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About Inspiring Middle School Literacy This professional development video from WGBH shows how teachers work with their students, using the self-paced lessons from the Inspiring Middle School Literacy collection, to improve content knowledge and literacy skills. Accessibility features: Caption	5-8	Video
Active Teaching and Learning Watch this professional development video from Getting Results, to see how strategies such as hands-on activities or participation in group work increase student understanding and confidence. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Adapting Environments for Individuals with Vision Loss – Darick Wright In these videos produced by Perkins School for the Blind, Darick Wright, Coordinator of the New England Eye Clinic at Perkins, explains the importance of adapting environmental factors like lighting and contrast to people with vision loss. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video
Addressing Issues of Sexuality with Students who are Visually Impaired – Jeff Migliozzi These videos produced by Perkins School for the Blind provide information for teachers and parents about the importance of using clear and accurate language when talking about sexual development with children who are blind or visually impaired. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video
Assessing Teaching and Learning Watch how one teacher conducts formative assessment as part of her statistics class, in this professional development video from Getting Results. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Becoming Green Energy Experts See how Lansing, Michigan inner-city youth become community science experts in energy sustainability and environmental health topics in this student-centric after-school program. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Bioethics Classroom Debate In this classroom-practice video, high school teacher Cherilee Lewis leads a classroom discussion on bioethics. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Bridging Culture, Community and Science See how a place-based high school curriculum project promotes STEM learning through local ethnography and conservation projects. This video segment showcases one of 11 CREST projects taking place in rural, coastal Maine communities. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Cathy Garner, Winter Unit In this video from SERVE, see how kindergarten teacher Cathy Garner introduces new vocabulary to her students through picture cards, storybook reading, and unscripted, rich conversation throughout the day. Accessibility features: Caption	K	Video
Cheese-Making Lab Activity In this classroom-practice video, high school teacher Diane Provenzano leads her class through a biotechnology lab. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Cheese-Making Lab Results In this classroom-practice video, high school teacher Diane Provenzano leads her class through a discussion of the results of a biotechnology lab. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Cortical Visual Impairment – Ellen Mazel In these videos produced by Perkins School for the Blind, Ellen Mazel, of the Educational Partnerships Program at Perkins School for the Blind, describes the characteristics of cortical visual Impairment, a neurological condition that impairs visual processing. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video
Creating a Community of Learners Watch this professional development video from Getting Results to see how getting to know your students and establishing a positive classroom environment can greatly increase student success. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Dealing with Controversy In this video segment from Teaching Evolution Case Studies, science teachers explore how controversy may arise in teaching evolution in the public school classroom. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video
Emma Orsby-Jackson, Winter Unit Watch how kindergarten teacher Emma Orsby-Jackson introduces her students to new vocabulary words through the use of picture cards, storybook reading, and informal, unscripted conversation in this video from SERVE. Accessibility features: Caption	K	Video
Engaging Students in Lecture and Lab Watch this professional development video from Getting Results in which students move from lecture to lab teams and use algebraic functions to program robots. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Enhancing Vocabulary This animation from SERVE shows how kindergartners taking part in vocabulary intervention grow their active vocabulary to include a wide range of words. Accessibility features: Caption	K	Video
Gaining Catfish Aquaculture Skills See how Mississippi high school students confront the uncertainty and untidiness of science and develop problem-solving strategies in the context of local catfish farming. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Girls Explore IT Careers See how BuildIT, an afterschool program in Alameda County, CA, addresses the gender gap in advanced technology careers - promoting middle school girls' fluency in information technologies (IT), interest in math, and IT career awareness. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Including Students with Albinism – Sue Dalton In these videos co-produced by Perkins School for the Blind and National Organization for Albinism & Hypopigmentation (NOAH), Susan Dalton, who has served with (NOAH) for over 20 years and has raised two children with albinism, discusses accommodations for classroom environments. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video
Integrating Disciplines in Project-Based Learning Watch instructors from different disciplines create an integrated project that links concepts from their courses, in this professional development video from Getting Results. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Intervening to Prevent a Dropout This video excerpt from FRONTLINE: "Middle School Moment" proposes that the make-or-break moment for high school dropouts may actually occur in middle school, and presents how one middle school intervenes to prevent dropouts. Accessibility features: Caption	12	Video
Introduction to Vocabulary Intervention Get a brief overview of the concerns, research, and solutions surrounding vocabulary acquisition among underserved kindergartners in this video from SERVE. Accessibility features: Caption	K	Video
Issues in Social Skills and Sex Education – Tom Miller In these videos produced by Perkins School for the Blind, Tom Miller, Educational Partnerships Supervisor, discusses the importance of social skills and sexual education for children with disabilities, with emphasis on the experience of children with vision impairments and vision loss. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video
Lure of the Labyrinth This video adapted from Maryland Public Television introduces Lure of the Labyrinth, a digital game that helps students develop math skills. Accessibility features: Caption	6-8	Video
MARTHA SPEAKS Reading Buddies in Action In this video from the MARTHA SPEAKS mini-tutorial on vocabulary, teachers Weddy Youn and Joseph Cooke describe their success in using the cross-age literacy program, MARTHA SPEAKS Reading Buddies. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
MARTHA SPEAKS Reading Buddies Up Close In this video from WFSU, staff and students describe how the MARTHA SPEAKS Reading Buddies Program works and discuss the benefits of pairing younger and older students. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
