Media Center
Media resources
The media catalog and online research databases are available to teachers and students both at school and home. At school, all laptops and desktops should have the GCPS Media Catalog and Online Research Library icons. At home you will see those same icons under Teacher Resources in your employee portal. Students will also see the icons under Apps in MY eCLASS. Passwords won't be needed if you access through your GCPS portals. In case you do need to access passwords, here is a link.
Media Catalog
The media catalog allows you to browse all the resources that we offer in our media center: e-books, guided reading books, sound recordings, leveled readers and professional books.
Online Research Library
The online research library provides access to paid subscription databases for student research. Search for articles, images, e-books and more.
We do have over 500 e-books in our media catalog that students can read and thousands more can be found in our online research library. If you would like to find an e-book on a certain topic, let Mrs. Duncan know and she will happy to help you. Some books can be downloaded which makes accessing them even easier for our students.
Look for these new resources for dld
These resources have been added to the online research library, so they are easily accessible for students.
media ECLASS PAGE
Mrs. Duncan has been adding lots of content on the Suwanee Elementary Media Center Page in eCLASS. She is adding a read-aloud every school day, video tutorials for accessing free e-books, digital citizenship modules and even a special message from Sarah Weeks.
Please encourage your students to visit the Media Center eCLASS page if they need to find something new to read or want to listen to a story. Here are a some pictures you can post to advertise special Digital Learning Days modules.
Branch out!
A partnership between GCPL and Gwinnett County Public Schools will help students Branch Out! academically. Students who opt in to the Branch Out! program will have full access to the print and digital resources of the library system at any one of our 15 branches around Gwinnett and online.
Teachers, you should also take advantage of this program. As a Gwinnett County teacher, you can apply for a library card using your employee ID. The best part of Branch Out for you? No more late fees! You can sign-up now, in the employee portal, under the "About Me" tab you will see "Branch Out!" to the far right. Go there now to sign-up and someone from the public library will get back to you
Students can also sign-up online. Have them go to my eCLASS page to the Branch Out module or you can provide parents with this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGdVa95DTt9BT4gHv6isdl-e6_1TcKQwHFAWe-0Zs3or3gYA/viewform
The public library loves to support our school. Check out the Daily Distraction page for hundreds of online resources that you can use now.
The public library is also partnering with Tutor.com. Click here to view directions in eCLASS.
need guided reading?
Do you need to assign reading to your students with books that are on their reading level? Mrs. Duncan has created an online library of e-books on my eCLASS page. These books are downloaded from Galileo and organized by Guided Reading level. You can download them and put them on your page or send students to my page to read. Let Mrs. Duncan know if you need more books on a certain level or topic and she will be happy to search search for more.
MyON (School Name: Get Georgia Reading, username: GwinnettCounty, password: read) and Capstone Interactive (username: continue password: reading) have provided free subscriptions to us during this time of digital learning. Both subscriptions allow students to search by their Guided Reading Level. In Mrs. Duncan's E-Book tutorial for both of these resources she shows students how to use this feature.
brain pop
Now would be a great time to set-up your class!
- Visit brainpop.com and click “Enter Code” at the top of the page
- Use Suwanee Elementary School’s code: JBZP4844
- Follow the prompts to set up your account.
- Once you set up your account you will be given a class code for your students.
- Your students will then go to Brain POP and choose the "Sign Up Now" link instead of the "Log in" button, then log in again as a student with the class code.
Make sure to tell your students the "formula" you would like for them to use when creating usernames. You might use first name, first initial of last name and 2020.
DON'T put in full student numbers or full last names.
Feel free to email or text Mrs. Duncan if you need help setting up your class.
GPB TV
As part of the public media mission to ensure all kids have access to continued free educational resources at home, GPB, in partnership with Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), is offering broadcast programming and accompanying digital resources that adhere to Georgia’s state standards.
Students in Pre-K through 12th grade can now access free, educational PBS daytime programming designated for each grade level weekdays on GPB-TV. Children’s favorite shows can still be found on GPB’s PBS KIDS 24/7 Channel and at GPBkids.org. Additional GPB and PBS programs are also available to stream on gpb.org or the free PBS Video App and PBS KIDS Apps.
Discovery ed
Discovery Education is a simple-to-use K-12 learning platform that combines dynamic curated curriculum resources with on-demand teaching strategies, personalized for your needs as an educator. This collection of real world educational content brings excitement and relevancy to the topics you teach, so all students have opportunities to unlock their true potential.
The Suwanee Elementary school code is 005A-605D . Use this code to create a new account. If you have been teaching for a while you may already have an account. You can simply choose "forgot my password" to recover your password and login.
This resources has been revamped in the last year, so if you haven't looked at in a few years, check it out!
GCPS READING RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
