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?