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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>ERIC: Using LEGO® Brick Data to Teach SQL and Relational Database Concepts. “This paper introduces the LEGO® Database, a large natural dataset that can be used to teach Structured Query Language (SQL) and relational database concepts. This dataset is well-suited for introductory and advanced database assignments and end-of-semester group projects. The data is freely available from […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/11/eric-using-lego-brick-data-to-teach-sql-and-relational-database-concepts/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/11/eric-using-lego-brick-data-to-teach-sql-and-relational-database-concepts/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Trinity College Dublin: Craft My Street: young people reimagine Dublin with Minecraft in Smart Docklands pilot. “This initiative was created by researchers from University College Dublin that uses gaming to amplify youth voices in city-making. Blending open-source geospatial data with interactive multiplayer crowd mapping, this project enables young people to propose real-world urban […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/07/craft-my-street-young-people-reimagine-dublin-with-minecraft-in-smart-docklands-pilot-trinity-college-dublin/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/07/craft-my-street-young-people-reimagine-dublin-with-minecraft-in-smart-docklands-pilot-trinity-college-dublin/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>DigitalNC: Explore Folk Art and Craft through Primary Sources. “Folklife and traditions like folk arts and crafts help people to form and define their identities and better understand how they relate to others. By examining folk arts and crafts, this source set aims to show the variety of folklife and traditions found in the state and asks us to examine our own relationship to folklife and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/06/digitalnc-explore-folk-art-and-craft-through-primary-sources/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/06/digitalnc-explore-folk-art-and-craft-through-primary-sources/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>KATC: Al Berard still teaching people how to fiddle through free YouTube lessons. “In celebration of what would have been beloved Cajun musician Al Berard’s 65th birthday, his family and supporters proudly announce the digital release of ‘Al Berard Teaches Cajun Fiddle for Beginners’ — a free instructional video series now available to the public on YouTube.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/katc-al-berard-still-teaching-people-how-to-fiddle-through-free-youtube-lessons/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/katc-al-berard-still-teaching-people-how-to-fiddle-through-free-youtube-lessons/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Minnesota State University Moorhead: MSUM professor co-creates national health education resource . “Dr. Julie Knutson, Minnesota State Moorhead health education coordinator, is reshaping the way health educators teach. Dr. Knutson and Dr. Kristen Ford from Concordia College created THE FUSED Toolbox, the first centralized website offering teaching resources for K–12 health education.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/minnesota-state-university-moorhead-msum-professor-co-creates-national-health-education-resource/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/minnesota-state-university-moorhead-msum-professor-co-creates-national-health-education-resource/</a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>}If you are new to teaching with film or you just want to raise your game, we have your back!</p><p>The Journeys in Film Teacher Toolbox is full of tips, tools and handouts to make teaching with film fun and easy -- for you and for your students.</p><p>These materials were designed to work with all of our films. They can also work with a wide range of texts, games, and other media!</p><p>Get tips on how to get started teaching with film, how to choose films, and how to facilitate group discussions. Plus get our glossary of film terms (it's great for film and media literacy classes) . Our new Media Analysis handout is great for boosting belonging in the classroom, too. Pick and choose what you want to use.</p><p>Like all of our materials, these resources are free for everyone. Help yourself!</p><p><a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/product/teacher-toolbox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journeysinfilm.org/product/tea</span><span class="invisible">cher-toolbox/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Edutooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edutooters</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homeschooling</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TeachingResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeachingResources</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaLiteracy</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/education" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>education</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span></p>
Journeys In Film<p>🌎 For World Environment Day, we're highlighting our Environmental Studies Lesson Collection. Teach with film to boost student engagement about the environment all year long! These standalone lessons for grades 5 to 12 connect directly with key instruction areas like AP Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Service Learning and Social Studies.</p><p><a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/product/a-very-beautiful-world-environmental-studies-lessons/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journeysinfilm.org/product/a-v</span><span class="invisible">ery-beautiful-world-environmental-studies-lessons/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WorldEnvironmentDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldEnvironmentDay</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/STEMEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEMEducation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homeschooling</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Edutooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edutooters</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/EnvironmentalStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalStudies</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TeachingResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeachingResources</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/education" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>education</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>DigitalNC: Explore Technology in the 20th Century with our new Primary Source Set. “As our society is consistently generating new and advanced technologies, looking back to these prior advancements can be both nostalgic and informative of how we got to today’s age of smartphones and AI. North Carolina had its fair share of historical moments with innovation, from the first successful flight […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/digitalnc-explore-technology-in-the-20th-century-with-our-new-primary-source-set/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/02/digitalnc-explore-technology-in-the-20th-century-with-our-new-primary-source-set/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Guelph: Free Learning Materials on Equity, Disability Launched by U of G Researchers . “Bodies in Translation’s (BIT) Worlding Difference Platform is an online platform and research project launched by the Re•Vision Centre for Art and Social Justice, a University of Guelph research hub that investigates the power of arts and storytelling. The platform features multimedia […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/30/university-of-guelph-free-learning-materials-on-equity-disability-launched-by-u-of-g-researchers/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/30/university-of-guelph-free-learning-materials-on-equity-disability-launched-by-u-of-g-researchers/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>DigitalNC: Barbecue, Biscuits, and More: New Primary Source Set on North Carolina Foodways. “Consisting of various written, visual, and audiovisual materials, the North Carolina Foodways set demonstrates key aspects of food history in the state through primary sources. The set also includes sections for context statements, background information, a timeline, discussion questions, and relevant […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/27/barbecue-biscuits-and-more-new-primary-source-set-on-north-carolina-foodways-digitalnc/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/27/barbecue-biscuits-and-more-new-primary-source-set-on-north-carolina-foodways-digitalnc/</a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>🌏 Celebrate World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development with The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma &amp; The Silk Road Ensemble. This stunning documentary follows more than 50 international instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, arrangers, visual artists and storytellers as they explore the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution. 