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Publication LGBTQIA+ Histories & Pride Month Digital Choice Board(University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2024-10) Maloy, Robert; Trust, TorreySUMMARY This choice board invites students and teachers to: Create a model of the original pride flag before adding your own color stripe and what it means to you. Interview a GenAI tool you have prompted to act as a participant in the Stonewall Riot and fact check and verify the accuracy of its responses. Design a data GIF of LGBTQIA+ candidates elected to political office at different levels of government since 2020. And more LGBTQIA+ histories and Pride Month learning activities.Publication Exploring Black History with ChatGPT(University of Massachusettes Amherst, 2024-10) Maloy, Robert; Trust, TorreyThis Choice Board invites students and teachers to Critically analyze the language, word choices and style of a ChatGPT social issue poem written in the style of Langston Hughes. Critically examine a ChatGPT news article about the fight for equality written in the style of Frederick Douglass and compare it to Douglass' own writing. Fact check a ChatGPT children's book about civil rights activists who refused to give up their seats on streetcars, trains, and buses before designing your own book about protest and change. And more Black History and critical media literacy learning activities.Publication Elect a Candidate!(University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2024-10) Maloy, Robert; Trust, TorreySummary This choice board invites students to learn about local elections and media literacy by 1. designing a campaign website for a local election candidate; 2. writing an Instagram story presenting a candidate as favorably as possible; 3. composing lyrics and melody for a song to elect a candidate; and many more media literacy learning activities. Go here to make your own copy of the digital choice board to remix: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b-9_Pfa37vIxkcsHxucBvfAr38uvHn9zbX7ZAN_9QPYPublication Who Came Down That Road? Digital Choice Board(University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2024-05) Maloy, Robert; Trust, TorreyThis digital choice board invites students and teachers to: Curate an interactive timeline using OER materials about who in the past came down different roads and passageways in your community. Conduct a critical visual analysis of an OER image from your community or area. Transform an OER image into a Google doodle. And many more ways to use OERs for history and social studies learning.Publication AI-Enhanced Elementary Math Learning: Practical Strategies for Teachers and Tutors(University of Massachusettes Amherst, 2024-06) Gattupalli, Sai; Edwards, Sharon; Maloy, RobertThis poster was presented as an Innovation Fair at the MassCUE Spring Conference 2024 in Worcester, MA on May 31, 2024.Publication Elections 2024 and GenAI Digital Choice Board(University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2024-09) Maloy, Robert; Trust, TorreyThis choice board invites students to learn about GenAI tools by: Engaging in a simulated debate with a chatbot about the electoral college; Investigating how state voting patterns have changed over time; Designing a logo and slogan for your own campaign for a political office; and Exploring more ways to integrate GenAI into civics learniPublication The Development of the U.S. Government Choice Board(2022-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyThis choice board explores how to: Critically analyze the accuracy, credibility, relevance, and presentation of the songs in Hamilton. Design a social media campaign for one of the Declarations of Independence written throughout U.S. history. Connect decisions made during the Constitutional Convention to how Black Americans are portrayed in the media today. Explore how Black content creators on various social media platforms portray Black American identity. And explore many more topics that are presented in Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning "The Development of the U.S. Government Choice Board" Topic.Publication Black Lives Matter Choice Board(2022-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyThis choice board explores how to: Learn about protest songs and write a protest song for the Black Lives Matter movement. Create a video exploring the history of Black athletes who have engaged in protests. Learn about Zelda "Jackie" Ormes, the first African American woman cartoonist, and create a cartoon about her life. Explore the contributions of Benjamin Banneker and George Washington Carver to math, science, and politics, and create 3D digital artifacts that represent these contributions. And explore many more topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All "Black Lives Matter" Learning Pathway.Publication Current Events Through the Lens of History Choice Board(2022-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyThis choice board explores how to: Create an interactive digital story about space exploration from the Cold War to present day. Evaluate how climate change has been addressed throughout history and draft a proposal for an initiative to reduce the impacts of climate change. Create an infographic comparing the COVID-19 pandemic to other pandemics in history. And explore many more topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All "Current Events" Learning Pathway.Publication The Congress in U.S. Government Choice Board(2022-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyThis choice board explores how to: Explore the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and propose legislation to improve the school experiences of every student. Design a game that explores Congress's role in the checks and balances of the U.S. government. Explore the websites of various Congress members and design their own Congressional websites. Propose a new amendment to the Constitution. And explore many other topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All "The Roles