Embedded Files
College & Career + Writing + Tutoring
LAHS’s career & college planning platform
- Register to to attend college visits offered by the College & Career Center
- Seniors: manage teacher and counselor recommendations + access transcripts
Browse current data about occupations from the Occupational Outlook Handbook by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Test prep
- Kaplan: ACT test practice
- Kahn Academy: Courses, test prep, and career resources
- Method: ACT & SAT study guides by subject area
Determine source credibility
News content rated for reliability and bias; live, interactive media bias chart
Balanced news via media bias ratings for an unbiased news perspective
A free, fast, accurate way to create bibliographies and in-text citations for more than 50 source types in MLA, APA, and other major styles
A wide assortment of free, fillable PDF format writing organizers, courtesy of TeachBritannica
Writing resources and instructional material: research and citation assistance as well as MLA, APA, and Chicago style guides
Read&Write
Chrome extension on all student laptops to make the web, documents, and files more accessible. Provides features such as:text-to-speech
word prediction
dictation (Talk&Type)
grammar and spelling checks
tools for extracting highlights and information from web pages and documents
Videos and tutorials helping with Using and Understanding Resources
Teachers
- Common Sense Media: Free curriculum for Digital Citizenship and incorporating media literacy into instruction
- Diffit: Get “just right” instructional materials, saving tons of time and helping all students to access grade level content
- Media Smarts: Digital and media literacy information, tools, and tutorials to develop media analysis skills
- Project Look Sharp: Free classroom resources for teaching media literacy skills; professional development options for teachers
- TeachBritannica: Free bell ringers & exit tickets, instructional strategies, and fillable graphic organizers
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