Content Literacy Strategies from St. Clair County RESA

1. Diigo Cal Young Collaborative Bookmarking
Annotate, archive, organize, and share bookmarks with students and colleagues at Cal Young.

2. Google News
A great way to search for historical news!
Search on a topic (i.e. Lewis and Clark) and specify a date series; Results!

3. Vimeo
Upload your videos to share; discover the videos of others.

4. Wordle
Generate a “word cloud” that presents your source text in creative ways.

5. Animoto
Create stunning video slideshows easily. Student accounts available.

6. Issuu
A “zine” that is very easy to use! Publish documents online with the look of a magazine or a book. Great for student or teacher documents! Use the “private” option and it will be available only to people with the link.

7. Khan Academy

8. Jing
Create screencasts – a great tool for posting instruction online.

9. Picturing America
Check out these beautiful, sturdy art prints from the library. They are located in the bottom poster drawer in the Library Office. The booklet has excellent descriptions of each print with teaching ideas, as does the website. Please use the sign-out sheet located at the front of the book.

10. Online-Convert
Convert audio, image, video, e-book, and document files.

ERIC Database

• The Education Resources Information Database of journal and non-journal educational research.

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)

• Access to over 40,000 educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites.

Google for Educators

• Tools & Solutions; Training & Support; Programs for Teacher; Connect & Share

The Lexile Analyzer from the Lexile Framework for Reading

• This tool analyzes text that you submit and returns a Lexile level. Registration is required, and the text must be in .txt format.

National Center for Education Statistics

• State education data profiles from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

NoodleTools Teacher Resources

• 21st Century Literacies, Curriculum Collaboration Toolkit, The Ethical Researcher

Rethinking Schools addresses many controversial education issues

• Common Core State Standards Initiative (Resources)
• Schiff’s Super Common Core Resources (ccss)
• ODE: Oregon Department of Education – resources for teachers
• ODE: Common Core Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy
• Common Core Curriculum Maps for Language Arts
• ODE: Common Core Standards for Math
• Common Core App
• ODE REAL: Resources for Educational Achievement and Leadership
• ODE: School Report Cards (AYP)
• ODE: Search ODE using Google
• ODE Searchable Standards
• ODE: Superintendent’s Pipeline
• Oregon Education Association
• Oregon Safe Schools Act
• The Education Trust
• National Center for Education Statistics – State Education Data Profiles