purchase) that can be used. Finally, and perhaps most helpfully to teachers new to a technology, finished examples of projects real kids have done.

Mapping Media to the Curriculum could be of great help to teachers working within the Common Core State Standards, especially the standards related to developing students who “use technology and digital media strategically and capably.”

Mapping Media to the Curriculum

About the Author

Joanne Meier has more than 20 years of experience in the field of education, including serving on the faculty at the University of Virginia for six years where she trained reading specialists and future classroom teachers. Dr. Meier was Reading Rockets’ research-to-practice consultant from 2002 to 2014, where she wrote the Page by Page blog — sharing best practices in supporting young readers at home and in the classroom.

Publication Date
December 13, 2012

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Common Core Standards, Content Area Literacy, Curriculum and Instruction, Struggling Readers, Ed Tech and Digital Media
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