For Teachers
Formative Assessment tools from an article on Edutopia:
These are some great ideas to use during lessons to get a sense of students understanding of new material.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/5-fast-formative-assessment-tools-vicki-davis
Great article on integrating technology into the curriculum.
Read these tips on how to use technology to further student learning beyond what could be gained in a traditional paper-pencil approach.
https://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-guide-description
Forming your own Professional Learning Network (PLN)
Learn how to develop a network of peers both near and far to share ideas and strategies to constantly improve your practice.
https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/12/31/3-steps-for-building-a-professional-learning.html
25 Things Successful Teachers Do
This is a great list of ideas to help set up and manage your time and your classroom.
https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/25-things-successful-teachers-do-differently/
How Technology can support diverse learners
Ideas on how to use technology to reach and teach every student in your class.
Online Research Tools
The California State Library is giving free access to 3 different databases to every K-12 School in the state. Check them all out!
TeachingBooks.net was started in November, 2000 with a simple goal: to let every reader — no matter who they are or where they live — have the opportunity to learn directly from the author of the book they are reading, at that very moment of impact. As we continue to record authors and add more digital resources almost every day to the TeachingBooks.net collection, we do so to perpetuate joyful, thoughtful reading for all. And simultaneously, we strive to remove every possible barrier of access so that everyone can feel connected and inspired with reading.
From our exclusive, ever-growing, vetted collection of instructional materials about children's and young adult books and authors, everyone can easily...
Identify exceptional books that reflect diverse cultural experiences, interests, and ability levels
Obtain resources paired with your book titles that further reading enjoyment, contextual knowledge, and educational relevance
Share resources with everyone in your community via easy-to-use flyers, emails, texts, embeddable links, and social media
Six databases offering full text journal articles, ebooks, and more!
Access all your ProQuest databases, like Research Library, Historical Newspapers, and more.
Information literacy product, created to help young researchers find, evaluate, and use information more effectively. Nine multi-media based learning modules and seven interactive tools.
Offers more than 2,000 full-text sources, with improved functionality, and a fun and easy-to-use search interface. Includes magazines, newspapers, books, television/radio transcripts, maps, pictures, and audio/video clips.
General reference resource for young researchers that makes learning fun and intuitive. Helps students in grades 1-9 develop their research, writing, language and computer skills.
A comprehensive portal offering centralized access to all SIRS products which target the needs of students with best-of content selected to support research, study, and homework in key curricula subjects.
Links students to country reports that go beyond mere facts and figures to deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture. In-depth reports covering 200+ countries, the United States, and Canada
English school.eb.com
Escolar escolar.eb.com
For all off-campus use, sign in:
user name - bsd
Password - students
Encyclopedia Britannica
Britannica School is the go-to site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases—Elementary, Middle, or High.
Escolar is the leading knowledge-building resource that is universally trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish.
Another Free Literacy Resource!
CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 3-12. Our resources are:
Flexible;
Research-Based;
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards;
Created by teachers, for teachers.
We believe in the transformative power of a great text, and a great question. That’s why we are committed to keeping CommonLit completely free, forever.