(hopefully) Useful Resources
Conscious Style Guide"New to conscious language? Start here! These general guides and tips will help you develop a basic understanding of inclusive, empowering, and respectful language." This is the most up-to-date guide on the web today. Full of posts and articles that cover EVERY aspect of respectful language use, it also recognizes that "...Good writers consciously use disagreeable language to strike a dissonant tone..." and that the key idea is being conscious.
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30 Reliable SourcesList of 30 sources of reliable information for students (and adults) to use for projects and knowledge. Most are linked to both site and full review by nonprofit CommonSense.org
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Video How-To: Reverse Image Search on Google
Canva for Educators1) Did you know that you can get Canva and all of its *pro* for-pay images for free?? Simply go to https://www.canva.com/ > choose Education > name your 'classroom' > hit save. You will have an Educator's account
You should now be able to access all of the images. 2) If you wish to print something from CANVA here at school for a poster, or even a handout, please create it as an 8.5" x 11" inch page and save it as a PDF. Don't choose "POSTER" on CANVA. It will tell the printer that the page is all sorts of wonky and the printer will keep asking for that size paper. Then you have to screenshot the page and reformat it, or squish it, to fit regular printer paper size. Your work will lose its definition by the time it is printed. Choose 8.5x11, save as PDF. Then it will be sized properly to scan and print. Thanks! |
Learning for JusticeFormerly called Teaching Tolerance, LfJ offers ready to go FREE lesson plans, worksheets, posters, and guidance on all sorts of issues including SEL. From their site: "Our free educational resources—articles, guides, lessons, films, webinars, frameworks and more—help foster shared learning and reflection for educators, young people, caregivers and all community members. Our engagement opportunities—conferences, workshops, and school and community partnerships—provide space where people can harness collective power and take action."
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This page from Eric Curtis' blog includes links to 18 sites for free images that your students can use for their projects. Most are license-free images that require credit at most.
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Free Tech for Teachers by real-life teacher Richard Byrne is encyclopedic in its content. All tech, all free, all the time. Byrne provides a how-to video and explanations for each tip he gives. This site is frequently updated by this hero and includes tips on everything from linking into Google sites to creating comic strips for ELA classes to creating green screen videos for science classes. There are 14 years worth of tips!
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Here is a list of the databases relevant to your grade level and subject you can access using the SmartSearch bar from SCDiscus.
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