MENU Belle Vernon Area School District Graduates are prepared to embark on their own pathway to success. Home Staff Resources Covid-19 Teacher Resources Overview COVID-19 TEACHER RESOURCES Overview BVASD Technology Support: Email: BVASD.IThelpdesk@bvasd.net Phone Extension: 1199 Sapphire Login Page WIU 7 Continuity of Education Resource Page Google Classroom Support: Quick Google Classroom Start Up Guide Google Classroom ~ The Basics Importing Google Classroom Grades into eSchoolPLUS Teacher Access Center Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Students Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Teachers Step by Step Directions for Logging into Google Classroom from Home Google Hangouts: hangouts.google.com; Login into Google Chrome Google Meet: meet.google.com/_meet Google Voice: voice.google.com; Create a personal Gmail account, download the app and go! Google Voice - Do Not Disturb Feature Setup Information Mass Adding Students to Google Classroom Zoom Meeting Resources: Zoom Meeting: zoom.us; Zoom Do's & Don'ts Zoom Directions for Teachers & Presenters Zoom Video Basic Tutorial Zoom How To Teach Online Video Phone Call Capability without Providing Personal Information: Google Voice: voice.google.com; Create a personal Gmail account, download the app and go! How to Distance Teach: Tuturials Converting Resources: Face-to-face Instructional Approach Technology Tools for Consideration Tips for Consideration by Educators Direct Instruction Screencasting Tools such as Screencastify, Screencast-O-Matic, Camtasia Upload to LMS or YouTube Include written script of video for accessibility Group Discussions or Presentations FlipGrid, Video Recordings, Google Slides Upload, share in LMS, FlipGrid Student Reflections or Worksheets Google Forms, Editable PDF, DocHub and PDFEscape, Kami Assessments and Quizzes Google Forms, Editable PDF, LMS Assessment Creator Frequent check ins for understanding, formative and summative Video / Movie Lessons EdPuzzle Upload instructional videos and include pause points to allow for student responses Writing Google Docs and Classroom Consider how students submit this work to you Read and Respond Programs like ActivityLearn allow students to respond to online readings Student Questions LMS Discussion Forums, Google Doc or Sheet Always provide specific guidance regarding expectations, and meaningful responses to support students Labs PhET simulations PhET has been converting labs from Flash to HTML5. Some may not be ready to go, so please watch carefully. Adobe stopped supporting Flash as of January 2020. Content Resources: Name Link Content Area Info OER Commons https://www.oercommons.org/ ALL PK - Higher Ed Variety of resources - Join Westmoreland IU group New Visions for Public Schools https://curriculum.newvisions.org/ ALL K-12 Units and Lessons - aligned to New York State Standards DCPS Cornerstones Project https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DTJFvPmiB-7Uqv1w7jpBAjLqAUXQk6yI?usp=sharing ALL K-12 Unit Projects - Aligned to Virginia State Standards Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ ELA free eBooks PhET https://phet.colorado.edu/ Math and Science simulations Open Stax https://openstax.org/ ALL PK - Higher Ed free eBooks Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ Mostly Math and Science Variety of resources CK-12 Flexbooks https://www.ck12.org/student/ Mostly Math and Science Customizable Flexbooks - you cannot alter images from CK-12 COERLL https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/ World Languages Variety of resources AMSER https://amser.org/ Math and Science Variety of resources The Orange Grove https://www.floridashines.org/orange-grove ALL K-12 Variety of resources - aligned to Florida State Standards OpenSciEd https://www.openscied.org/ Science 6-8 Rollout of new resources through 2022 Media Resources: Name Link Info Pixabay https://pixabay.com/ Copyright Free Images and Videos Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Mostly Copyright Free Media Internet Archive https://archive.org/ Variety of Resources Film Studies for Free https://filmstudiesforfree.wordpress.com/ Commentary on and links to online open-access film studies resources Public Domain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/ Variety of Resources Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/ Variety of Resources Pexels www.pexels.com Free stock photos GIMP https://www.gimp.org/ Free & Open Source Image Editor MeshLab http://www.meshlab.net/ Open Source 3D model processing, editing and converting software Autodesk Tinkercad https://www.tinkercad.com/ 3D design, electronics, and coding digccmixter http://dig.ccmixter.org/ Music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under CC licenses Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/ free and royalty-free music Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org/ Free, open-source audio creation platform App Resources: Name Link OER SEARCH - OER COMMONS https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/oer-search/id358703397?mt=8 http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/market/apps/app/org.oersearch.OERSearch/OER-Search Merlot Search https://itunes.apple.com/app/merlot-oer-search/id541266116?