MCPS Approved Resources
Reserve the main media center, the one-desk office, or the 4-seat room
via LibraryTrac calendar!
TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
Edpuzzle is a digital tool that helps educators take advantage of the myriad quality videos online, as well as make their own, to use in teaching. Crucially, this makes editing and creating interactivity for students an easy process.
Teachers can edit videos from YouTube and more, screen record their own, and build in assessments based on that content. Thanks to a wealth of content, including curriculum-specific videos, this is ideal for teaching. Plus, since it's built for in-school use, it will allow for appropriate video watching that might otherwise be blocked by the school connection.
Common Sense Digital Citizenship - Online Webinars
Watch webinars from Common Sense Media to get additional information about digital resources and tips on how to integrate online resources in an ethical manner. Watch as many webinars as you like, but we recommend taking at least two to get insight and tips about your new teaching environment!
Common sense Webinars: https://www.commonsense.org/education/webinars
Read&Write Extension
Resources:
All students have access to the text to speech function, premium features are available to students enrolled in certain programs or learning plans
Read&Write Ref. Guide (6 pages)
Read&Write Student/ Parent Guide (3 pages)
Additional Read&Write videos are available here: http://bit.ly/RWGoogleVideos
Youtube
Best Practices:
Embed videos in Google Slides and/or myMCPS
Make your videos unlisted - only students with the link to your video can see it
Enable closed captions
¨Approve¨ your video for mcpsmd.net users
If a student has not completed the permission slip for G-Suite Additional Services, ask the stduent to ask their parent/guardian to complete the form and send you a picture of the completed form. Send completed form via E-mail to our NHS ITSS, Mr. Gartrell.
Creating Accessible Curriculum Materials