This is a 4 day series of lessons designed to familiarize students with 3D design and computer aided design using Google SketchUp.
Use this at the beginning of school to teach call numbers. Edit the slides for your library-specific call numbers.
Learn more about how to find a career – or volunteer job! – in the vastly varied field of wildlife, as we highlight a wide range of backgrounds and education paths that can lead people to work with wildlife. The range of career paths that lead to working with wildlife is about as varied as the actual wildlife all around us. This episode features several different people working with or for wildlife, highlighting a collection of stories from their daily lives. Learn more about how to find a career – or volunteer job! – in this field, including the range of backgrounds and education paths that can lead people to work with wildlife. Even with a diversity of people, organizations, and agencies, roles, and responsibilities, a number of these professionals work together for a common goal of helping protect wildlife and the environment.
This module is designed for adult learners. It is part of a series of learning modules that encourage them to learn about a topic, consider how to integrate it into K-12 curriculum, and then create or apply their knowledge in some way. This module focuses on making and makerspaces.
Provided here for your use, distribution, and remix are three templates produced by Kindred Grey and Anita Walz at the Virginia Tech Newman Library. We ask that you abide by the CC By 4.0 license in which you attribute the creation of the templates to Kindred Grey using the following citation.Agricultural Cyberbiosecurity Template. Kindred Grey. 2023. CC BY 4.0.
This is an online activity for students to compare and constrast settings,characters, and plot events.Students will design a storyboard using four to eight panels that will include digital props, characters, background settings, and character speech bubbles. Upon completion of comic story, students may print projects to share with others.
This webinar is from February 23, 2023, featuring Keisha Tennessee and Calypso Gilstrap from VDOE's Office of STEM and Innovation. Objectives: Ensure understanding of the Computer Science (CS) and Digital Learning Integration (DLI) Standards of LearningProvide educators with a lesson example that addresses CS and DLI standardsDefine the instructional practice of integration and provide examples of CS and DLi integration Examples are related to Advanced AI and ChatGPT
Teachers read aloud an eBook about computer systems. Teacher guide includes questioning activities and suggested follow-ups for after reading.
This activity aims to engage middle-school students with cyberbiosecurity topics through a murder mystery-style puzzle. As the narrator, you will set the cybercrime scene and provide breadcrumbs along the way. Your students will serve as investigators, drawing connections between agricultural and computer science topics while they solve the crime. This activity is part of the Agricultural Cyberbiosecurity Education Resource Collection that contains resources for formal and non-formal agricultural educators working with middle school aged youth. Published as Open Educational Resources, all resources are provided in durable (pdf) and customizable (MS Word) formats. They are hosted on GoOpenVA in a unique resource collection, Ag Cybersecurity Virginia Tech, at https://goopenva.org/curated-collections/143 and on on Virginia Tech’s stable repository, VTechWorks at https://doi.org/10.21061/cyberbiosecurityThis work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields (WAMS) Grants Program, award #2020-38503-31950.
This activity aims to engage middle-school students with cyberbiosecurity topics through a murder mystery-style puzzle. As the narrator, you will set the cybercrime scene and provide breadcrumbs along the way. Your students will serve as investigators, drawing connections between agricultural and computer science topics while they solve the crime. This activity is part of the Agricultural Cyberbiosecurity Education Resource Collection that contains resources for formal and non-formal agricultural educators working with middle school aged youth. Published as Open Educational Resources, all resources are provided in durable (pdf) and customizable (MS Word) formats. They are hosted on GoOpenVA in a unique resource collection, Ag Cybersecurity Virginia Tech, at https://goopenva.org/curated-collections/143 and on on Virginia Tech’s stable repository, VTechWorks at https://doi.org/10.21061/cyberbiosecurityThis work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields (WAMS) Grants Program, award #2020-38503-31950.
This section includes recorded and archived webinars on the topics of digital citizenship, internet safety, parenting around technology and other related topics. For new free webinars and additional recordings see Digital Respons-Ability's website.
Teachers will need to make a copy of the digital activity prior to using it.Students will complete a slide that will describe them and show a photo.
The scribble tool in Tinkercad is a quick and easy way to get youngers students (K-2) designing and creating objects for 3D printing. This video will help teachers and ITRTs get started using this resource with students!
Students will explore the continents and oceans by using playdough maps, felt maps, and coloring to help them locate and remember their locations.
This fidget book was designed to be used in digital citizenship and internet safety lessons for elementary students. It has lesson supports, coloring pages, self-reflection guides and more.
A guide to locating public domain and creative commons resources, mostly focusing on images
A guide to locating public domain and creative commons resources, mostly focusing on images
Attached is the instructor powerpoint and guide. The idea is that the individual training teachers can pick these resources up and begin training. Much of what you will find are Norfolk Public Schools related, but resources can be revised to reflect your district. Canvas Level One Instructional Video - https://youtu.be/gMxdVNKxjQU?list=PLOS5Pas2o8jQRJwar9j0Q7gT_qdycrimX
This guide was created for a district trainer to pick up and provide training on basic Zoom functions. This guide has experienced multiple iterations and will continue to do so as trainers continue providing feedback. The guide is specifically for Norfolk Public Schools but can be revised to represent your district. Zoom Level One Instructional Video (Desktop/Laptop) - https://youtu.be/6OFgn8DB69UZoom Level One Instructional Video (iOS) - https://youtu.be/X5LI9lOrOag
Students will play an interactive game while learning how to be internet smart. Students will learn the fundamentals of digital literacy: sharing, kindness, security, determining what's real and what's fake, and reporting. This game comes with a full curriculum guide: https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-interland.appspot.com/en-us/hub/pdfs/Google_BeInternetAwesome_DigitalCitizenshipSafety_2019Curriculum.pdf