MyShakespeare is a resource for teaching Shakespeare in the digital age. Currently three plays are available: Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, and Macbeth (Julius Caesar is coming soon).
C-SPAN Classroom has a new lesson plan that is timely given the recent discussions about fake news stories created and shared through social media. Media Literacy & Fake News is a free lesson plan based on five C-SPAN videos featuring authors and other experts talking about the role of media in influencing how people think about political topics.
Inspark is a global team of educators and experts creating and sharing next-generation courses to revolutionize science education by teaching the subject as an exploration of the unknown, not just a mastery of the known. Inspark’s smart courseware includes “BioBeyond”(introductory biology course), “Habworlds”(general education science course), and “Inhabiting Earth”(course teaching chemistry principles through the interplay of matter and energy).
Choose To Be Nice is a social movement and global call to action dedicated to encouraging and inspiring kindness. The aim is to improve the way people interact with one another by reminding them that they have a choice about how to “be” in the world.
Like so many of the best radio shows and podcasts available today, RadioDiaries is rooted firmly in the tradition of Studs Terkel, the author, historian, and radio broadcaster who was the first to popularize the recording of everyday people around the country.