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6. Adobe Express Video: Digital Film about a Holiday or Celebration

Activity Description

Asian New Year
Source: Unsplash (License: Creative Commons 1.0)
Students work alone or with a classmate or small group of students to create a digital film about a holiday or celebration in their native country.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
7. Algebra2go: Pre-Algebra Math

Activity Description

Algebra2Go
Source: Algebra2Go Homepage (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 

This Web site is filled with tools to assist teachers as they set up their math course as well as students looking for individual help. The site includes class notes, video worksheets, video lectures (using different formats if you cannot access YouTube), homework sets, topic quizzes to assess if students are able to skip the topic, and much more.

 

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, ESL: English as a Second Language, CTE: Career Technical Education

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, Intermediate High, Advanced
8. Amazing Places in the USA

Activity Description

Devil
Source: Pixabay by Jim Jorstad (License: CC0/Public Domain)

 

Students have conversation about favorite places, learn about a United States national monument by watching a video and answering questions, and then select a place in the U.S. to research and present on.

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Program Areas

ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

Intermediate High, Advanced
9. Animoto: Vocabulary

Activity Description

Animoto Vocabulary Template
Source: Animoto Vocabulary Template (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
  1.  Using Animoto, assign one term or item on a vocabulary list to individual students or small groups to make slideshows that can be posted on a Web page.
  2. Use the built-in music choices or upload music (must be an mp3 audio file). Among Animoto's built-in music choices are Top 40, Indie Rock, Electronica, HipHop, Latin, Jazz, Classical, Country, and others submitted by musicians.
  3. Add images and choose special effects.
Animoto is free for making 30-second videos if you request an Educational account when you register. Other Animoto accounts are paid, but you can get a free one-year account for 50 students. Go to the Web Site URL listed below. Scroll down to "Are you a teacher?" You can reapply each year.

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation, ASE: High School Diploma, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Low, Intermediate, High, All Levels, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
10. Bodies in Motion-Using Tables to create rules

Activity Description

Bodies in Motion
Source: Bodies in motion by Christina Hyatt (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
 
Students will learn how to use tables to describe patterns as rules both in words and in algebraic notation. 

 

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Program Areas

ABE: Adult Basic Education, ESL: English as a Second Language, CTE: Career Technical Education, AwD: Adults with Disabilities

Levels

Low, Beginning High, Intermediate Low, Intermediate High, Advanced
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