LOTW is a national campaign sponsored by SchoolwideNetwork.com that
provides teachers and students access to quality educational resources
designed to improve reading and writing skills.
LOTW provides K–8 teachers with meaningful and manageable content they can use immediately to improve student performance.
Lessons are grounded in accepted best practices and incorporate a variety of media formats, including a rich video component that can be directly integrated into new technologies such as SMART Boards
and classroom laptops or PCs.
Lessons include video clips of famed, award-winning children's book authors such as Vera B. Williams and Angela Johnson.
The Lesson of the Week is a national campaign that provides teachers and students access to quality educational resources designed to improve the reading and writing skills of K–8 students. Disseminated electronically via e-mail, RSS, video widget, and through our free web portal at www.schoolwidenetwork.com, the Lesson of the Week is designed to give teachers meaningful and manageable content and practical lesson plans they can use immediately to improve students' performance. "While politicians and organizations discuss where and to whom funding should go . . . , we thought we'd develop a useful way to give teachers access to quality lesson plans they can use right away."
Each weekly lesson is built around unique digital and written content from today's leading authors and educators. Broken down into 5–6 simple steps, the Lesson of the Week helps teachers utilize best-in-breed education techniques with minimal prep time. By utilizing digital media such as video to add another dimension to the reading and writing lessons essential to academic success, the Lesson of the Week helps teachers achieve their 21st century learning objectives. And each lesson is easily accessible and perfect for use with Smartboards, interactive whiteboards, or PCs.
Click here to see a sample lesson.
Because technology can't replace good teaching. Because teachers are busy. Because we want to save teachers time. With all of the testing benchmarks and other pressures facing teachers today, we wanted to give them something simple, useful, research-based, and most of all, fun. A weekly lesson seemed like the best way to accomplish this. And while politicians continue to bicker, students still need to learn.
That's up to you. You can sign up your colleagues or talk to us about how to streamline a process for your school or district. The more people who know about it, the easier it will be to discuss with your colleagues.
The Lesson of the Week is a perfect content source for educators, educational technology firms, and organizations looking to add value to their clients' experiences. Schoolwide is currently working with organizations to make the Lesson of the Week available to teachers nationwide. By integrating the Lesson of the Week into your curriculum, technology program, or not-for-profit efforts you can assure your clients or audience that they are receiving superior, research-based content from well-respected educators and authors from across the country.
