LibGuides: LEE TEACHER RESOURCES: Useful Resources for Every Subject

Research Project Ideas

50 (or so) Ways to Ditch Your . . .Paper or Book Report and Tell Your Story
Although we believe that students need to develop the skills necessary to prepare a thoughtful, well-written,formal, inquiry-driven research paper, our students have many other engaging product options. They can acquire subject knowledge and develop transferable information literacy and technology skills through a variety of creative activities. The following is a list of some alternative assessments for your class.
Essential Questions by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins
First chapter of this book shows you the difference between essential and non-essential questions and gives examples of essential questions in all subject areas, plus a whole lot more!
TEKS for Research and Citing Sources
Primary Source Starter Pack for Teachers
This is a LibGuide for teachers of every subject.

Easy Tech Integration

Today's Meet Provides a place for backchannel discussions during videos or presentations, a place for students to ask questions without interrupting the presentatoin. Chat log transcript can be saved for use later.

200 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom

Wordle.net

Tagxedo

http://www.wordclouds.com/

Adobe Spark - see Educator's Guide in the Documents and Files Box to the right.

DocentEdu-Turn any website into an interactive lesson. This is a web browser extension free for 5 Docent lessons. Students use a Google account, must have DocentEDU extension on their browser. You assign the Docent lesson to a class. Students join the class with the class code. When they log into their Docent Account they can see the assigned lesson. The DocentEDU extension has to be on their ChromeBrowser in order to see the Docent overlays on the webpage.

Hyperdocs

Virtual Field Trips Resources

Tips for Planning Virtual Field Trips
Nearpod Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Field Trips Apps and Websites
Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
Free 45 minute, live, interactive programs everyday noon central. See the upcoming schedule.
Roper Mountain Science Center
Specifics include:
ten to fifteen-minute live demonstration by our Roper Mountain science or social studies specialist
reflection time to ask questions or offer comments about the activity via chat box
total connection time is approximately 30 minutes
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Virtual Tours
self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits
Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.
Farm Food 360
free 360-degree video tours of Canadian farms and the foods they produce.
National Museum of Mathematics
Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants
Beaming Science, Exploration, Adventure and Conservation live into Classrooms Around the World

Guest Speakers and Virtual Field Trips with Leading Experts from Around the World
Using Technology to Broadcast Live into Classrooms from the Most Remote Regions on the Planet
California Academy of Sciences
science-centric games, videos, and DIY projects
Top 10 Virtual History Museums and Experiences
American Battlefield Trust 360 Virtual Tours
Experience the Civil War and Revolutionary War like never before and tour the battlefields in panoramic view. Jump from battlefield to battlefield using our virtual tours that offer historic detail on battle highlights and points of interest, compelling photography, lively video, in-depth articles and more.
Connect 2 Texas

Forms and Templates

Storyboard Templates
Tired of the same projects - ready to try something new? Have your students create movies! Start with the storyboard.
Printable Paper
For every need.
Google Slides Facebook Template

Documents and Files

The Latest Research on the Brain and Learning 11-9-21

Infotopia November 2023 Newsletter
Good Primary Sources resources listed along with many other things

Destiny online catalog

Find:

Advanced Search

Infographics

Critical Thinking Skills Cheat Sheet
Suggested question stems to up the level of thinking in your classroom.

Blank Forms

Graphic Organizers from Britannica

Technology Resources

How-To's

Power Point Ideas

Publisher Ideas

How-to Create Animoto Videos

How to Create Presentation/Project Rubrics for yourself or your students.

How to Use the New Version of Padlet - video by Richard Byrne of FreeTech4Teachers.com

How to Create Images, Videos, and Web Pages With Adobe Spark -video by Richard Byrne of FreeTech4Teachers.com

Student-Made E-Books: A Beautiful Way to Demonstrate Learning
One of my favorite bloggers, Jennifer Gonzalez, describes ways to use student created ebooks as a classroom assessment tool. She includes a video of how to use PPT to create pdf ebooks.
Cult of Pedagogy- Single Point Rubric
The practice of using single point rubrics is slowly but surely catching on. The simplicity of these rubrics — with just a single column of criteria, rather than a full menu of performance levels — offers a whole host of benefits:
OnePager blog post from Cult of Pedagogy

Useful Websites

Classical Music for Kids
Links to great instrumental music to use for background in the classroom.
WingClips
Movie clips that illustrate and inspire. If you make a free account, note the User Agreement. You must delete any free downloads from your computer in 30 days. You may use them in face to face teaching.
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197 Youtube Channels for Teaching
PaperRater plagiarism checker
A Copyright Friendly Toolkit
Lesson Plans & Resources for Arts Integration
MLA 8 vs MLA 7 from EasyBib
The MLA 8th Edition handbook, released in April 2016, includes major changes to the citation process. This page highlights a few of the differences between MLA 7 and MLA 8.
MLA Style Center Resources
New resources from the MLA Style Center available for MLA 8
ePals
Connect, Communicate, Collaborate, with classrooms around the world.
Using TV Jingles as prompts
STEM/STEAM resources
Hyperdocs Links
ClassHook
Clips from educational videos and television shows to use in lessons.
Blog post listing Plagiarism Checkers
Teachers First Classroom Resources
Bingo Baker
Create, print, custom Bingo cards or use already created cards.
TED-Ed Videos and Lessons
This is a list of TED-Ed videos divided by subject. How to access the videos:
• Go to http://ed.ted.com/
• Enter the name of the video in the search box.
Note: Each lesson comes with questions on the right side