WatchKnowLearn

Watchknowlearn.org is a well-organized collection of free educational videos. You are able to browse videos by subject or by grade level (up to eight). Some of the videos are hosted on their site; others are linked to from other sites. Each subject has subcategories, which allows for easier navigation of the site's resources. If you browse by subject area, you can also see the appropriate age range for each video, allowing you to narrow down your search to the appropriate level of your students. Many of these videos can be found by doing a YouTube search or something similar; however, what's wonderful about WatchKnowLearn is that these videos have already been searched for, sorted, and organized. It saves you a lot of time and effort to find what your students need!

Click on the link below to visit WatchKnowLearn today.

http://watchknowlearn.org

NCLOR

The North Carolina Learning Object Repository has a collection of resources for teachers at every level, including online lesson plans, interactive web tools, and audio and multimedia lessons. The site allows you to browse their collection of resources by discipline, by learning resource type, by level, or by resource series. It's easy to navigate, and you can log in as a guest (which requires no password). If you like the site and want to access more, you may also request an individual educator account.

Click on the link below to visit the NCLOR!

http://www.nclor.org/nclorprod/access/home.do

SAS Curriculum Pathways

SAS Curriculum Pathways is a website that provides all students, parents, and educators free access to over 1100 high quality standards-based resources. The writing interactives are some of the best online help for writing that I have found, including their award-winning Writing Reviser, which allows students to copy and paste completed essays and get personalized feedback to guide them in their decision-making during revision. Teachers can also use this site to locate lessons they can use in the classroom, as well as the perfect resource for a student who needs additional help in a specific area. You can even save your favorite resources and place them into folders with comments, so you can keep all of the wonderful resources you've found organized!

Click here to view the Writing Reviser!

Teachers may create a free account by subscribing. All you will need to do is enter in your information, including where you teach, create a username and password, and you can have access to the teacher-related materials. Once you have created your account, they will email your information, including a username that can be used by any students at our school. In other words, students do not need to create an account to access this material. They may use the student user name that you will be sent upon setting up a teacher account.

Watch the video below for a brief introduction to SAS Curriculum Pathways or visit www.sascurriculumpathways.com to get started. 

GCF LearnFree.org

GCF LearnFree.org is a great website that includes hundreds of lessons and tutorials on computers, math, and reading. I think this is a wonderful site to use with your students, especially those who express some hesitation and fear when it comes to using the computer. We have such great resources for them online, but they won't feel comfortable using them without some familiarity with the computer. In addition, you may also want to check out some of the computer lessons for yourself. They have some great tutorials divided into lessons, interactives, and videos for Microsoft Office, Email, Google Drive and Docs, and even Internet and Computer Basics. I highly recommend checking this site out!

Watch the video below for a brief introduction to www.GCFLearnFree.org