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Resources for Scholars ProjectLivebinder | Created by Porter and Breeding
Links to biographical information about scholars in various fields. Print resources | Databases Students accessed materials that were available via the Lockerman Middle School Media Center and Caroline County Public Library. Project Documents
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Resources for Ancient Egypt Business Plan ProjectLivebinder I | Created by Echternach and Porter
Links to sites on Ancient Egypt. Focus on gods and goddesses, agriculture, daily life of average citizens. Livebinder II | Created by Gudenius Multitude of sites on various facets of life in Ancient Egypt. Organized by occupation. Project Documents
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Media Center Resources
Research Tools
Livebinders
Curate, organize, and share websites, PDFs, and videos. Advanced tools allow you to embed assignments and resources within the same tab. Share your binders and collect from other curators.
Instagrok
Search engine that displays results in a web. Results can be moved and organized. Each result has a source button making it great for teaching website evaluation.
Middle Search Plus and MAS Ultra School Edition
These are databases available through the MDK12 Digital Library. Every school library media center in Maryland should have information about your username and password. This link takes you to the information page from MSDE.
Curate, organize, and share websites, PDFs, and videos. Advanced tools allow you to embed assignments and resources within the same tab. Share your binders and collect from other curators.
Instagrok
Search engine that displays results in a web. Results can be moved and organized. Each result has a source button making it great for teaching website evaluation.
Middle Search Plus and MAS Ultra School Edition
These are databases available through the MDK12 Digital Library. Every school library media center in Maryland should have information about your username and password. This link takes you to the information page from MSDE.
Assessment Tools
Plickers
Student response system that requires no devices for students. With a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop teachers can utilize this tool to collect formative data quickly and easily.
Kahoot
Interactive assessments in real-time. Create your own or draw from Kahoots that others have created. Student vs. student, student vs. self, class vs. class - a variety of options. Responses download at the end of the Kahoot in an Excel spreadsheet for formative data collection.
Quizizz
Interactive assessments. Create your own or draw from quizzes created by others. Use with code or use the handy button to connect it directly to your Google Classroom(s). Can be used realtime or asynchronously. Results download in spreadsheet for formative data collection.
Socrative
Student assessment tool. Can be used for formative or summative assessments. Questions can be added ahead of time or "on the fly". Share live results with the class (names can be removed) for class discussion. Reports can be downloaded, emailed, or saved right to your Google Drive as a whole class spreadsheet, individual student PDF, or question specific PDF. Ability to self-select the code for your classroom(s).
Student response system that requires no devices for students. With a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop teachers can utilize this tool to collect formative data quickly and easily.
Kahoot
Interactive assessments in real-time. Create your own or draw from Kahoots that others have created. Student vs. student, student vs. self, class vs. class - a variety of options. Responses download at the end of the Kahoot in an Excel spreadsheet for formative data collection.
Quizizz
Interactive assessments. Create your own or draw from quizzes created by others. Use with code or use the handy button to connect it directly to your Google Classroom(s). Can be used realtime or asynchronously. Results download in spreadsheet for formative data collection.
Socrative
Student assessment tool. Can be used for formative or summative assessments. Questions can be added ahead of time or "on the fly". Share live results with the class (names can be removed) for class discussion. Reports can be downloaded, emailed, or saved right to your Google Drive as a whole class spreadsheet, individual student PDF, or question specific PDF. Ability to self-select the code for your classroom(s).
Presentation Tools
Glogster Edu
Online interactive posters. Students can incorporate text, graphics, video, sound, attach documents to a poster with a theme to reflect the subject matter. Students can upload their own photography, audio, and video creations to be included. Subscription.
Haiku Deck
Slide presentations focused on the pictures - text is limited.
Screencast-o-matic
Free screencast recording software. Download and record, very easy to use.
GarageBand
Apple's sound software. Create podcasts with a variety of background acoustics or sound effects. Files can be imported into iMovie or Glogster.
Green Screen by Do Ink
Inexpensive app that allows even the youngest students to create green screen movies with ease. Students can load video or picture graphics as the background and incorporate other images into the movie. Saves to Photos, can be shared with Google Drive. $2.99.
Online interactive posters. Students can incorporate text, graphics, video, sound, attach documents to a poster with a theme to reflect the subject matter. Students can upload their own photography, audio, and video creations to be included. Subscription.
Haiku Deck
Slide presentations focused on the pictures - text is limited.
Screencast-o-matic
Free screencast recording software. Download and record, very easy to use.
GarageBand
Apple's sound software. Create podcasts with a variety of background acoustics or sound effects. Files can be imported into iMovie or Glogster.
Green Screen by Do Ink
Inexpensive app that allows even the youngest students to create green screen movies with ease. Students can load video or picture graphics as the background and incorporate other images into the movie. Saves to Photos, can be shared with Google Drive. $2.99.
Adaptive Tools
SpeakIt
A Google Chrome extension that will read highlighted text in English, Spanish, French, and many other languages.
A Google Chrome extension that will read highlighted text in English, Spanish, French, and many other languages.
Rewordify
Copy and paste text and this site will reword complex text in simpler terms.
Copy and paste text and this site will reword complex text in simpler terms.
Grammarly
Grammarly's free browser extension helps you write mistake-free in Gmail, Google Classroom, WordPress, and anywhere else you write on the Web.
Grammarly's free browser extension helps you write mistake-free in Gmail, Google Classroom, WordPress, and anywhere else you write on the Web.
Draftback
Chrome extension that allows you to see the revision history of any Google Doc.
Chrome extension that allows you to see the revision history of any Google Doc.