Matching media to the curriculum

I came across a great website, Mapping Media to the Curriculum (opens in a new window), 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 (opens in a new window) 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.”