RESOURCE LINKS

Website Resources

• Adobe Spark- Create impactful social graphics, web stories and animated videos
• Ciese- Internet- Based Collaborative Projects!
• Common Sense Media - Digital Citizenship - You may have to create an account for yourself. It's free. You have access to more if you create an account.
• Digital Vault- On-line teaching tool with documents from the National Archives.
• Enchanted Learning - K-12 educational material that is published online
• Kids Click - Safe search for kids designed by librarians
• Kid Rex - Safe search for kids by kids
• Mystery Science - Ready-made science mysteries for elementary school students. Each lesson contains a central mystery, discussion questions, supplemental reading, and a hands-on activity.
• ProShow- Students create web-based movies similar to iMovie. Teachers should create a common free account for students to sign-in with.
• Seesaw: The Learning Journal - Seesaw is what VHCS uses for K-3 digital portfolios. It can be accessed via an iPad or Chome app, or this link.
• Seesaw Resources - Task Cards, Graphic Organizers, How To Videos, and many other resources.
• Screencast-O-Matic - Screencast-O-Matic is a great tool for screencasting. Just download the Launch Recorder, follow the onscreen prompts, and you're ready to go.
• Watch Know Learn- Access free educational videos

STEM Resources

• 22 Customizable STEM-based Activities
• 3D Design! How and Why!
• All things Engineering!- Toolkit for Engineering Resources
• Journey North- Track Fall's journey north
• MakeDo - Tools for cardboard construction
• MakerSpace Materials List, Thanks to MakerSpace
• STEM Compiled Resources: books, sites, videos
• STEM Challenges Folder in Google Drive
• STEM Class Lessons by Grade K-3
• STEM Home - Challenges for Every Month

Formative Assessment Tech Tools

• BackChannel Chat - Backchannel Chat has tools for teachers to create polls. These polls are updated in realtime and can be setup ahead of time and place in the poll staging area where they can quickly be added to the discussion.
• Flipgrid - Video discussion platform
• Kahoot (students go to kahoot.it) - A tool for using technology to administer quizzes, discussions or surveys. It is a game based classroom response system played by the whole class in real time.
• GoSoap Box - A flexible, and intuitive student response system for educators to use in their classrooms. allows teachers to poll students on a question or topic. The results are displayed graphically and update in real time.
• Padlet (How to use Padlet) - An online bulletin board that allows your students to post and communicate in real time. Great for quick group collaboration, brainstorming, or class discussion.
• Plickers - A tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices.
• Poll Everywhere - The easiest way to gather live responses in any venue… conferences, concerts, classrooms, and company off-sites — anywhere with internet.
• Quizlet/ Quizlet LIVE - Quizlet offers free, simple tools that help you practice and master whatever you're learning.
• Socrative - A cloud-based student response system that allows teachers to create simple quizzes students can take quickly on laptops, tablets, computers, or smartphones.
• Stoodle - A collaborative, virtual whiteboard
• Today's Meet - A backchannel chat platform for classroom teachers and learners
• Wizer.me - Wizer is a community of innovative teachers who create and share their digital lessons (called Interactive worksheets). Any worksheet on the public gallery can be used by simply clicking 'Use' or 'Use this worksheet.