Once again, the Audio Book Sync program will be giving away FREE young adult and classic literature digital audio books all summer long. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: Sync
Student Resources
Featured Resource: LitCharts
LitCharts offers high quality digital literature guides on over 225 works of literature. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: LitCharts
Featured Resource: WolframAlpha
WolframAlpha is a self-described “computational knowledge engine,” an extensive database of knowledge and a powerful calculator in one. It differs from a search engine such as Google in that it does not search the web for answers, rather it computes answers to questions and queries utilizing its own algorithms and a curated collection of peer-reviewed data sources.
Want to see what WolframAlpha can do with different queries? [Read more…] about Featured Resource: WolframAlpha
Featured Resource: The CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook is a free, public domain web resource prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency. The factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: The CIA World Factbook
Featured Resource: VideoNot.es
VideoNot.es is a simple web tool that allows you to take synchronized notes of web-streamed videos. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: VideoNot.es
Featured Resource: Gale Virtual Reference Collection
The Gale Virtual Reference Collection is now available to all K-12 students and teachers in the state of Utah as part of Utah’s Pioneer Online Library.
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OverDrive: Granite School District’s Digital Library
Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library provides students and teachers with access to a large collection of popular ebooks and audiobooks for independent, recreational, or teacher-assigned reading. These books can be read on a computer web browser or checked out and downloaded to a wide array of mobile devices via the OverDrive App. [Read more…] about OverDrive: Granite School District’s Digital Library
Featured Resource: NoveList
Reading Recommendations for All Ages
NoveList is a reading recommendation database for teachers, parents, and students. The Utah State Library provides all Utah students, teachers, and parents with access to NovelList K-8 Plus (for younger readers) and NoveList Plus (for teens and adults.) [Read more…] about Featured Resource: NoveList
Video: How Students Access Email
More About Student Email and Office 365
Did you know that all students K-12 in Granite School District have access to Microsoft’s Office 365 Education for Students? This includes several valuable tools and services: [Read more…] about Video: How Students Access Email
Hour of Code 2014
This December many teachers and school technology specialists in Granite School District will be leading Hour of Code activities with their students. As part of Computer Science Education Week, the Hour of Code is a worldwide initiative designed to provide a one hour introduction to coding and computer science for students around the world, increasing access and exposure to this important field. In December 2013, over 15 million students participated in Hour of Code activities, and this year the organization’s goal is to reach over 100 million students during the week of December 8-14, 2014.
If you are a teacher who would like to do an hour of code activity with your students, you can start with this How to Teach One Hour of Code guide for ideas, resources, and tutorials for your students. Code.org, the sponsor of the Hour of Code, provides a collection of coding tutorials and activities for students of all ages and experience levels – including “unplugged” coding activities for classrooms without devices. The Hour of Code is not limited to the K-12 classroom, however. Interested students can also access these tutorials and participate in Hour of Code on their own, and parents can use these resources to do an Hour of Code activity with their children. Adults interested in getting experience with coding are also invited and encouraged to participate.
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