About This Blog
Creating Lifelong Learners aims to offer practical tips for elementary teachers in teaching traditional and new media literacies, valuing students and their cultures, appealing to different learning modalities, and integrating technology in the curriculum with an emphasis on video production and podcasting.
Mathew Needleman is a teacher of grades K-5, literacy coach, Apple Distinguished Educator, and primary author of this blog. He is the founder of nearly twenty popular educational destinations on the internet and has been integrating digital film making in the elementary classroom for twelve years. He holds a masters degree in Educational Leadership and Policy and a California Administrative Credential.
Open Court Resources.com (www.opencourtresources.com) is the largest collection of free open court resources on the internet. Created in 2003, the site has continued to grow from just a handful of visitors to thousands of teachers daily from across the country.
