Connecting music to reading, math, and science!

At this site, Phil shares a large number of free music activities and arts integration lessons that connect music to reading, math, and science.  In addition, he posts information on his latest music education products.  There are many links to all of his free arts integration resources, multimedia activities, and homemade instrument projects.  
It's not just for music teachers so check it out!

Click here to check out this cool site!

Tech Tip - Spring Cleaning

Though Mother Nature may not realize it, Spring is officially here. Along with warmer, sunnier days (eventually) is the Spring Cleaning Feeling. A sudden urge to throw open the windows and scrub parts of your house that haven't seen daylight in months!


Don't forget it is a great time to spring clean your technology, too. Popsugar has put together 31 terrific tips for tech cleaning. One for every day of the month. Click here to check out tips from cleaning the outside of your phone, to organizing photos on your laptop, to deleting unused apps.

https://www.popsugar.com/tech/Spring-Clean-Your-Tech-Roundup-22455564?ref=0

Epic! - Books for Kids

Epic! for Educators is available for FREE to all US and Canada-based elementary school teachers and librarians. It provides unlimited access to thousands of high-quality titles. It is available on the iPad, iPhone, and in any web browser. ENJOY!!!

Battle of the Classrooms:  Microsoft, Google, Apple, Vie for K-12 Market

Check out this great comparison of three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies — Microsoft, Google, Apple and how they each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students.

Click here to see the full comparison!

Fake News! Resources for News Literacy

"The flood of fake news, propaganda, rumors, and advertising that often masquerade as news has made it harder than ever to separate fact from fiction.

News Literacy can help students of all ages recognize the differences between fact and rumor, news and advertising, news and opinion, and bias and fairness."

Stony Brook University

Center for News Literacy

With the recent onslaught of fake news stories flooding our media stream, information literacy skills have moved to the forefront of our teaching objectives.

Resources for teaching news literacy include:

Stony Brook University's Center for News Literacy's Course Building Guide and 2017 Course Pack

Newseum ED's free learning tools

Newsela's The Phenomenon of Fake News text set

PBS NewsHour's Media Literacy Lesson Plans

LibraryGirl's Tips for Spotting Fake News

The Three Village School District's team of Information Specialists are also moving to tackle fake news, warehousing resources and developing lessons.  Please stop by your building's Information Center for support.

Shorten A Web Address With Google URL Shortener

You can shorten URLs to make them easier to share using the Google URL shortener.
You can see how many people have clicked on your URL by visiting goo.gl

Visit the "How-To" link below for directions on how to use this great tool!  Remember to sign into your Google account for complete access!  

How to use The Google URL Shortener

Newsela combines real-time assessments with differentiated content from premier daily news sources like the Associated Press, Washington Post, and Scientific American and eminent nonfiction publishers like Smithsonian, The King Center, and Biography.com. Newsela makes reading to learn relevant, interesting, and effective regardless of interest or ability. All articles are published at five reading levels.  This is a great reading tool for your classroom and it's free!

https://newsela.com