Elevating School Librarians As Curriculum Creators and Collaborators
Sharing Learning Resources Strengthens Teaching Practice
ISKME’s “Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning” project builds networks of teacher collaborators around OER authoring and sharing
School Librarians: Selecting the Best Anchor Text for STEM Learning
An anchor text is the central text around which a lesson or unit is built. This may be, for example, a narrative piece, a data set, or an image. Students across disciplines engage with this anchor text throughout a lesson or unit, using it as base upon which to build skills and knowledge.
Four Criteria Offered by Subject Expert Joanna Schimizzi
The Well-Rounded Lesson: History and Common Core Math Come Together As Teachers, and Students, Collaborate
Try this teacher-created lesson on OER Commons: “Cross Curricular Approach to the Child Labor Practices of the 1800s and 1900s Industrial Revolution”
When Teachers and Standards Meet on Polar Ice: Inquiry, Literacy, and Rigor
ISKME’s “Teachers Advancing Common Core Learning” project addresses teachers’ familiarity with Common Core standards and multi-disciplinary learning through their collaborative authoring of new and adapted curriculum