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For 6th and 7th grade teams---summaries of district subscriptions
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Deer Park Tech Subscriptions
2012-2013Resources for Secondary
Teachers and Students
Ellen Robertson, PD facilitator
How Do I Get There?
For now, use the addresses and username and password convention CONFIDENTIAL handout sent via email last October. A new one is being developed now and will be sent in the next few weeks
What if there are log-in issues?
Call the IT Help Desk at 274-4380 with your info!
What if I need help in understanding how to use the subscription?
Your Computer TA may be the first line of defense
Is there a colleague already using the subscription?
Use the Tech Integration Help Request Form:http://tinyurl.com/deerparkhelp
What can they do for me or my students?
Take a look at these summaries and note how they might fit in
with your curriculum……..
Discovery Education
www.discoveryeducation.com
THOUSANDS of curriculum related videos searchable by standards
Middle School Science activities, interactives, reading materials and assessments
Set up your classes and assign materials/activities/quizes
BrainPop and BrainPop ESL
www.brainpop.com
Animated curricular content
Aligned to Common Core--- searchable by standards
movies, quizzes, games, mobile apps, experiments, activity pages,
See the BrainPop tour and BrainPop ESLhttp://www.brainpop.com/about/tour/
Castle Learning https://www.castlelearning.com/
web-based review, testing, and assessment tools for teachers and students in the areas of Math, Social Studies, Science, English, and Foreign Languages
All resources aligned to common core
Create assessments from huge database of questions
Instant grading and reporting to drive instruction
State testing prep resources
Deer Park Google Apps
apps.deerparkschools.org
COLLABORATION tools for teachers and students: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, website development, calendars
Keep all your files in the “cloud” and access from anywhere
Extremely useful for group projects and accounting for student progress
Enchanted Learning
members.enchantedlearning.com
30,000 web pages of content viewable by topic
Find curricular info on site index
New topics added daily
Voicethread
https://www.deerpark.ed.voicethread.com
Interactive, multimedia “slideshow” that holds images, documents, videos that can be commented on by whomever you allow, through typing, microphone, webcam.
What does a Voicethread look like?
A student produced Voicethread
See how to make a Voicethread in 1 minute
Wikispaces
http://www.deerparkschools.wikispaces.net/
Tool to EASILY create COLLABORATIVE websites by teachers and/or students
Used in MANY different ways: study guides, vocabulary lists, research projects, travelogues, field trip synopsis, class FAQ’s, class newspapers,
Many more ideas for using a wiki
Will these tools be useful to you and your students?
Will any ENGAGE your students in a topic more than in a past way?
Will any make your practice easier/more efficient so that you can concentrate on other things?
Will any help you to integrate both technology and Common Core Standards into your practice?
Where do you go from here? Do you need support?In which subscriptions are you most interested?