Teacher of the Future TeacherTube Videos

NAIS Teachers of the Future Community was launched in January 2008!  The discussion forums cover everything from best practices for enhancing science lessons with technology, to a Tuareg Tea Ceremony that introduces students to a Craftmanship course. Math, Science, Globalism, Web 2.0, Journalism, Art, and Music are among the many topics that will be covered. 

Please learn more about the community by clicking on the educational videos below that are posted on TeacherTube.  To read more about the program and the teachers selected, please go to www.nais.org/go/teachersofthefuture.  Below, please find the videos posted by the 2008 Teachers of the Future cohort:

	Sherezada Acosta Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School (NY) Technology in Science Explore some of the different ways technology enhances students’ experiences as scientists.
	Holly Arida Cranbrook School (MI) Teaching World History for Tomorrow This method uses World History to teach students about contemporary global problems and explore solutions.
	Anna Baralt Shorecrest Preparatory School (FL) Kidspiration Using the Super Grouper Tool Students in first grade are introduced to the Kidspiration super grouper tool for sorting images from the picture library.
	Miguel Bayona Lawrenceville School (NJ) EquationPlotter Slope Field Program A description of EquationPlotter’s capabilities with a sample presentation of its Slope Field Plotter.
	David Boxer Windward School (CA) Stock Market Simulation In partnership with David Boxer, Windward mathematics instructor Ken Asher is using the latest in classroom technology and a technology-enhanced studio to give his students the opportunity to apply their mathematical knowledge by trading on a full-scale mock stock market simulation.
	Kevin Brookhouser York School (CA) GoogleDocs: Why I Don’t Use PowerPoint Anymore Using Google Docs presentations for the classroom.
	Pam Deringer Kent School (MD) Polymers and the Environment Watch a 4th grade science lesson featuring an experiment using oil absorbing polymers.  Connections to environmental studies are explored. This lesson is part of an integrated curriculum with an overarching theme of Chesapeake Bay Studies.
	Wendy Drexler Shorecrest Preparatory School (FL) The World is Your Classroom Open source opens doors to new ways of learning. One teacher explains how she uses open source tools with her high school students.
	Jill Graf Conserve School (WI) Macroinvertebrate Sampling Techniques Learn about macroinvertebrate sampling techniques used for the collection of aquatic insects from streams, rivers, and lakes.
	Brian Howard Moorestown Friends School (NJ) Top Ten Tech Tips and Toys for Music Teachers This video offers a top ten list of music technology tips for music directors and classroom teachers of music. It is the first in a series of videos that will explore the use of music software and hardware in teaching music, administering music programs, and running rehearsals.
	Chris Imhof Montessori School of Denver (CO) Integrating a Global Curriculum Using a nonlinear interactive Knowledge Web approach to integrating global curriculum students discover, learn, and apply collaborative, innovative, critical thinking, and problem solving skills towards 21st century global issues.
	Ashley Kizer Highlands School (AL) Moving Pictures Moving Students Teachers have been using video in the classroom for the past 50 years. Today we can use a vast number of innovative tools to harness the power and influence that moving pictures and sound have on our students. Three of the most useful and engaging uses of video are video podcasting, videoconferencing, and live streaming web video.
	Robin Long The Harley School (NY) Cambrian Clues A how-to look at the interdisciplinary skills developed via movie making with middle school students.
	Mary McPherson St. Martin's Episcopal School (GA) Teaching About Communities This lesson demonstrates the use of technology when teaching a 3rd grade unit on communities. We discuss three types of communities: urban, suburban, and rural. Students then use a program called Neighborhood MapMachine 2.0 to create three different communities representing urban, suburban ,and rural areas.
	Amy Morales Chesapeake Academy (MD) Strategies for Learning Academic Language Everyday This is a simple strategy to help students learn academic language.
	Nancy Schwartz Conserve School (WI) Tuareg Tea Ceremony A lesson from Introduction to Craftsmanship offered at Conserve School
	Christi Teasley St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School (TN) Threshold-Beginnings Using soil gathered from our campus, we created a Tennessee version of earth drawings inspired by the “threshold paintings” of Western India.
	Eric Walters Marymount School (NY) An Innovative Approach to the Study of Atmospheric Science In this video, teachers will learn about three innovative activities suitable for a high school earth science course and about one school’s web-based atmospheric science course.
	Eric Witzel Severn School (MD) Something Old Something New Journal Club Many Web 2.0 strategies are used daily in science classes around the country. In this video, we focus on how these strategies can enhance a traditional mode of scientific commutation. We explore Journal Club and see how Web 2.0 tools enhance and provide accessibility to modes of communication that are typically used by the scientific community. It is exciting that electronic networking tools make research-level science activities accessible to high school students.
	Karen Zwick Cold Spring School (CT) Building Podcasts with Empowered Learners Students at Cold Spring School created Podcasts at seven sites along the Mill River. The Podcasts include a historical perspective, interviews with various experts, and plant and animal information.

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