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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Beguiling Billboards: Finding Inspiration along the Road
   For this activity, teens study "Pass It On" billboards created by The Foundation for a Better Life either online or on-the-go, and create an original billboard and inspirational phrase for a person of their choosing.
2. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
   Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
3. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Critical Literacy at the Intersections of Sport and Society
   This interactive Web seminar will explore the ways teachers can foster critical literacy practices by engaging students in the meaningful study of sports culture.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and the B-D-A Reading Strategy
   History takes on new dimensions in this interactive multimedia lesson that emphasizes the B-D-A approach to research as students investigate the experiences of people with disabilities since the early 1800s.
5. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Tip & How-To
   How to Start a Writer's Notebook
   Writer's notebooks allow children and teens to take in the world around them and document their daily lives. Use these tips to learn how to start a writer's notebook with your child.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 31
   Jackie Robinson was born on this day in 1919.
   Students read messages sent to the White House from Jackie Robinson and discuss his role as an athlete and a civil rights activist, as well as the role of athletes in society.
7. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Podcast Episode
   More Than Sports Stories
   Tune in to hear about works of sports fiction and nonfiction that explore issues of identity and belonging, courage and equal rights, and changes over time in American history and culture.
   
8. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   On Demand Web Seminar Package: Literacy Across the Disciplines
   Take the guesswork out of choosing the best on demand Web seminars while building your professional library on teaching literacy across all content areas.
9. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Speak to Me: Teaching with Voki
   Through Voki, a Web 2.0 tool, students create customizable avatars for class presentations for various purposes, such as presenting biographical information, expressing an opinion, or reading a poem.
10. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Activity & Project
    Special Memories & Significant Moments: Making an Electronic Scrapbook
    Using a variety of artifacts, mementos, and technologies, teens can create an electronic scrapbook of their most important moments in high school.

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