• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Student created mnemonics. Baltimore, MD: Author. (approximate length: 10 minutes)
  
  A high school biology teacher engages students in creating mnemonic devices to aid in their learning and memory of important science concepts. As you view, consider how you could use similar activities in your content area instruction.
   
• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Digital storytelling project. Baltimore, MD: Author. (approximate length: 14 minutes)

A 12th-grade humanities teacher teams with a media arts teacher to provide students with opportunities to use 21st-century skills by way of a digital storytelling project involving collaboration, creativity, technology, and learning. As you view, notice how students use creativity, critical thinking, and the critique of an authentic audience in support of their learning.

Media (OPTIONAL)
 

• Hardiman, M. M. (n.d.). Brain-target five: Teaching for application [Multimedia presentation]. Retrieved October 4, 2012, from https://connect.johnshopkins.edu/p24513481/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal (approximate length: 17 minutes)
  
  This presentation presents research data that supports providing students with real-world opportunities to apply the knowledge they’ve mastered, and some examples are shown.
   
• Hardiman, M. M. (n.d.). Brain-target six: Evaluating learning [Multimedia presentation]. Retrieved October 4, 2012, from https://connect.johnshopkins.edu/p53486378/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal (approximate length: 29 minutes)
  
  This presentation emphasizes that evaluating learning begins almost as soon as the student is first introduced to the learning unit. Examples are given of nontraditional assessments as formats for giving students feedback.