Ryan M Devlin

Print, Cut, and Staple Up. One of my favorite bulletin boards! I want my students to be as curious as Albert Einstein, as innovative as Steve Jobs, as wholehearted as Mother Teresa, as articulate as Martin Luther King Jr., as clever as Benjamin Franklin, as imaginative as Walt Disney, as brave as Rosa Parks, as engaged as Abraham Lincoln, as determined as Michael Jordan, and as kind as Mister Rogers. I recently made a new bulletin board that includes more great quotes and more diverse role mod

Need some inspirational quotes and photos for your classroom? Here are some of my favorites all ready for your bulletin board or wall.

As students learn about the various film cuts and video transitions used in video production, they'll create a storyboard for each type of cinematic cut. Next, students can use this storyboard to plan, film, and edit their own Transition Video Demo. This worksheet includes the standard cut, cutting on action, cross cutting, cutaways, jump cuts, cross dissolves/fades, wipes, match cuts, invisible cuts, whip pans, smash cuts, J-cuts, and L-cuts.

Need a fun game to play with your students before winter break? This PDF includes 18 Holiday Trivia Questions, along with the answers. Holiday movies, music, poems, books, songs, traditions, celebrations, and more! Make it a quiz or game show. Students can play individually or can complete in teams or groups.

Students can use this blank storyboard template to plan out video projects.

These posters will inspire students to be creative and think outside of the box. They include influential people from a wide variety of professions and accomplishments. Encourage your students to be innovative and most importantly, to be themselves. There is also a video version of these posters on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_t6nF9kCE

This teacher's guide will enable you to bring the culture of Ethiopia to life in your classroom as your students learn how to exchange greetings, explore how coffee is grown, learn basic Amharic, discover new foods, dance to Ethiopian music, etc. A free video is also included! This unit was developed by Fulbright-Hays scholars. This video was developed by educators for students: https://youtu.be/klYl6MUYmuc

After reading literature related to epic heroes have students create their own epic hero and then write about him or her. This is a graphic organizer to get them started!

Students can design their own snowperson using this blank template!