Peninsula School K-8Teacher Resources
PPS Resources
Brain Pop (Peninsula has a school-wide account)
Study Island (Peninsula has a school-wide account)
Stacks Online (online public access catalog for PPS print holdings--primarily)
PPS Multimedia Library (reserve science kits, lit. sets, stream Learn 360, etc.)
OSLIS Database Collections (state/federally funded resources for authoritative reseach)
Curriculum Planning
Common Core State Standards (CSS, State of Oregon)
Oregon Reading Association
Oregon State Department of Education
Lesson Planning Resources
ERIC (gov database of education literature.)
ReadWriteThink (hosted by National Council for Teachers of English & International Reading Association)
iPad Resources
iPads require an iTunes account/Apple ID. NO personal credit card required. Follow instructions on the PPS IT link below. Recommended apps for education.
Getting Started with an Apple device in education
Link to PPS IT site on managing an iPad with iTunes.
IT Knowledge Cloud
Copyright Chart for teachers
PPS Acceptable Use Policy
Tech Bundle User Tips
Student Network Account Information
Teaching with Technology
Create & Edit - Note that Garageband is not listed here as it only works with Apple.
Myna Audio clips you can mix and export as a single file. Check out voice recording and
collaboration.
Myna demo
Audacity Record and edit sounds. Download and install on your computer.
Audacity instructions
Audacity tutorial
Audacity editing
JamStudio To create music tracks. Login required.
Free Sound Libraries - Most have sound effects and clips in the public domain or come with
a Creative Commons license.
Sound Bible
Find Sounds
Free Play Music
Listening Platforms
Pandora (streaming music)
Spotify (download required)
iTunes (download required)
(aka Quick Tech Tools to Integrate in Your Lessons Today!)
Digital Timer
Fruit Machine
Wall Wisher
A-Google-A-Day
Google Classroom Activities
Glogster Create an interactive poster.
Features
Glogster in 90 seconds
Animoto Upload pictures, add text and music and generate a presentation.
Voicethread Share documents, images and videos. Make comments, doodle.
Brainstorm & Mindmap
Bubbl.us Brainstorm online.
Bubbl.us demo (YouTube tutorial)
Text2Mindmap Generates a mind map when you type text into an outline.
Mind42 Track your ideas, or collaborate; add images and links.
Inspiration/Kidspiration The ultimate graphic organizer.
Research Building Blocks: Organize This! Lesson Plan
Create a graph tutorial
How to create a chart with Excel 2007
Numbers for data collection and graphing. Online help from Apple.
Create a Graph Input data and labels then choose a graph to download.
Online Chart Tool Generate and download a variety of graphs once data and labels are input.
Collaborate
Social bookmarking services, microblogging, group work on the same document,
organize material in an online binder and share it...
delicious
Diigo
Edutagger
PortaPortal
edmodo
Twitter
Google Docs Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations.Share and revise with
peers.
LiveBinders
Media Converter or You Convert It Convert video to audio or into other digital file
formats.
Format Factory Downloadable and offers unlimited use.
IrfanView Freeware for non-commercial use that works as a graphic view and media
converter.
PDF Converter - Google (action verb) "pdf converter" for other alternatives
Communicate
Videoconferencing
K-12 educational VC Programs Content from public institutions like zoos and museums.
Global Nomads Group Interactive educational programming that covers a wide range of
topics.
Digital Bridges
Skype Talk to a classroom from another country; or invite an author to speak to your
students.
Intellectual Property
Explore plagiarism, copyright and paraphrasing Lesson plan from ReadWriteThink
Considering Copying: the value of copyright Lesson plan from Common Sense Media
Students as Creators Lesson plan from ReadWrite Think
Paraphrase Informational Texts Lesson plan from ReadWriteThink
Music Online Lesson from EconEdLink
Campaign for Fair Use Lesson plan for student project using PSAs on copyright awareness
Online Safety and Etiquette
Privacy: What’s the big deal? From Common Sense Media
Internet Safety Law
Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Cyberbullying
Manners, Cyberbullying, & Ethics: Grades 2-3
Manners, Cyberbullying, & Ethics: Grades 4-5
Research Cycle (The Big 6)
1. Task Definition
2. Information Seeking Strategies
Bing advanced search
Google advanced search
Internet research strategies lesson plan from ReadWriteThink
3. Location & Access
STAR Search Strategy for finding information sources, lesson plan from ReadWriteThink
Investigating search engines and directories from Common Sense Media
Smart keyword searching Common Sense Media handout, 6th-8th
4. Use of Information
Hints about print
Reading online
Notetaker Compile and organize reading notes, research and related ideas.
Notes, quotes, sentence fragments Lesson plan on reading for information.
Cite Sources
How to cite a site (Common Sense Media handout, 6th-8th grade)
Bibme Generate citations.
Easybib Generate citations.
5. Synthesis
Persuasion Map Organizes information automatically once you input information.
Persuasion Map by Eduplace. Print and share.
Graphic organizers Support persuasive writing from Great Source.
Persuasive writing Can you convince me?
Storyboard - combine a variety of source material into multimedia storylines
Capzles
Dipity
Storybird
6. Evaluation
Evaluate Web sites (interactive online tool from ReadWrite Think)
Web site evaluation form (ReadWriteThink handout, 4th-8th grade)
Interactive web site eval form (Discovery Education handout, 6th-8th grade)
Video
Windows Live Moviemaker Edit video and photos on a PC.
Apple iMovie Edit video on your Mac.
YouTube
TeacherTube
Hulu
Learn 360 - available through PPS Multimedia Library, sign up for an account.
Web Publishing
Blogs
edublogs
classblogmeister
kidblog
Websites
Weebly
Google Sites
Wikis
Wiki Spaces
