For 6th and 7th grade teams---summaries of district subscriptions

1. Deer Park Tech
Subscriptions
2012-2013
Resources for Secondary
Teachers and Students
Ellen Robertson, PD facilitator

2. 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

3. What if there are log-in issues?
 Call the IT Help Desk at 274-4380 with your info!

4. 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

5. 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……..

6. 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

7. 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 ESL
http://www.brainpop.com/about/tour/

8. 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

9. 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

10. Enchanted Learning
 members.enchantedlearning.com
 30,000 web pages of content viewable by topic
 Find curricular info on site index
 New topics added daily

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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?