Teacher Resources
Sharpen the Saw:
Tech Help Sessions for Teachers & Staff
2024-2025 slideshow (below) with resources from every session.
VIDEO TUTORIALS
Check this ever-growing list of video tutorials for help with classroom tech that you can use to amplify your teaching.
If you have an idea for a tutorial, please let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Hint: Hover over the image of the Google Doc, and then click the gray square that pops up in the corner. This will open the entire doc in a new tab so you can scroll through and see all the options.
Destiny Discover: This is not only our online catalog for books, but also a one-stop shop for links to Orion's most popular research tools. By the way, this is also where we teach the kids to go to find these tools.
Teaching Digital Citizenship: Common Sense Education has some great tools to help teachers and parents guide kids through learning how to be good citizens of the digital world.
Master Teacher Project: The folks at BetterLesson.com have put together some fabulous resources to help ensure all teachers become master teachers. These lessons are aligned with core standards.
Research Skills Kids Need: Scholastic is a trusted name in the education world. In this article, teachers can learn about essential research skills and make an effort to include them in their assignments.