A brief presentation on Themeefy as a PBL tool and how it can supercharge Common Core instruction.

1. Student generated content –
“Creating” for Common
Core Success
Supra Manohar
Co-founder & CEO, Themeefy
@TheMindWire
supra@themeefy
www.linkedin.com/in/supramanohar

2. Common Core – Is more than content that
tells kids stuff...
... it guides us to “do” things.

3. To be ready for college, workforce training, and life in a technological society, students need the ability
to gather, comprehend, evaluate,
synthesize, and report on information and ideas, to
conduct original research in order to answer
questions or solve problems, and to analyze and create a high
volume and extensive range of print and nonprint texts in media forms old and new. The need to
conduct research and to produce and
consume media is embedded into every aspect of today’s curriculum. In like fashion,
research and media skills and understandings are embedded throughout the Standards rather than treated in a
separate section.
Common Core - Digital research & media
skills blended in as a whole

4. Research to Build and Present Knowledge
College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.7 Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects
based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital
sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while
avoiding plagiarism.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support
analysis, reflection, and research.
…specifically addressed in CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.X.7 & 8, & History/Social
Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects – Writing Standards CCSS.ELA-
Literacy.WHST.X.7 & 8.
Hitting the Standards

5. The web is the greatest repository of
knowledge – our job is easier

6. You have awesome curriculum that “tells” kids
stuff.
What if it helped them actually “do” things?
What if it gave life to the “intent” of the Common
Core standard

7. How? It’s easier than you think
• Teacher created lessons as a guide
• Use lesson plans to design projects
• Share work load - share your projects
• Several digital tools to search, aggregate,
and present
• Many tools have class management built-
in

8. Themeefy: Solution
Content discovery & liberation, enabling “user”
assembly

9. Discover web content, preview, &
create educational themes
Add your own content,
an instructional point of
view, make an argument,
and frame the message
Discovery, Assembly, &
Argument

10. Publish & Share

11. What’s my measurement
rubric?
What’s my measurement
rubric?
• Digital discovery
• Use of appropriate resources
• How unique are resources
• Encourage “user gen” content*
Analysis, resource use justification,
argument, & contextual thought
Analysis, resource use justification,
argument, & contextual thought

12. Educator Buzz
Larry Ferlazzo (CA) – Best Web 2.0
tools in Ed, 2012
Themeefy lets you grab pretty much anything you
Want of the web, add your own materials, to create a
personalized magazine that can be shared/embedded
wherever you want. It looks pretty neat and simple.
Carli Spina (Boston)
A fun tool for teachers & librarians who are teaching
students about curation and guiding them through the
process of collecting reliable sources & giving proper
attribution. The final layout of Themeefy collections is
likely to be far more engaging for students than many of
the other available curation tools
@MBritt (NY)
Can’t wait to try out Themeefy.
Looks like a cool way for students
to create projects.
H-P Teacher Exchange
Seven Web 2.0 tools to use in 2013
Prof. Loretta Ragsdale (IL)
As a class project, I instructed my students to create an
online magazine using a new internet program called
Themeefy. The results were extraordinary.
Amy Burvall (HI)
Thanks for asking! I gave a shout
out to you in all 3 presos...am
excited to have my students
Themeefy their brains out!
Margie Meyers-Culver (MI)
I tried Themeefy and it's a fantastic
curation tool. @Themeefy
http://t.co/KPhPiCMuWO A free
educator account is available for your
students
Sydnye Cohen (CT)
We love Themeefy at Brookfield High
School. I will be happy to pass your
message along and gather names of
interested staff when your release is ready.
Colegio Bilingue M.B. Cossio (Spain)
En el blog de 5º de Primaria hemos compartido y
publicado varias experiencias docentes en formato
"Revista Digital Themeefy". Tanto los alumnos,
familias como profesorado hemos valorado
positivamente el trabajo realizado por lo que me ha
llevado a haceros partícipes de esta experiencia tan
satisfactoria.

13. Contact us:
Supra Manohar
Co-founder & CEO, Themeefy
@TheMindWire
supra@themeefy
www.linkedin.com/in/supramanohar