Fearless Fact Finding! Check out this list of trustworthy resources to help you learning what's true (and what is not!) on the web. You can even use one of them to look back in time and what was on a website in the past!
over 5 years ago, EdTech@Oly
Fact Finding
Wikipedia.org is where millions of people stop first for information. Tools like it are what make the internet so valuable. But they also teach an important lesson, one you can start teaching your kids now: don’t believe everything you read. Family Tip Sheet: bit.ly/OlyNMFR2
over 5 years ago, EdTech@Oly
Wikipedia
Lady Spartans pick up a couple home non conference wins over East Peoria tonight. JV 36 to 27 and Varsity 55 to 21. Varsity improves their record to 19 and 5 on the season.
over 5 years ago, MIKE CASTLEMAN
Congratulations to Dr. Ben Lee on defending his dissertation! Way to go! #SpartanNation
over 5 years ago, Jackie Litwiller
Dr. Lee
Congratulations to the OHS Speech Team for placing First in team sweeps for limited entries this past weekend at Glenwood High School. Special congrats to Morgan Cisco (JV champ in Original Comedy) and Grace Melick (Varsity tournament champion in Oratorical Declamation)!
over 5 years ago, Mrs. Jones
Olympia High School Speech Team at Glenwood High School
Congratulations to Olympia senior Colby Burt for scoring her 1000th career point in the Spartans’ win over Peoria Heights.
over 5 years ago, MIKE CASTLEMAN
Don't forget your St. Jude shirt orders are due at noon on Monday, January 20th! https://forms.gle/qpLQBJyV2pQmw2ew8
over 5 years ago, Jackie Litwiller
The FFA Silent Auction is cancelled for tonight, 1/17. It will be rescheduled for Tuesday, January 28th during the Boys Basketball Games vs. Bloomington Central Catholic.
over 5 years ago, Jackie Litwiller
Jan. 17th - Tonight’s Varsity Boys’ Basketball Game vs Flanagan is being moved up to 5:30pm. The JV Game is cancelled. Hall of Fame inductees will be introduced at Halftime of the Varsity Game.
over 5 years ago, Jackie Litwiller
Boys’ Swim practice for tonight has been cancelled. The boys swim team bus time for Saturday, 1/18, has changed. The new bus time for Saturday's, 1/18, meet is now 8:00 am. See Mr. Abrams or Modrusic if you have questions.
over 5 years ago, Jackie Litwiller
Fam. Tip 3: Explore Different Sides of a Story! Use real-life examples to help kids understand how people can view the same situation with totally different perspectives. Sibling conflict is a great example of how two people can have wildly different opinions on the same event.
over 5 years ago, EdTech@Oly
Different Sides
If a picture's worth a thousand words, do the words always tell a true story? One way to find out is through a reverse image search. Search with an image instead of a keyword and see what you discover!
over 5 years ago, EdTech@Oly
Reverse Image Search
Link: http://bit.ly/OLYNMLr Common Sense has recently released a brand new News & Media Literacy Resource Center with TONS of resources around this topic. Particularly neat is a new web series by Crash Course...check it out! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU
over 5 years ago, EdTech@Oly
News and Media Literacy Resource Center
Oly West teachers working through a speed lesson planning challenge. They were asked to create a social emotional lesson in 10 minutes and had to incorporate a mystery item. Great ideas and great staff!
over 5 years ago, LAURA O'DONNELL
Working on lesson design.
Trying to determine how to incorporate a ‘Slim Jim’ into their lesson.
Teamwork!
Another win for 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams tonight at Midwest Central! Way to go Lady Spartans!! 💙🏐💙
over 5 years ago, Stevie Miller
Spartans Love St. Jude - Help support a great cause for the Boys' Basketball Game on January 24th vs. St. Joe-Ogden - order a shirt to support the Children of St. Jude - https://forms.gle/QbmCBHCc2U3oY9kv5
over 5 years ago, Jackie Litwiller
The boys’ swim meet for tonight, Jan. 14th has been cancelled, they will have dry land practice after school.
over 5 years ago, Jackie Litwiller
bit.ly/OlyNMV1 | bit.ly/OlyNMFR1 Kids find and read news in lots of ways. But studies show they're not very good at interpreting what they see. How can we help them get better? Teaching your kids about the structure of online news articles is an important place to start.
over 5 years ago, EdTech@Oly
Reading News online
OMS Lady Spartans pick up a 7th and 8th grade win tonight in their volleyball matches at Ridgeview. Way to go, ladies! 💙🏐💙
over 5 years ago, Stevie Miller
Family Tip 2: Play "Spot the Ad"! When you see media, ask your kids to figure out what the ad is selling. Sometimes it's obvious, and sometimes it's not. Help them explore why certain pictures, sounds, and words are used to sell certain products.
over 5 years ago, EdTech@Oly
Spot the Ad