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Research Resources - Media Literacy
An Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject. Choose Lexile levels appropriate for readers.
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Discovery Education Invites student curiosity and inspires educators to reimagine learning with award-winning digital content and professional development. Use Google sign in and information can be linked to Google Classroom.
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BrainPOP
Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology. (See Mrs. Hill for password information.) |
Actively Learn Texts for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions. Sign in as an educator with your Google account; link assigned reading direct to Google Classroom!
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Britannica School - Middle
Recommended U.S. Primary Sources. Find letters, speeches and other U.S. primary source materials, including documents specified in state standards. |
CommonLit free collection of reading passages in all literary and nonfiction genres for grades 3-12.
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CrashCourse is one of the best ways to educate yourself, your classmates, and your family on YouTube! From courses like Astronomy to US History and Anatomy & Physiology it's got you covered with an awesome variety of curriculum topics.
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Smithsonian Tween Tribune Lesson plans refresh themselves with new stories, questions and quizzes posted everyday. Each also includes links to the Common Core standards
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PBS Learning Media
DPTV and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for teachers like you. |
Kids Discover
An award-winning educational publisher of high-interest, nonfiction products for kids. Print Titles, iPad Apps and Digital Library. |
Scholastic Choices Magazine
Empower your students to make positive, real-world decisions about health, life skills, and social-emotional learning! Check out a classroom set of magazines from the Learning Commons. |
News and Media Literacy from Common Sense Media
When students are in middle school, understanding how to find trustworthy info on the web becomes a big part of their academic and personal lives. These multimedia lessons and teaching tools will help you prepare your students to evaluate reliable sources, navigate the ins and outs of copyright, and locate and learn from quality news and media content. |
Fact Check the Web with Common Sense Media
From viral memes to so-called fake news, the web is overflowing with information -- true, false, and everything in between. Here's one tip to help your students use the web effectively as a fact-checking tool: Don't just read down the page; read around the page! |
Citation Tools
Creative Commons Explore these featured Creative Commons Licensed resources from literary works, to videos, photos, audio, open education, scientific research and more!
Formative Assessment Tools
GoFormative. Create an assignment, assign to students, receive live results, give feedback. Cool online real-time drawing tools.
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Kahoot! Create, play and share fun learning games for any subject, for all ages, for free! (Good when you are quizzing a group.)
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Plickers. Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices.
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Quizizz. Multimedia classroom quizzes. (Good for individuals taking quizzes.)
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Quizlet Makes simple learning tools that let you study anything. Start learning today with flashcards, games and learning tools — all for free.
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Socrative. Through the use of real-time questioning, result aggregation, and visualization, you have instant insight into levels of understanding so you can use class time to better collaborate and grow as a community of learners.
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Communication Tools
Bloomz. Described as ‘Remind’ meets ‘Edmodo’. With Bloomz, teachers can safely communicate with parents, share class photos & updates, and coordinate through volunteer and conference signups.
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Edmodo. A safe and easy way for educators to connect and collaborate with students, parents, and each other.
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Flipgrid Video responses to teacher posted questions. Students’ recorded responses can be even be shared for the class to review.
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Padlet From your hobby to your career, your class notes to your final exam, your mood board to your runway show, padlets help you organize your life.
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PearDeck The #1 Add-on for Google Slides. Pear Deck was founded by educators to help teachers engage every student, every day.
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Remind Communication tool that helps teachers reach students and parents where they are.
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Scrible - Make web research easy and collaborative with this Chrome extension that lets you annotate, bookmark, save and share online content.
Video Tools - Creating, Viewing, Capturing, and Communicating
EdPuzzle. Pick a video, add your magical touch, and track your students' understanding.
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Google Hangouts Use Hangouts to keep in touch. Message contacts, start free video or voice calls, and hop on a conversation with one person or a group.
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iMovie With iMovie, you can enjoy your videos like never before. It’s easy to browse your clips and create Hollywood-style trailers and stunning 4K-resolution movies.
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YouTube Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Screencastify Free screen recorder extension for Chrome. Capture, edit and share screencasts. No software download required. Works on Mac, Windows and Chromebooks.
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Animoto: Create great (30-second) videos for free.
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Creative Presentation Tools
Emaze is the next generation of online content creation. Choose from hundreds of templates to create customized presentations, websites, blogs and more.
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MakeBeliefsComix. Fun and easy way to make your own comic strips. Ideas available for teachers.
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Piktograph Create beautiful infographics, flyers, posters, presentations and reports easily with absolutely no design experience. Try Piktochart, it's free!
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PowToon. Amazing comic-like videos and presentations created with PowToon! Here’s a sample of a Biology powtoon video.
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ThingLink interactive images help students develop 21st century skills and enrich their enthusiasm for learning. Solar System example. ThingLink also has a new VR/360 application, and we have a 360 camera available for use here at ROMS.
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