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The Giving Tree
Through Open Culture The Giving Tree is available; the same film is available on YouTube. The video below is the animated short film narrated by Shel Silverstein. Share it with your students or yourself!

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Planet Orange – Money Lessons for K-6 Students
by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne)

Planet Orange is a website developed by ING Direct for the purpose of helping elementary school students learn some basic money skills. Through a series of “missions” (games) to Planet Orange students gain or lose money. Students can design an avatar to represent themselves on their missions. The students gain invest or spend the money they gain to match their budgets and reach their goals.

Planet Orange offers teachers a series of lesson plans for students in grades K-7. The lessons are designed around student play in the Planet Orange environment. The highlight of the teacher section are two 65+ page activity books. The activity books include materials for pre-teaching important money-related vocabulary prior to having students go on Planet Orange missions. The activity books also include worksheets and lessons to build upon the student missions in Planet Orange.

Applications for Education
To use Planet Orange kids have to enter a parent’s email address so to use it in your classroom you will have to contact parents. That could be a good way to communicate with parents about what’s going on in your classroom. In the event that you can’t get students online to use Planet Orange, some of the lessons in the activity books could be used effectively without going online.

Tuesday, September 21st

10am PDT (US) / 1pm EDT (US) / 5pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
“PBS Franny’s Feet Training,” with host Corey Nascenzi. “Learn more about the science, social studies, language arts, & global awareness resources available from Franny’s Feet!”

http://www.learncentral.org/event/85959

10am PDT (US) / 1pm EDT (US) / 5pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
ELLUMINATE LIVE EVENTS
“Selling To The C- Suite ,” with presenter Dr. Steve Bistritz. “It’s the goal of every salesperson: getting access to senior client executives – the C-Level decision makers responsible for approving top-dollar deals.
http://www.learncentral.org/node/100514 (registration in advance is required)
11am PDT (US) / 2pm EDT (US) / 6pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
ELLUMINATE LIVE EVENTS
“Learning In Today’s World: Blending The Best Of Formal, Informal And Social
Approaches- A New Blended Model,” with presenter Lance Dublin. Join Lance to learn the distinctions between formal, informal, formally-informal, and social learning, and the learning theory behind them.
http://www.learncentral.org/node/102298 (registration in advance is required)
5pm PDT (US) / 8pm EDT (US) / 12am GMT/UTC (intl times):
“60-Second Video Contest,” with host Rushton Hurley. “Next Vista for Learning and CUE are doing a video contest, and you and your students can take part! Join this session to learn more.”

http://www.learncentral.org/event/98418

Wednesday, September 22nd

11am PDT (US) / 2pm EDT (US) / 6pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
ELLUMINATE LIVE EVENTS
“Websites Speak Louder Than Words ,” with presenters Aaron Sloman and Ron Rogowski. “Over the past decade, consumers have increasingly turned to digital media to get their news, connect with friends, and make sense of the world. As companies focus more on the Web, they need to differentiate themselves by going beyond just useful and usable experiences if they want to generate a lasting positive impression.
http://www.learncentral.org/node/102299 (registration in advance is required)
3pm PDT (US) / 6pm EDT (US) / 10pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
“You Think You Know Google Search Part 1: Googling,” with host Rochelle Rodrigo. “We all do it, Google when we want to know something; however, do we really get the results we want? Come to this webinar to learn tips and tricks to harness the power of the Google search engine. We’ll also talk about ways to incorporate advanced Google search strategies into assignments to help students gain critical information literacies.”

http://www.learncentral.org/event/92758

6:30pm PDT (US) / 9:30pm EDT (US) / 1am GMT/UTC (next day) (intl times):
MATH 2.0 SERIES
“Math 2.0 Weekly: Equalis”, with host Maria Droujkova. “During the event, we will discuss the new hub Equalis with its president Carmine ‘MathMob’ Napolitano.”

http://www.learncentral.org/event/96641

6:30pm PDT (US) / 9:30pm EDT (US) / 1am GMT/UTC (next day) (intl times):
“CSLA Smackdown – Web2.0”, with host Marie Slim. Join this webinar for a Web 2.0 Smackdown Ideas brainstorm and planning session.
http://www.learncentral.org/event/99936 (2.5 hour session)

Thursday, September 23rd

11am PDT (US) / 2pm EDT (US) / 6pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
“Dual Exceptionality – Gifted Children & Learning Difficulties,” with presenters Margaret Keane and Anna Giblin. “In this webinar Margaret Keane and Anna Giblin of Giftedkids.ie will explore this complex area and look at a range of learning difficulties which can be found amongst the gifted population, most specifically Aspergers, ADHD and Dyslexia.”

http://www.learncentral.org/event/93109

3:30pm PDT (US) / 6:30pm EDT (US) / 10:30pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
THE AUSTRALIA SERIES
“Australia Elluminate Users,” with host Coach Carole. Join Coach Carole for this one day online conference.

http://www.learncentral.org/event/99757

4PDT (US) / 7pm EDT (US) / 11pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
“Kick Off the Year with VSTE,” with host Karen Richardson. Join this webinar to preview upcoming events from the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE). VSTE provides professional development events and access to online resources for educators.

http://www.learncentral.org/event/98344

4pm PDT (US) / 7pm EDT (US) / 11pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
EDUBLOGS SERIES
“Edublogs Fine Focus – Going LIVE & PAPERLESS with GoogleDocs.” Join Jo Hart for a look at the many ways of using Googledocs. Ellena Bethea will focus on how she uses Google Spreadsheets, Google Drawings, and Google Forms to eliminate worksheets in the high school classroom, with an emphasis on high school science. Ellena is a fourth year high school chemistry teacher at a private school in Manhattan. Her focus is finding ways to use technology to enhance inquiry and learning in the classroom.

http://www.learncentral.org/event/101930

Saturday, September 25th

9am PDT (US) / 12pm EDT (US) / 4pm GMT/UTC (intl times):
“Teacher Feature Webinar,” with hosts Kim Caise, Lorna Costantini and Peggy George. Join the Classroom 2.0 LIVE co-hosts for their first session in the monthly “Teacher Feature” series. Zoe Branigan-Pipe will be the first teacher featured and is a sixth grade teacher from Hamilton, Ontario in Canada.

http://www.learncentral.org/node/102308

Bring It to Class: Unpacking Pop Culture in Literacy Learning (Grades 4 through 12)

by Margaret Hagood, Donna Alvermann, and Alison Heron-Hruby

ERIC Abstract:

Students’ backpacks bulge not just with oversize textbooks, but with paperbacks, graphic novels, street lit, and electronics such as iPods and handheld video games. This book is about unpacking those texts to explore previously unexamined assumptions regarding their usefulness to classroom learning. With a strong theoretical grounding and many practical examples, the authors speak to both skeptical instructors who favor traditional canonical literature and to technology enthusiasts who already use popular music or video in their classrooms. Each chapter includes teacher, administrator, media specialist, librarian, and student voices; classroom activities; adaptable lessons; and professional study-group questions. “Bring It to Class” features: (1) A researched rationale for using pop culture in middle school and secondary classrooms as well as school libraries and media centers; (2) Field-tested teaching approaches that will connect adolescents with school-based learning and motivate their literacy practices in and out of class; and (3) An easy-to-use format that includes classroom vignettes, sample lessons, and a glossary of key terms.