1/2</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/GlobalEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalEducation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TeachingResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeachingResources</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/MusicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilkRoad</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CulturalExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalExchange</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/YoYoMa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoYoMa</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Documentary</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/film" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>film</span></a></span></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Brown University: Collaborative project yields new digital archive on hidden history of Indigenous enslavement. “Long a password-protected database used mostly by researchers and people looking for ancestors, Stolen Relations is set to go public on Saturday, May 10, as part of a symposium at Brown. When it does, anyone in the world will be able to access its 7,000 records, a collection of […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/11/brown-university-collaborative-project-yields-new-digital-archive-on-hidden-history-of-indigenous-enslavement/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/11/brown-university-collaborative-project-yields-new-digital-archive-on-hidden-history-of-indigenous-enslavement/</a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>We offer two mini discussion guides for The Crisis Scientists, one for high schools and one for universities. The guides offer questions for discussion or writing plus extension activities and additional resources. Students can make notes directly on the printable handout. At six minutes long, The Crisis Scientists works as a classroom warm-up or can be the focus of an entire lesson. 2/2</p><p>Learn more: <a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/product/the-crisis-scientists/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journeysinfilm.org/product/the</span><span class="invisible">-crisis-scientists/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Edutooters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edutooters</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homeschooling</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TeachingResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeachingResources</span></a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>Teach about Islam with film. We're highlighting some of our favorite global education films that center Muslim stories to help you teach about Islam and counter Islamophobia all year round. </p><p>Learn more and get free teaching resources for these engaging films: </p><p><a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/articles/teach-about-islam-with-film/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journeysinfilm.org/articles/te</span><span class="invisible">ach-about-islam-with-film/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SocialStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialStudies</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/GlobalEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalEducation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TeachingResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeachingResources</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WorldReligions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldReligions</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homeschooling</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/education" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>education</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Center for Transformational Play: Echo of the Abyss. “Echo of the Abyss is a Virtual Reality (VR) experience that immerses users in a simulated deep-sea dive. The game aims to foster a sense of connection and curiosity towards marine ecosystems by allowing players to embody a diver, guided by aquatic animals, in a safe and contemplative virtual environment. The design leverages theories from […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/center-for-transformational-play-echo-of-the-abyss/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/center-for-transformational-play-echo-of-the-abyss/</a></p>
Guitarsophist<p>Module Writing as an Act of&nbsp;Imagination</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/teachingwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teachingwriting</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/teachingresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teachingresources</span></a> Back in 1991, I was working on my dissertation, A Phenomenological Critique of Protocol Analysis in Composing Process Research. For that project, I was reading a lot of phenomenology, including Edmund Husserl, Alfred Shutz, Don Ihde, and Paul Ricoeur. I meant to use those big guns to critique protocol analysis, a research method borrowed from cognitive psychology which involved having a subject…</p><p><a href="http://textrhet.com/2025/04/10/module-writing-as-an-act-of-imagination/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">textrhet.com/2025/04/10/module</span><span class="invisible">-writing-as-an-act-of-imagination/</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Conversation: Shark AI uses fossil shark teeth to get middle school kids interested in paleontology and computer vision. “We are researchers in AI literacy and STEM education who helped create a series of lessons that use fossil shark teeth to demonstrate the power and pitfalls of AI. The curriculum guides middle school students and teachers through building and evaluating computer vision […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/the-conversation-shark-ai-uses-fossil-shark-teeth-to-get-middle-school-kids-interested-in-paleontology-and-computer-vision/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/the-conversation-shark-ai-uses-fossil-shark-teeth-to-get-middle-school-kids-interested-in-paleontology-and-computer-vision/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Google Blog: Discover STEM stories from the Science Museum Group on Google Arts &amp; Culture.. “The Science Museum Group’s latest digital stories are now on Google Arts &amp; Culture. Inspired by their Wonderlab+ online hub, these narratives delve into scientific topics using the Science Museum Group collection.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/05/google-blog-discover-stem-stories-from-the-science-museum-group-on-google-arts-culture/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/05/google-blog-discover-stem-stories-from-the-science-museum-group-on-google-arts-culture/</a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>Journeys in Film was honored to create the curriculum guide for @NatGeo's Emmy-winning documentary JANE about Jane Goodall's remarkable life and career. Learn more about teaching with this inspiring film and our free JANE Discussion Guide for students in grades 4-12. <a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/product/jane/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journeysinfilm.org/product/jan</span><span class="invisible">e/</span></a> </p><p>PS JANE is a great film to teach with in April for Earth Month!</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/EarthMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarthMonth</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/TeachingResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeachingResources</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homeschooling</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/education" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>education</span></a></span></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Maine at Augusta: The ELL Zone: A new English Language Learning Webseries at UMA. “The ELL Zone is a web series developed to help non-native English speakers improve their English. Each episode focuses on one concept of English. The ELL Zone is designed to be engaging and entertaining and offer a fun way of learning English. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/the-ell-zone-a-new-english-language-learning-webseries-at-uma-university-of-maine-at-augusta/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/the-ell-zone-a-new-english-language-learning-webseries-at-uma-university-of-maine-at-augusta/</a></p>