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Resources to Help Your Overall Student Life

Take Control

Get Organized

Reference Materials

Navigating Digital Information & Research

Research Sources

Create Videos

Create & Give Visual Presentations

Helpful Apps and Sites

Test Prep: ACT, SAT, AP

College/Career Prep or Readiness

Free (or very cheap) College Courses

Take Control

The "A" Game | PBS LearningMediaThe “A” Game is a fun, interactive game reinforcing the impact decisions can have on future goals. The game takes 30 minutes to play and includes advice from current High School students. Sample subjects: Why it is important to ask for help, stay in school, show up to class on time, manage your time outside of school, choose your friends wisely, participate in educational activities over the summer, and prepare for life after High School. The game also features funny educational animated videos, avatar creation, 12 in-game questions touching upon the Early Warning Indicators, and additional 5-minute videos for a deeper discussion on themes.

How to Remember More

Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable

Crash Course Playlist on Study Skills - Up Your Game!

Study Tips!

How to Study When You Don't Feel Like Studying

Learning How To Learn

Unleash Your Super Brain

Welcome to StudyvibeStudyvibe is a FREE repository of educational resources designed to support students to develop as effective learners and provide carefully curated resources to support teachers' curriculum development and improve learning outcomes for students in middle

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

12 Habits for Success

How to Change Habits

The 2 Minute Rule to Break Mental Barriers

Why Self Discipline is Hard

How to fix your focus

SEL Lessons in Fun Sets

Ultimate Advice for Students

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

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Get Organized

www.mystudylife.com/

TrelloInfinitely flexible. Incredibly easy to use. Great mobile apps. It's free. Trello keeps track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details.

Downloadable Materials — The Learning Scientists

How to Get Organised for School: 30 Simple Tips for StudentsRead this article to become an organised and effective student.

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Reference Materials

Visual Dictionary and Word Connections

Dictionary.com Is The World’s Favorite Online DictionaryDictionary.com is the world’s leading online source for English definitions, pronunciations, word origins, idioms, Word of the Day, and more.

Thesaurus.com - The world's favorite online thesaurus!Thesaurus.com is the world’s leading online source for synonyms, antonyms, and more.

Write your best with Grammarly.Grammarly makes sure everything you type is easy to read, effective, and mistake-free. Try it today:

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Navigating Digital Information & Research

How Search Engines Work | Kids Discover Online

InterlandInterland is an adventure-packed online game that puts the key lessons of digital citizenship and safety into hands-on practice. Play your way to being Internet Awesome.

Crash Course Playlist for Navigating Digital Information

iDEA: Develop digital, enterprise and employability skills for free. Win career-enhancing badges and gain internationally recognised awards.iDEA is an international project that helps you badge your brilliance. Through our series of online challenges and events, you can win career-enhancing badges, unlock new opportunities and, ultimately, gain internationally recognised awards that help you stand out from the crowd.

Free Courses in Typing, Coding, and Digital Literacy

Learn to Type | Free Typing TutorWorld's most trusted free typing tutor! Perfect for all ages & levels, K-12 and beyond.

CC SearchEmpowering the world to share through 6 simple licenses + a global community of advocates for open.

CC SEARCH SYNTAX GUIDE

When you search, you can enter special symbols or words to your search term to make your search results more precise.

Screenagers Movie | Growing up in the digital ageScreenagers dives deep into how technology impacts kid’s development and the challenges of parenting in the digital world where parents must compete with video games, texting addiction, and social media.

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Research Sources

News and Events Year-by-Year

Encyclopedia BritannicaExplore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and images from experts.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Online Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, and ThesaurusInfoplease is a free, authoritative, and respected reference for Internet users that provides a comprehensive encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary, and thesaurus.

Home | Library of Congress The world’s largest library. View historic photos, maps, books and more. Contact experts for help with research. Plan a visit. Home of U.S. Copyright Office.

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Create Videos

Animotica Review | Download Now | Educational App StoreCheck-out our Animotica review and learn how this kids video editing app makes editing YouTube, Instagram, and vlogs fun! This app is suitable for beginners. Download now

ToontasticToontastic 3D is a creative storytelling app that empowers kids to draw, animate, narrate, and record their own cartoons on their tablet, phone or Chromebook.

FilmoraGo-Video & Movie Editor Review | Educational App StoreFilmora is a simple yet powerful video editor available for Mac and PC, aimed at the enthusiast and prosumer markets. It’s perfect for a range of basic uses, from creating tutorial videos to editing action camera footage to making vira...

‎ChatterPix Kids‎Create ChatterPix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. And best of all, it’s FREE! AGES: 5-12. NOTE: For adults, check out our “ChatterPix” app for more fun and sharing via email and social media. CATEGORY: Creative Expression T…

Or Click Here for Google Apps Version of ChatterPix

Magisto - Magical Video Editor Review | Educational App StoreMagisto Video Editor & Maker App is a delightful app which turns you life’s instant or video clips into overwhelmingly edited dazzling movie clips within seconds. With the help of this photography app you can generate modest breath...

