If you would like any assistance using any of these resources with your class, please don’t hesitate to email Ms. Werner.
Quick Tips! for Technology
PHS Resources
- Schoology Help for Teachers
- 833 Webmail
- 3000 (only works on district network)
- Advisory Site (must be logged in to @apps account to access)
- Staff Handbook (must be logged in to @apps account to access)
Literacy Resources
- Culturally Responsive Reads
- Dave Stuart’s Article of the Week Explanation
- NewsELA – Nonfiction literacy and current events resource. NewsELA includes quizzes that encourage close reading. They also have text collections focusing on various topics relating to social studies and literature.
- CommonLit – Free fiction and nonfiction literacy resources. CommonLit provides resources, curriculum, and assessment resources for middle and high school levels. There are pre-made lessons that teachers can share with their students and track their progress through the related assessments. It would be an excellent resource for introducing or exploring a theme being covered in class.
- TweenTribune – Another nonfiction literacy resource with tons of articles that can be assigned to classes. This service includes quizzes and weekly lesson plans.
Teaching Resources
- National History Day
- WorldStat offers updated statistics from World Bank Databank for a fact-based education to ensure a greater understanding of the world without prejudices and misunderstandings.
- CIA World Factbook
- DocsTeach is a product of the National Archives made specifically for classroom activity and integration.
- MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.
- TeachHub
- Edutopia is a comprehensive website and online community that increases knowledge, sharing, and adoption of what works in K-12 education. We emphasize core strategies: project-based learning, comprehensive assessment, integrated studies, social and emotional learning, educational leadership and teacher development, and technology integration.
- ProjectExplorer.org’s mission is to bring the world into the classroom with free multimedia content and lesson plans that improve students’ global awareness and cross cultural understanding.
- PBS Learning Media
- IB Digital Toolkit
- Cyberbullying Research Center
- The Comprehensive Guide to Facebook Privacy Settings
- WiredSafety
Curated Resource Collections
- High School Resource Collections on Destiny – Click “See all” to browse, or click “Filter public collections” to narrow the list
- Teaching Technology Pinterest Board
- Research Pinterest Board
- Reading Recommendation Pinterest Board
Tools
- Wikispaces
- History Day Weebly website creation
- Wordle word cloud generator