3. Provide your different leveled readers with resources they can read independently Find Lesson Plans, Assessments, Learning Games, Primary Sources Utilize Video, Interactive Media or Audio resources
4. Store resources in your own personal portfolio space… Create folders to better manage your resources. Build folders filled with digital content to share with others.
5. With a select group of teachers, students or even parents. With other users in your school. With other subscribing schools across your entire District.
6. Connect your users to more digital content Integrate additional online resources into your collection
Editor's Notes
I’m sure you’re aware that nT is a safe search engine. What you might not be aware of is it’s ability to quickly & easily differentiate your instruction.As educators you want to create an environment which allows for your students to experience:INDEPENDENT RESEARCHCRITICAL THINKING SKILLSCOLLABORATING W PEERSASSESSING KNOWLEDGEAnd ultimately…The ability for students to apply their learned knowledge to their everyday lives.nT ‘s 4 main components can help you accomplish all of that…
The 1st component is the most basic & widely known function – SEARCHING for safe resources. BUT did you know you can search for all kinds of resources such as:STATE STANDARDSASSESSMENTSLESSON PLANSIMAGES TIMELINESResources that include VIDEOLEARNING GAMESRESOURCES IN VARIOUS LANGUAGESOr even BUILD FAMOUS PERSON LISTSBasic search skills is great, but you want to learn how to quickly & easily narrow your search results. Which leads to the next component…
Which is DIFFERENTIATING your search results.nT’s refinement menus allow you, as educators, to personalize the learning for your various students.Select from various types of Learning AidsProvide content at appropriate reading levelsBring multimedia into your instruction through video, audio or interactive mediaBy properly refining your search results you’re able to discover resources for all types of learners, BUT you need a way to manage them
nT’s 3rd component gets organization.The Portfolio is the area that will store what you find in nT.Resources can be saved in a personal space accessible only to you because of your unique UN/PW.With your varied resources, you’ll want to manage them. Creating folders to store them will allow you to begin building digital content that you can ultimately share with others.Which brings about nT’s last component…
The ability to integrate.Once you’ve finalized your digital content, you can share the folders in community spaces such as a:CLASS – which allows a specific group of students, teachers or even parents to access the folders.SCHOOL – place your folders in the school portfolio for any user registered at your school to utilize.DISTRICT – Allow users at other subscribing schools within your District to explore the folders you’ve built.REMEMBER nT’s accessible 24/7. So you students (or even parents) can access resources anytime, anywhere.Going along with the integration feature, you can also include other online resources…
Integrate additional web resources into your digital content. One click can easily take a user from the Portfolio to another web resource for additional 21st century learning.