of the Congress, the President, and the Courts" Topic.Publication Women in Space Explorations Digital Choice Board(University Of Massachusettes Amherst, 2024-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyThis digital choice board invites students and teachers to: Design pages for a picture book or young adult book about Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space. Write movie or TV show scripts about space explorations where women solve problems and demonstrate courage and commitment to justice and freedom. Have AI draft a science fiction story about women in space and then revise that story into a graphic novel. And many more ways to learn about herstories of women in space exploration.Publication Women in Sports Herstories Digital Choice Board(University Of Massachusetts Amherst, 2023-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, Torrey; Hastry, Brianna; Seastrand, Matt; Rivera, JasonThis choice board invites students and teachers to: Create a timeline of gender equity in sports since the passage of Title IX in 1970. Develop a media campaign (videos, social media posts, ads) that highlights the history of female athletes in mixed gender sports. Design a mini-golf hole based on the achievements of one of the founder members of the LPGA (Ladies Pro Golf Association) And more ways to explore and learn women's sports herstories. Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.Publication Math Tutoring Choice Board (Version 2)(University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2023-01-01) Edwards, Sharon A.; Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, Torrey; Hill, Madeline; Shea, SaraThis choice board invites students and teachers to Draw math comics about mathematical concepts. Create a 3D monument to honor women mathematicians. Make a math story using stop motion animation. Write a poem using the Fibonacci sequence in nature. And many more ways to explore and learn math.Publication Women in Journalism and Media(University of Massachusetts, 2023-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyThis choice board invites students and teachers to: Create a multimedia timeline for the first lady of the Black press, Ethel L. Payne. Design a graphic highlighting the work and careers of women in sports journalism. Curate a digital collection of artifacts about women photojournalists/ And more ways to learn about the histories and herstories of women in journalism and mediaPublication Bookcase for Young Writers(University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2023-01-01) Edwards, Sharon; Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyBookcase for Young Writers is a free web companion to our book Kids Have All the Write Stuff: Revised and Updated for a Digital Age published by the University of Massachusetts Press in December 2019. This online bookcase has virtual shelves filled with literature, apps, and interactive digital tools to inspire children from preschool and kindergarten through the upper elementary grades to become confident, expressive, creative young writers. The bookcase includes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as picture books, chapter books, and e-books. There are links to child-engaging information and topics related to all the writing ideas in the Book.Publication Usable Math(University of Massachusetts, 2022-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Edwards, Sharon; Gattupalli, Sai; Shea, SaraUsable Math is an open educational resource that provides interactive problem solving practice for 3rd through 6th grade students who are learning mathematical reasoning and computation through word problems. The site features four virtual coaches -- Estella Explainer, Chef Math Bear, How to Hound, & Visual Vicuna -- who offer reading, computation, strategy, and visual strategies for solving problems. The coaches offer hints and feedback to support a wide range of problem solving strategies for students with different levels of knowledge.Publication A Tai-the-Math Historian AI-Enhanced Time Travel Adventure!(University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2023-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Gattupalli, Sai; Edwards, SharonAlso available online at https://usablemath.org/ Online VersionPublication Black History Month Choice Board(2022-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyThis choice board explores how to: Describe the life of the first Black woman pilot Bessie Coleman and construct their own paper planes and fly them inside and outside. Design a digital story about Marian Anderson, a singer and Civil Rights activist, that connects her experiences to the experiences of Black people today. Explore the history of redlining in their state and draft a law that would address the issues that redlining has caused. Curate a digital collection about Black baseball players who weren't allowed to play in the majory leagues. And explore many more topics covered in Building Democracy for All "Black Lives Matter" Learning Pathway.Publication American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month Choice Board(2023-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, Torrey; Edwards, SharonThis choice board invites students and teachers to: Write proposals to restore native names to local geographic places. Learn about the contributions of American Indian code talkers during World War II. Create trading cards of pre-contact American Indian dwellings and the biomes where they were found. Discover many more activities about First American histories and cultures from past to present day. "Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix."Publication World Cup 2022 Qatar Choice Board(2022-01-01) Maloy, Robert W.; Trust, TorreyThis choice board invites students to: Design a World Cup coin for the 2022 competition. Analyze media coverage of the women's and men's World Cups. Investigate freedom of the press in the countries participating in the Cup. And many more activities. Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of the choice board to remix.