Staff Resources
Tools and platforms useful for creating engaging online learning opportunities
Zoom is software designed for video conferencing. This can also be accessed through Clever.
Short Tutorials on All Aspects of Zoom
How to Use Zoom
How to Use Zoom through Clever
Screencastify can be used to easily record, edit, and share videos up to five minutes long. It's great for creating tutorials and small pieces of lessons.
All In Learning is software that lets you engage students virtually and in person, and it allows for easy skill assessment and tracking of progress.
Through DISD, you and your students can use the free Sora app or go through the library catalog to read directly on the web and access thousands of e-books and audiobooks.
How to Use E-Books:
-DISD E-Books Online (English & Spanish)
-Sora App (English)
-Sora App (Spanish)
Username & password information can be found here.
Free access to an array of databases for student and teacher research, including access to the Dallas Morning News.
Username & password information can be found here.
If Gale asks for an extra password, enter dallasisd.
Duolingo is a tool for learning languages. Students can follow an individual learning path, or teachers can create classes and assign work based on various skills. It can be accessed through Clever or on the web.
Nearpod is an instructional platform that merges formative assessment and dynamic media for collaborative learning experiences.
You can access Nearpod through Clever or on the web.
Newsela brings together engaging, accessible articles with integrated assessments Every article comes in 5 reading levels, tailored to the skill level of each reader. Assessments are integrated directly into articles to help students engage with the content.
You can access Newsela through Clever or on the web.
Pear Deck is an add-on tool that makes your Google Slides presentations interactive for students and provides teachers with opportunities for assessment.
(Courtesy of Ms. Kime)
EdPuzzle
EdPuzzle allows you to edit and add audio and notes to existing videos for use in your lessons.
How to Use EdPuzzle
https://edpuzzle.com/Flipgrid
Flipgrid is a site that allows teachers to create a message board where they post a prompt or video and students respond with their own short videos.
How to Use Flipgrid
https://info.flipgrid.comKahoot
Create fun learning games for your students called Kahoots. Classes can play live against each other or students can complete the quiz at their own pace.
How to Use Kahoot
https://kahoot.com/Jambord
Jambord is a collaborative, digital whiteboarding experience.
How to Use Jambord
https://jamboard.google.comLoom
Loom is a screencasting tool which allows you to narrate a video recording of your computer screen. Sometimes it’s just audio and sometimes you can see your face in the video as well.
How to Use Loom
https://www.loom.comNew York Times Learning Network
This site offers lesson plans, quizzes, writing prompts, contests for teens, PD sessions for teachers, and more.
For an overview of all the tools offered, click here.
https://www.nytimes.com/section/learningPBS Learning Media
PBS and your local station have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for teachers like you.
https://tinyurl.com/rvhwqdcScreencast-O-Matic
This is a site for those who want to deliver verbal content along with a slideshow or a PowerPoint- or anything else you’re doing on the computer screen.
How to Use Screencast-O-Matic (Thank you to Ms. Dunlap for creating this handout!)
https://screencast-o-matic.com/AFE Courses
Amazon is offering free online computer science courses for students and teachers in grades 6-12.
https://tinyurl.com/afecoursesAmazing Educational Resources
This is a list of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings!
http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ASU Prep Courses
Arizona State University is offering free prep courses for high school students in multiple subjects.
https://www.asuprepdigital.org/asu-for-you/#online-courses