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Belle Vernon Area School District

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    Covid-19 Teacher Resources

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      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

      Info

      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

      Apple and Android

      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

      Apple and Android

      Libby

      https://meet.libbyapp.com/

      Public Library app

      Ted

      https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-talks/ways-to-get-ted-talks

      Free TedTalks

       

      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

      ELD Instruction

      Content Area Differention for EL

      Accessiblity Features

      Age Group/Audience

      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

           

      K-12

      Room Recess

      https://www.roomrecess.com/

      free

      Free, online games that reinforce basic skills--literacy, language, math. No account or login is required.

      No account or log-in is required. This might be a helpful item for enrichment or optional work.

           

      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.

      Also includes videos and printables.

         

      K-8

      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.

      Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, caregivers and educators worldwide. Each book includes supplemental curriculum developed by a credentialed elementary educator, aiming to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners.

           

      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

      Headsprout is an adaptive, online reading program that takes non-readers and beginning readers to a mid-2nd grade reading level with 30 hours of instruction. Because of its special focus on phonics, phonological awareness, fluency, and phonemic awareness, it is ideal for ELL students who can benefit from individual practice with listening to correct pronunciation and decoding letter/sound connections. Each colorful episode challenges students to build upon skills they have practiced before, and the program adjusts to students’ progress, ensuring that students advance episodes only when they demonstrated skill mastery.

         

      K-5

      Listenwise

      www.listenwise.com

      Free

      Listening and comprehension practice through podcasts. Premium access free during closure.

           

      Grades 2-12

      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.

       

      Available for all core content areas; Teachers can add content to existing ready-made lessons to differentiate for the needs of ELs

      Students can highlight a phrase they cannot read and it will translate the text into that language. There is an embedded dictionary.

      Grades 3-12

      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.

         

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      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

       

      Empowering ELLs with Quizlet https://www.empoweringells.com/quizlet-vocabulary/

         

      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.

      http://blog.tesol.org/5-reasons-to-use-newsela/

           

      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

      Each program from the English Language Learner Series targets grades K-2 or 3-5, is available in English and Spanish, and comes complete with a teacher’s guide.

      Available for all core content areas; Teachers can add content to existing ready-made lessons to differentiate for the needs of ELs; a California study of classrooms that frequently used a similar Discovery Education platform found that ELs' achievement partricularly improved compared to other classrooms

      Closed captioning and transcripts are available for all videos.

      Grades K-12

      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

      Website can be translated into Spanish with a click of a button. A Quick Start Guide is avaialble for students and teachers.

      Lesson plans for ELA and history/social studies; the ability to chunk texts into smaller pieces with guiding questions can help ELs check for understanding; ELs can annotate the text online to show teachers where they are struggling or comprehending; texts conclude with discussion questions, which the class can discuss via online chat or phone, to provide speaking and listening practice for ELs

      Teachers can enable the translation function for students to click on a word and translate it to selected languages

      Grades 3-12

      Duolingo

      https://www.duolingo.com

       

      Free language learning tool that has bolstered their offerings for English learners across language proficiency levels.

      Students participate in a variety of activities at various levels of language proficiency according to the CEFR framework. Resources are included for beginning English learners, as all English pathways start at the A1 level per the framework. Students are given word identification, fill-in-the-blank, complete the chat, and read and respond prompts. The A1 (beginning) English pathway is available for native Spanish and Portuguese speakers. English pathways are available for a host of other languages at higher proficiency levels.

         

      K-12 students with Spanish/Portuguese as their L1

      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.

      Open source content for personalized learning

      Strategies for teaching Science to ELs: https://www.csun.edu/science/ref/language/teaching-ell.html

         

      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.

      Application of language skills in an interactive format. Here are tips for teachers https://www.esl-lab.com/tips-for-teachers/

       

      https://www.esl-lab.com/audio-help/

       

      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

      ESL Series for level 1, 2, 3 & 4

           

      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

      Scaffolded literacy supports for preexisting documents, files, and webpages

           

      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.

      Create your own digital textbook or use the library of interactive Flexbooks for instruction. The CK-12 platform

      CK12 platform works with Google Classroom, Edmodo, Schoology, Canvas, Kiddom, and chrome extension to enable collaboration between ESL teacher and content teacher,

         

       

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