Have you checked out Ohio on iTunes U yet?

Attention educators, teachers, and curriculum directors out there - have you checked out Ohio on iTunes U yet? If not, you really should!
CET features several funded multimedia projects on Ohio on iTunes U, including Vertices: Geometry Meets Art, Fitness Fanatic, and Joel’s Library Jam.
So, you might be asking, what is Ohio on iTunes U? Here is a brief description at http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/:

“iTunes U, part of the iTunes Store, is possibly the world’s greatest collection of free educational media available to students, teachers, and lifelong learners. With over 200,000 educational audio and video files available, iTunes U* has quickly become the engine for the mobile learning movement. It puts the power of the iTunes Store in the hands of qualifying universities so they can distribute their educational media to their students or to the world.”

An Introduction to iTunes U
Watch the video

Also, take a moment to peruse the other offerings from Ohio on iTunes U, including ThinkTV Educational Services, Cincinnati Public Radio, and WOUB – Ohio University, just to name a few other Ohio organizations with content there. There is such a wide array of teaching tools, instructional media, and supplemental education material there that you will likely find just about any topic you are searching for.
You don’t even need to have an iPod or an iPhone to use iTunes and take advantage of these offerings – you can simply download the iTunes software for free to your desktop, visit the iTunes store, and find iTunes U at the very bottom of the page. Once you are in iTunes U, choose "Ohio" at the right and start checking out all the offerings. The video will play using iTunes software, which makes this very easy to use!
-Amanda

Right Tools for the Job

You can’t escape the negative economic news. Your students can’t either. The fortunate ones are aware of the belt-tightening going on in their home but aren’t feeling the pinch too badly. It is a story they hear in the background on the evening news or see as a headline in the daily newspaper. The less lucky ones are feeling the direct impact of a job loss or a home foreclosure on their family. They are sensing the anxiety and trying to understand what is going on around them.

Teachers see the need to help their students better understand the social and geopolitical implications caused by the local, national and international shockwaves of the economic tumult of today. They also see the need to create a historical perspective by exploring the last worldwide economic meltdown of the 1930’s, known as the Great Depression.

To help meet that need, CET has brought together many useful digital multimedia resources and organized them on the Internet for your classroom use. On our Learn About Our Economy webpage, you’ll find video segments from our Producing Ohio multimedia curriculum kit and links back to the Producing Ohio website where you’ll find lesson plans, a standards correlation chart and more resources appropriate for the middle school classroom. On our Economic and Financial Literacy webpage, you’ll find a wide array of video and text resources for use with teens and young adults.

- Diane