Welcome Teachers! Please feel free to schedule the library for class collaborations between multiple teachers. Let's work together!
Here are some links you may find useful:
COMMONLY USED LINKS:
COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE
The University of South Carolina has provided their teachers with an easy explanation of fair use linked below.
TECH TOOLS:
flippity.net -- turn google sheets into learning games
Seesaw -- Students create digital portfolios demonstrating what they have learned (Great for Parent-Teacher Conference)
Padlet -- workplace for making and sharing content
Poll Everywhere - live interactive audience participation
Quizziz -- fun interactive multiplayer quiz game
Survey Monkey -- create surveys
TinyURL -- create short, easy web address links
Evernote -- chrome extension that saves things you see on the web into your Evernote account
weebly -- create a website
nearpod--an interactive presentation and assessment tool; teachers create presentation or assessments that can contain quizzes, polls, videos, images, and more.
jeopardy rocks! or playfactile.com -- create a jeopardy review game
shoutkey -- makes shorter URLs that are only live for a short amount of time
would you rather math game -- website that posses a question "would you rather" with a math problem
classtools.net -- lots of resources for teachers...crossword builders, random name pickers, countdown timers...
Story Corps -- a website full of interesting oral histories
Google Keep -- an app on chrome that allows you to keep notes (even pictures and voice memos) and share them among devices...even share with other people!
Quick Draw -- for a mind break students-- they have twenty seconds to draw something.
Screencast-0-matic.com -- website that lets you capture your computer output and record your voice
App Inventor -- website that helps you make apps
BioInteractive -- science website with videos
Book Creator -- way to publish digital books online
Boom Writer - interactive website that allows students to add to stories and have them eventually be published
CoSpaces - AR and VR in the classroom, create 3D spaces and coding activities
Earsketch -- blend computer coding with music theory
EdWeb.net -- professional community for teachers with webinars and professional development opportunities
GlobalGoals -- Website with global goals of world leaders and ways we can get involved
Global Oneness Project -- interesting collection of stories and videos about many subjects; can search by subject
Kapwing --free online image, GIF, and video meme maker.
Science Friday -- interesting articles, videos, and audio about many subjects, can search by subject and grade level
Time.Graphics -- easily incorporate text, video, and graphics to create an online timeline
Link to Web Article "Best Apps for Teaching and Learning"
Wakelet - Curate a collection with a narrative
Adobe Express for Education - (Like Canva) make, edit and share content made easily with templates (posters, infographics, videos, etc).
Class Hook - Short videos with emotional engagement to "hook" a class before teaching a topic
Copyright and fair use -- Curriculum for teaching
Diffit-- website that gathers resources for teachers (videos, texts, vocab) aligned with standards
Masters of Traditions -interactive story map exploring diversity of cultures, communities, and artistic traditions in the United States.
Musiquest - lessons about music and allows students to create their own
NewAmericanHistory - Great site for history
Parlay - helps teachers facilitate meaningful, measurable, and inclusive class discussions
Pixton - comic creation - WOW!
teachingbooks - website with resources to help teach a book
writetheworld- students can share their writing with their peers
Sources for literacy articles:
Smithsonian Tween Tribune
Newsela
New York Times Room for Debate
Kelly Gallagher Building Deeper Readers and Writers
Newsela
New York Times Room for Debate
Kelly Gallagher Building Deeper Readers and Writers
