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Learn360: Videos, Maps, and Interactives
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Activity Description
In this activity, you will search Learn360 for at least one resource to share with your students. Consider creating a folder or a playlist.
Learn360 offers more than 370,000 videos, interactives, maps, and experiments to enhance your lessons. Teachers working at California agencies can get their own FREE account through OTAN. Learn360 resources can be used in your classroom, and linked, downloaded, or embedded in Google Classroom, Moodle, Canvas, or on your class Website.
Preparation
- Decide on a topic.
- Search Learn360 by keyword or standard.
- Place appropriate resources in a folder or create a playlist.
- Decide on the way you will share your resource. If you are sharing a video in class, be sure to check to be sure you can view it in your classroom. Remember, you can always download your resource. If you are embedding or linking a resource, be sure to preview the site with your students.
- Check for any Educator Resources and make copies, if needed.
- Decide how you will assess student learning. Create a worksheet or oral questions.
Teacher Tips
Teachers working at California agencies can get their own FREE account through OTAN. If you are interested in signing up for an account to access the Learn360 content, please fill out the sign-up form (This will open a Google form titled “OTAN Learn360 account request.”) OTAN will help you create an account once the form is complete. There is no cost to create this account.
Program Areas
- ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
- ABE: Adult Basic Education
- ESL: English as a Second Language
- ASE: High School Diploma
- CTE: Career Technical Education
- AwD: Adults with Disabilities
Levels
- All Levels
- All Levels
Lesson Plan
- Have students reflect on previous lessons and share with a partner.
- Connect the topic with previous content.
- Introduce your topic and why it is important to your students.
- Give students time to share their thoughts on the importance of the topic.
Learn360 and Classroom Video on Demand work well in the blended classroom. Students can watch the video or complete the activity at their own pace at home. This works best using a Learning Management System (LMS) such as Canvas, Moodle, or Google Classroom; however, videos can also be downloaded and viewed in the classroom.
1. Present your lesson.
2. Show the video and discuss.
1. Share the link to the video or activity so that students can review and practice their skills. This can be done outside of the classroom.
2. Review the activity or video one more time and ask if there are any questions.
3. Give the students a practice sheet and have them work in small groups as they complete it.
1. Create another practice sheet and have students complete it on their own.
2. Review any gaps in their understanding.
1. Have students discuss in small groups the importance of the lesson to their daily lives.
2. Have students share with the class their thoughts.
Subjects
- Basic Communication
- Communicate in interpersonal interactions
- Communicate regarding personal information
- Community Resources
- Understand concepts of time and weather
- Consumer Economics
- Demonstrate financial literacy skills
- Understand consumer protection measures
- Understand how to manage household finances
- Understand how to purchase and maintain an automobile and interpret driving regulations
- Understand methods and procedures to obtain housing and related services
- Understand methods and procedures used to purchase goods and services
- Understand procedures for the care, maintenance, and use of personal possessions
- Use information to identify and purchase goods and services
- Use measurement and money
- Electives
- Career Exploration
- Intro to Computers
- Employment
- Communicate effectively in the workplace
- Demonstrate effectiveness in working with other people
- Effectively manage workplace resources
- Effectively use common workplace tools and technology
- Understand basic principles of getting a job
- Understand concepts and materials related to job performance and training
- Understand how organizational systems function, and operate effectively within them
- Understand wages, benefits, employee rights, and concepts of employee organizations
- Understand work-related safety standards and procedures
- English Language Arts
- American Literature
- English 1-4
- Journalism
- Literature
- Speech
- World Literature
- Language Arts - Reading
- Analysis
- Comprehension
- Inference and Interpretation
- Synthesis and Generalization
- Language Arts - Writing
- Language Facility
- Organization of Ideas
- Writing Conventions
- Learning and Thinking Skills
- Demonstrate ability to use critical thinking skills
- Demonstrate ability to use problem-solving skills
- Demonstrate study skills
- Demonstrate the ability to use information and communication technology
- Demonstrate the ability to view the media critically
- Identify or demonstrate effective skills and practices in accomplishing goals
- Understand aspects of and approaches to effective personal management
- Math
- Algebra
- Calculus
- Math
- Compute using decimal fractions
- Compute using fractions
- Compute using whole numbers
- Compute with percents, rate, ratio, and proportion
- Math
- Consumer Math
- Conversions
- Decimals
- Math
- Demonstrate measurement skills
- Demonstrate pre-computation skills
- Math
- Fractions
- Geometry
- Integrated Math
- Math
- Interpret data from graphs and compute averages
- Math
- Math Electives
- Percentages
- Pre-Algebra
- Proportions
- Trigonometry
- Math
- Use estimation and mental arithmetic
- Use expressions, equations, and formulas
- Use statistics and probability
- Math
- Whole Number Skills
- Mathematics
- Algebraic Concepts
- Data Analysis/Probability/Statistics
- Measurement/Geometry
- Numbers and Operations on Numbers
- Reading
- Employability
- Learning to Learn
- Vocabulary
- Reasoning Through Language Arts
- Essays
- Literary Texts (Fiction, Poetry, Drama)
- Mechanics (Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling)
- Nonfiction Texts
- Organization
- Sentence Structure
- Usage
- Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth Science
- General Science
- Health and Life Science
- Physical Science
- Physics
- Science Electives
- Social Studies
- American Government
- Economics
- Social Studies Electives
- U.S. History
- World History
- Writing
- Basic Sentences
- Mechanics (Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling)
- Paragraph Skills
- Parts of Speech
- Report Writing
CTE Sectors
- Education, Child Development, and Family Services
- Energy, Environment, and Utilities
- Health Science and Medical Technology
- Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation
- Information and Communication Technologies
CTE Anchor Standards
- Anchor Standard 1: Academics - Analyze and apply appropriate academic standards required for successful industry sector pathway completion leading to postsecondary education and employment. Refer to the industry sector alignment matrix for identification of standards.
- Anchor Standard 2: Communications - Language Standard: Acquire and accurately use general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the (career and college) readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
- Anchor Standard 3: Career Planning and Management - Speaking and Listening Standard: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any discrepancies among the data.
- Anchor Standard 4: Technology - Writing Standard: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments and information.
- Anchor Standard 6: Health and Safety - Reading Standards for Science and Technical Subjects: Determine the meaning of symbols, key words, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context.
- Anchor Standard 10: Technical Knowledge and Skills - Writing Standard: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.