Animaker Class - Creativity is the new literacy!Animaker Class is a secure EdTech tool for students to develop and showcase their creativity. Also, an ideal tool for teachers to make their curriculum more engaging and manage their classroom. Our mission is to help educators in building creative classrooms. Sign up for the free plan now!

Download HitFilm Express - Free editing and VFX software - fxhome.comDownload the free video editing and VFX software used by over 5 million creatives worldwide. 400+ effects, 70+ hours of video tutorials, perfect for beginners.

Metaverse StudioMetaverse is the easiest way to create Augmented Reality experiences. No programming required.

‎iMovie‎With a streamlined design and intuitive Multi-Touch gestures, iMovie lets you create Hollywood-style trailers and beautiful movies like never before. Make Hollywood-style trailers • Choose from 14 trailer templates with stunning graphics and original scores by some of the world’s top film composers…

Movavi Video Editor Review | Educational App StoreMovavi Video Editor is a simple, easy-to-use and easy-to-learn video editing software for casual users who want to create quick videos for the web or for sharing with friends and family.

blender.org - Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation SoftwareHome of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software

Tour CreatorTour Creator makes it easy to build immersive, 360 tours right from your computer.

Animoto Video Maker Review | Educational App StoreAnimoto lets you quickly and easily combine text, images, and videos into beautiful videos. The app functions very similar to the website as students can use their iPhone to select from various multimedia (music, photos, and clips) and share...

‎PuppetMaster‎PuppetMaster: Animate. Literally. Anything. This animation app lets you instantly bring to life anything you want, just by acting things out in front of the camera or touching the screen. Your voice is recorded as well. The result is your own animated video you can save and share! The app even has…

ScreencastifyScreencastify is the #1 free screen recorder for Chrome. No download required. Record, edit and share videos in seconds. Videos autosave to your Google Drive, and can be published directly to YouTube.

Powtoon | Create Awesome Videos YourselfPowtoon gives you everything you need to easily make professional videos and presentations that your clients, colleagues, and friends will love! No design or tech skills are necessary — it’s free, easy, and awesome!

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Create & Give Visual Presentations

Timetoast timeline maker. Make a timeline, tell a story.Timetoast's free timeline maker lets you create timelines online. Make educational timelines or create a timeline for your company website. How to make a timeline? Well, it's easy as toast!

Easelly is a simple infographic maker that lets you visualize any kind of information.

CC SearchEmpowering the world to share through 6 simple licenses + a global community of advocates for open.

Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public DomainThe launch of a new open access platform ushers in a new era of accessibility for the Institution

Amazingly Simple Graphic Design Software – Canvawww.canva.com/

Many free templates for visual displays

Free Infographic Maker | PiktochartPiktochart is an infographic maker that makes it easy to design high quality creative infographics. Choose from over 280 editable infographic templates.

5 PowerPoint Features Often Overlooked by Students and Teachers About ten years ago I started to notice a lot of alternatives to PowerPoint popping-up on the web. Some of those presentation tools like G...

Make Free Infographics, Reports & Charts OnlineVisme is a easy free online infographic maker with hundreds of templates, and icons allowing anyone to create beautiful engaging infographics, reports & Charts in their browser.

Kojis are mini apps that can be shared on all social platforms, embedded in any website, and sent via messengers and email.

Remix anything, share everywhere - Fun image creator

How to Make an Infographic in 5 Steps (Guide) - VenngageThis guide will teach you how to make an infographic in 5 steps (in under one hour). Included are professional infographic templates and examples to help.

Education Templates for PowerPoint and Google Slides | SlidesManiaIf you are planning your next PD, or you want to spice up your lessons, or maybe you want to present your thesis in an awesome way! Forget about the design, these FREE pptx or Google Slides templates will make your job super easy!

Free Infographic Maker - VenngageJoin over 1 million people creating their own professional graphics with our easy to use infographic maker. Sign up for free and choose from 1000+ infographic templates.

Let’s Make Better SlideshowsA lot of you are out there giving lectures, presentations, and workshops, and your slideshows need work. These seven tips will help.

Book Creator - bring creativity to your classroom - Book Creator appBook Creator - bring creativity to your classroom. A simple way to make digital books online - on Chromebooks, PCs, iPads or tablets. Create. Read. Publish.

Free online word cloud generator and tag cloud creatorWordclouds.com is a free online word cloud generator and tag cloud generator, similar to Wordle. Create your own word clouds and tag clouds. Paste text or upload documents and select shape, colors and font to create your own word cloud. Wordclouds.com can also generate clickable word clouds with links (image map). Save or share the resulting image.

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Kassel LabsHelping you to express your creativity and imagination with tools to create videos. Create your own opening of movies and series with our Intro Creators.

SynthPodcasts in bytes

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Helpful Apps and Sites

Rewordify.com simplifies difficult English. Enter hard sentences (or whole chapters) into the yellow box at the top of the page. (You can also enter a web site URL.) Click Rewordify text and you'll instantly see an easier version, for fast understanding. The reworded words are highlighted— click them to hear and learn the original harder word. You can change how the highlighting works to match the way you learn!