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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Creating a Persuasive Podcast
   Students learn how to get their voice out on the web when they research issues important to them and compose a persuasive podcast to post online.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Digital Reflections: Expressing Understanding of Content Through Photography
   Striking images can leave lasting impressions on viewers. In this lesson, students make text–self–world connections to a nature- or science-related topic as they collaboratively design a multimedia presentation.
   
3. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3, 5  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
   Exploring the Use of the iPad for Literacy Learning
   The goal of this investigation was to explore how a fourth grade teacher could integrate iPads into her literacy instruction to simultaneously teach print-based and digital literacy goals.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Hoax or No Hoax? Strategies for Online Comprehension and Evaluation
   Are your students easily fooled? You'll find out in this lesson in which students carefully and critically examine hoax websites to determine their validity.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Promoting Cultural Values Through Alphabet Books
   C is for Culture in this lesson in which students research a culture different from their own and compile an alphabet book that showcases cultural symbols for each letter of the alphabet.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Skimming and Scanning: Using Riddles to Practice Fact Finding Online
   Students will learn to skim and scan to make sure they don't flounder when they're surfing the Internet for facts to help them complete riddles about the United States.
   
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images
   Students will be monkeying around in this lesson when they create a digital class book in which they imagine what Curious George would do if he visited their school.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Traveling the Road to Freedom Through Research and Historical Fiction
   Students learn how to walk a mile in someone else's shoes by reading historical fiction about the Underground Railroad.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Minilesson
   Using the Internet to Facilitate Improved Reading Comprehension
   Could some common online activities actually improve reading comprehension? Understanding RSS feeds requires inferential thinking, as students use the summary to draw conclusions about the full content.