MIT Augmented Reality Tool This video from MIT's Scheller Teacher Education Program explains how their augmented reality authoring tool works and how it can be used for education. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Moving Beyond the Classroom Watch this professional development video from Getting Results, to discover how industry and community connections provide students with firsthand experience in how to apply their learning. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL in an Architecture Design Class In this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real, see how students in an architectural design class use PBCL to refine their designs for a wellness center. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL in a Web Design Class In this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real, see how one instructor works with the business community and then with students in his Web design class. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL in the Field: Instructor Insights In this video from Making Learning Real, community college teachers reflect on the Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) methodology. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL in the Field: Student Insights In this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real, students at two community colleges reflect on the outcomes of PBCL. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL in an HTML Class Watch students present solutions to an organization's business problem, in this video on the Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) approach from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL in an Information Technology Class Watch an IT class develop a networking plan for a retail business, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL: Preparing Students for Today This video excerpted from Making Learning Real introduces Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL), a methodology that puts a real-world industry problem at the center of course curriculum. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 1: Course/Business Matching Watch how a Web design instructor identifies a local businessperson to participate in a class project, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 2: Framing a Situation for the Classroom See how instructors and their business partners develop real-world problems for classes, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 3: The Situation Watch students prepare networking solutions for a local business, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 4: Problem Analysis Watch an architectural design class identify research questions and gain insights from an industry expert, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 5: Field Insights Watch an Information Technology class gain first-hand information about real business problems through an on-site visit, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 6: Resource Development Watch students in a Web design class work with their business partner, instructor, and classmates as they develop a Web site for their business partner, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 7: Test Points See an architecture class revise their plans after receiving feedback from a client, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 8: Evidence of Learning Watch student teams present Web site solutions to their client, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 9: Feedback & Evaluation Watch an HTML instructor discuss how she evaluates students’ work, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL Stage 9: Feedback & Evaluation - Guest Expert Watch a guest Web design instructor give feedback on student presentations to a client, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL: Teamwork Watch IT students and their instructor discuss the value of teamwork, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL: Thinking About Evaluation Watch instructors and a learning scientist discuss ways to evaluate student work, in this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
PBCL: Why It Works In this video on Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) from Making Learning Real, watch the developers of PBCL talk about the fundamentals behind the methodology. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Planning for Outcomes Watch a group of teachers plan their courses in order to reinforce program goals and prepare students for real-life job experiences, in this professional development video from Getting Results. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Publishing Genome Research Watch how NJ high school students apply basic principles of molecular biology to solve real research problems, and publish their own genome research at GenBank — the international genomic sequence database. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Radioactivity iLab This video from Northwestern University Office of STEM Education Partnerships tours its interactive Radioactivity iLab, in which students are able to perform experiments on remote laboratory equipment. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Standard Lab Operating Procedures The students in this classroom video model good laboratory practice. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Students Study Urban Ecology See how Boston middle and high school students shape urban planning in their own neighborhoods, through place-based Bioacoustics and Urban Trees curriculum projects. Accessibility features: Caption	7-12	Video
Teaching Braille Reading and Writing – Lucia Hasty These videos produced by Perkins School for the Blind explain ways that reading and writing in braille can be meaningful for young children who are blind or visually impaired, long before they have learned the braille code. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video
Teaching Evolution Case Studies: Bonnie Chen Bonnie Chen builds on students' prior knowledge of mutations to lead her class through a simulation of wading birds feeding. Accessibility features: Caption	9-12	Video
Teaching Tactile Graphics – Lucia Hasty These videos produced by Perkins School for the Blind compare the experiences of visual and tactile learners, and demonstrate variations on tactile modeling that can be used with students of varied experience and visual acuity. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video
Teaching With Technology Watch students apply mathematics concepts as they program graphing calculators that then command robots, in this professional development video from Getting Results. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Using Job-Shadowing Experiences Watch a student shadow a microbiologist for a day in this professional development video adapted from Getting Results. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Utilizing Right and Wrong Answers In this professional development video excerpted from Getting Results, see how one teacher uses a test to reinforce and correct student understanding of a concept. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Visualizing Concepts Through Technology Watch how a scaled-down version of a refinery helps students understand the concepts and operation involved, in this professional development video from Getting Results. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
What Is Cyberlearning? In this video produced by KQED, experts in STEM education discuss the value of cyberlearning. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Working with Non-traditional Learners Look for strategies on how to work with students who have different learning backgrounds, in this professional development video excerpted from Getting Results. Accessibility features: Caption	11-12	Video
Writing: The Forgotten Focus for Literacy and Communication Instruction – Linda Hagood These videos produced jointly by Perkins School for the Blind and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired present teaching strategies—such as group storytelling, role-play, and observing proficient writers in process—for engaging students with visual impairments or deafblindness in the writing process. Accessibility features: Caption	K-12	Video