SPHS High School Library Newsletter
Teacher Edition August/September 2015
Teacher Opening Packet 2015
This will be emailed to you ASAP. Some highlights:
Coming Soon: A New Way of Signing Up for the Library
Updated Online Database List
Easy Bib- ALL students must enter a new coupon code for this school year -severnaparkhs2015
Getting Your Stuff Laminated
* Laminator – located in lower media. (Desk in media office)
Drop off your materials and please make sure your name is on them.
Please give us at least 24 hours turn-around time
Drop off your materials and please make sure your name is on them.
Please give us at least 24 hours turn-around time
Students can now access Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
Logging in with their SPHS student IDs and passwords- students are able to access
and search to find videos, interactives, images, games and more.
AS a teacher- did you know you can use DE to create assignments and assessments that your students can access at home- this is a great resource for Flipping the Classroom!
Ten Questions to Start the Year- (great to ask students)
- Tell us the funniest thing you ever saw on a walk.
- Tell us about an award you received.
- What is the best advice anyone ever gave you?
- What is something you wish you had never done?
- What is your favorite book?
- Tell about an accident/fire/arrest you saw.
- Tell about your first fight.
- How do you know if someone is a true friend?
- How do you know if a teacher likes you?
- What is your favorite thing to do on weekends?
Educreations (free)
Simply put, Educreations is an interactive whiteboard app that allows you to create easy to follow tutorials for students. You can record audio to narrate your actions as well, allowing you to create diagrams, commentary, simple animations, or instructions with coupled audio covering any topic. Plus, you can share video via email, Facebook, or Twitter in addition to the classroom.
Blackboard Mobile Learn (free)
Transparency and collaboration are pivotal with students. With Blackboard Mobile Learn, you can send push notifications regarding course activity and start discussion boards among your students, and even post blogs, grades, and announcements in addition to mobile-friendly exams and other content items.
Socrative Teacher
Engage, assess and personalize your class with Socrative! Educators can initiate formative assessments through quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races all with their Socrative Teacher app. Socrative will instantly grade, aggregate and provide visuals of results to help you identify opportunities for further instruction. Save time and visualize student understanding when it matters, now!