Get Smarter Using 

the Power of the Internet

Learn What you want, when you want or get homework help.Check out these links for test prep, tutoring, certifications, and other FREE yet Valuable skills. Don't forget to also check out CMS Clever for some great resources CMS and CCiA pay for!

Quick Lessons/Extra time Ideas to Make You Smarter

1. Sora- Join and check out a book , audio book, comic, magazine, etc. Search for any topic you'd like or relate it to class.

2. Play Free Rice 

   1. Start with Vocab OR Select a Category that relates to the course 

   2. change levels as you wish. 

3. Gamified EOG Review

   1. Search Quizlet for a term you are studying and review flashcards or see if your teacher will host a play live game

   2. Teachers can move Quizlets to  blooket for more fun: Here's an EOG review game for grade 6 https://dashboard.blooket.com/set/6073a075793c0e0024b404d1

4. Draw.With Google 

   1. Explore this AI Dataset https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/data

   2. help contribute to it and ask how can we use this data in our course content? (math, graphing, infographic, compiling data by country etc)

5. Keep Track of Your Own NC Digital Skills 

   1. Show the Preview and discuss then have students can make their own copy here and provide evidence

6. Have students create a portfolio of their best work

   1. How_to_Make_a_Google_Website__

   2. They can create a page for each thing, including a page for their NCDIGITAL SKILLS they created in 5 Above

   3. Remind seniors to transfer their portfolio work to their personal google drive

Gamify your Study With These tools

Memrise

Mammoth Memory

"Mammoth Memory is a free educational resource and a gift to any teenager in the world who uses visualisation to recall facts needed to pass their exams. Through striking imagery and memorable mnemonics, we've become an essential tool for teachers worldwide leading to thousands of students seeing their grades improve" https://mammothmemory.net/index.html

Read

Join at Soraap.com and sign in with Clever then Sign in with NcEdcloud. More info and usage here  https://sites.google.com/cms.k12.nc.us/cciatech/tutorials/sora

That link lets you link to the char meck library or join directly via ONE Access and check below for info From Mrs McFate about Tutor.com access that way. 

Write

Writing Hacks 

Use stems starters and lists like these for arguments and conclusions.  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15LNz3G9y6kjO4kr4uoVEl99BA4Nm9pyP649eK6UGGkY/edit

Help and Test Prep/Practice

Khan Academy 

Tutor.com 

Free live online Tutoring and test prep Also includes:

• • Up to 10 one-on-one, chat-based tutoring sessions WEEKLY

  • Feedback on essays/papers

  • Practice quizzes for most core subjects (Not SS)

  • AP Test Prep

  • And More!!

Login instructons here thanks to Ms. McFate

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o1OhBHmxcnuCkEK4-Eb2NNQ8RGIjRpT5yD9AMFWLDH4/edit?usp=sharing 

Autodidactic Options

Learn on your own. Some of these links may be old. Contact Ms Gurthie if you need assistance.

• Khan Academy- any subject https://www.khanacademy.org/

• Academic Competitions - google for more contests and competetions Some require teams and money but some are free. https://tsaweb.org/competitions-programs

• Curations for the Curious Lessons from Ms. Gurthie based on items in the Makerspace Workroom and office. Choose any from this list http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/studentspace/category/curations

• ​DIY Lessons -any topic at  https://diy.org/skills 

• Independent Research -any topic- Use Google Scholar, NC WiseOwl or another reputable source of academic info. Spend the class reading about this topic.

• Video Scholar Explore some educational Video Channels. Find one you like and watch any 5 full episodes. Then use Screencastify or your phone camera  to make a video telling what you learned. More here, including a list of channels ​http://piedmontpd.weebly.com/studentspace/curations-for-the-curious-video

• Podcaster- Record a podcast using vocaroo on your chromebook. Inspiration

  • • •  Citizen Science from ExploreAStory- a podcast about museums, science and storytelling. 

      • Click to go to ExploreAStory Share link plus your name, recording location, and “30-45 recorded seconds of your environment, preferably outside, anywhere (and everywhere)”  with Ms. Gurthie she will email to “exploreastory(at)fieldmuseum.org, with the subject line "OK to share- EAS."

• Content Curator - Compile a website of useful information and images plus links on  a topic you know well or wish to learn more about. Website: Use Weebly or Google Sites.

• Design

  • • Computer Assisted Design (CAD) Use Tinkercad to create a design.

    • Send the file to Ms. Newburger if you want to 3D print. https://www.tinkercad.com/

• Science

  • Simulated Science Labs -Phet Science /STEM Experiments    https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/by-device/chromebook

• Math

  • Khan Academy Math-explore any Math topic or grade level

  • Dan Meyer Math- Click on any lesson and view https://docs.google.com/a/cms.k12.nc.us/spreadsheets/d/1jXSt_CoDzyDFeJimZxnhgwOVsWkTQEsfqouLWNNC6Z4/pub?output=html

• Humanities

  • Play Spent (Game about Money. Play as an adult and keep to your budget) http://playspent.org/

  • Connect with Haji Kamal - A decision making model designed for the USArmy

  • Economics Simulations

  • Nobel Prize- The Nobel Prize organization has a whole section on education simulations/games that have been nominated and/or won Nobel prizes! Social studies topics can be found in multiple categories: medicine, peace, and economics.

  • Historical Simulations - A collection of historical simulations

  • Flight to Freedom - This role-playing game simulates the experience of fugitive slaves.

  • Westward Ho! – (6-12) Travel the Oregon Trail! Lots of laughter, learning and realism in this online simulation.

  • Edo Japan, A Virtual Tour - A detailed virtual tour of 18th century Edo (now Tokyo) using traditional web pages.

  • iCivics- Lessons that include simulations for studying constitutional rights, debating, roles and responsibilities of the president, and the 3 branches of government.

  • Playing History- A collection of historical simulations and games that include various areas of social studies.

• Language Acquisition /Language and Literature

  • Learn to Speed Read  

    • http://www.mrkent.com/speedread/

  • Learn a New Language

    • Use Duolingo, Memrise, or any app https://www.memrise.com/courses/english/languages

• Computer Science:

  • Coding- Free Exploration -https://scratch.mit.edu/ or iPad/phone app such as Haikitzu or Blockly or Sphero Edu (robot ball coding)

  • Computer Programming Courses

    • Code.Org https://code.org/student/middle-high

      • App Lab https://code.org/educate/applab (must be 13)

      • Game Lab

      • Web Lab

    • Khan Academy Programming Courses https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming

      • ____JS (javascript)

      • ___HTML

      • ___SQL

• Free College Courses- Don’t be frustrated if you don’t get it yet, this is just if you’re curious to look around. Do not join a Mooc or course that requires you to start on a certain day. Select the ones that you can view right now.

  • MIT Courses Online https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

  • Yale Open Courses https://oyc.yale.edu/

  • Coursera- Search for free Courses in tons of things. Very esoteric. For example, here is a course called “Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative” that is about video games and literature. https://www.coursera.org/learn/interactive-media-gaming