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.merlot.search.html&hl=es Libby https://meet.libbyapp.com/ Ted https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-talks/ways-to-get-ted-talks Products: Name Link Info Easy Test Maker https://www.easytestmaker.com/ online test generator - no account needed for students. Screencastify https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn?hl=en free Chrome extension - 50 free recordings Screencast-O-Matic https://screencast-o-matic.com/ free video recording software - limit of 15 minutes per recording English as a Second Language Resources: Name of Product Link Cost Brief Description Google Classroom https://edu.google.com/why-google/k-12-solutions/?modal_active=none free Free online classrrom for students; can be used for Core or supplemental instruction Room Recess https://www.roomrecess.com/ free Free, online games that reinforce basic skills--literacy, language, math. No account or login is required. ESLGamesPlus www.eslgamesplus.com free ESL Games Plus offers interactive online games for learning and teaching English as a Second Language. Our learning games are mostly suitable for teaching ESL Kids and Teenagers. There are activities for teaching and practising English grammar, vocabulary, sentences, listening and pronunciation skills. The site features these ESL Activities Online: ESL Classroom Games, Memory Games, Spelling Games, Sentence Games, Interactive Board Games, Hangman Games, Jeopardy, Wheel Games, Concentration Games, Matching Games, Car Racing Games, Pirate Games, Crocodile Games, Word Recognition Games, Mobile Games for iPad, iPhones and Android devices. Storylineonline https://www.storylineonline.net/ Free The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more. Learning A to Z https://www.learninga-z.com/?fbclid=IwAR1TWVWUtnp7yoWoNVrxhyp5RuaCMgMbHQ-YZN1HLkuDXyzvy2y8RXEgVAo Free Free virtual resources for educators for the 90 days including RAZ Kids and Headsprout. Leveled reading resources, interactive computer based mobile books and quizzes. Mobile APP available iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android & Kindle Listenwise www.listenwise.com Free Listening and comprehension practice through podcasts. Premium access free during closure. BombBomb https://bombbomb.com/education/ Free allows teachers to send pre-recorded video emails Actively Learn https://www.activelylearn.com/ Free Texts and videos for ELA, Science, & Social Studies. Premium accounts are now free through the end of the school year. Brain POP ELL https://ell.brainpop.com/ Free https://educators.brainpop.com/faq/brainpop-esl/ BrainPOP ELL is a web-based English language learning program comprised of short, animated movies as well as games, quizzes, and interactive features. It encompasses the four main language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The movies feature the characters Moby and Ben, who model conversational English while presenting target vocabulary, language, and content. Quizlet https://quizlet.com/ Free English study sets on Quizlet for may topics like Weather/ Seasons, Science, clothing, etc... as well as Vocabulary, Grammar and Questions. Ads on the website can be removed for monthly fee Newsela https://newsela.com/ Free The same news articles can be selected in one of five different Lexile levels. Students may select a level or the teacher can assign a level. Articles are updated daily. Discovery Education Experience https://www.discoveryeducation.com/coronavirus-response/ Free for the rest of this school year; supt or principal must request it through an online form Uses research-based strategies for incorporating media into learning; the platform provides ready-made lessons, which teachers can customize with the ability to add their own content and have students create content; teachers and students can collaborate in real time or asynchronously CommonLit https://www.commonlit.org/en Free Provides curated, research-based lesson plans centered around texts of various genres, and some are organized into units; includes texts intended to supplement books commonly assigned in schools; teachers can choose to include guiding questions, online assessment questions, and the ability for students to annotate texts online; teachers view student annotations and assessment responses Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com Free language learning tool that has bolstered their offerings for English learners across language proficiency levels. Hippocampus https://hippocampus.org/ Free HippoCampus.org is a free, core academic web site that delivers rich multimedia content--videos, animations, and simulations--on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school teachers and college professors, and their students, free of charge.Includes content for Algebra, Geometry, Biology, Chemistry, History, Sociology, Economics, etc... using middle school, highschool & college cointent from NROC, Kahn Academy, NOAA, Interactive Sceince Solutions, Dallas Learning Solutions, Phoenix College, Mt. San Jacinto College and more. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab https://www.esl-lab.com/copyright_terms/ Free Unless otherwise noted, all materials at Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab including the interactive quiz questions, transcriptions, and tutorials, video, and sound files are free to use. Easy, intermediate and difficult levels of listening activities based on specific topics are available. Voces Digital https://www.vocesdigital.com/ Free through June 30 Online learning resources are specifically for those who teach French, Spanish, and ESL. Students get audio and video, interactive writing and speaking exercises, and more. Register for free access here TextHelp - Read&Write Feature https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write/ Free on a trial basis Emails/documents read out loud, text prediction, picture dictionaries, summary highlighters and a grammar, spelling and confusable words checker CK-12 https://www.ck12.org/ Free An integrated set of tools for learning: digital textbooks, concept-based learning, SAT prep, and interactive Algebra curriculum (with additional math and science subjects in progress). All products can be customized to match the needs of the student, educator, or school. 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