CVSD Secondary Group

Miguel Guhlin's blog post 3/27/2009 about the use of Moodle in the classroom. Scroll to bottom to see a number of resources.

Thanks to Jim Gates' for posting this site on 2/7/2009.

A host of various reading + writing resources. Heavy emphasis on online graphic organizers as basic materials.

Karl Fisch's blog post 12/7/2008 a website where students (or anyone) can practice building their vocabulary and at the same time donate rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Additonal subjects include Art, Chemistry, English, Geography, Languages, and Math.

Richard Bryne's blog post 8/31/2010.

David Kapuler's blog post 9/2/2010 - This is a site that contains 1000's of free online, book, poems, and resources for anyone to use.\n

David Kapuler's blog post 9/11/2010 about the use of vokis in education

A double-entry website that has fully interactive text of the Constitution. Each article is broken apart with a specific explanation. From there, students can click on individual passages (usually as small as a single phrase!) to find detailed explanations. Amazingly thorough and in-depth, it has abundant history + law + citizenship uses.

Great interactive game that presents real-life scenarios and requires students to determine if they are protected by Bill of Rights, then identify the appropriate amendment. Comes complete with a kid-friendly version of the Bill of Rights.

Use these free music tracks & free sound effects for any production - advertising, education, videos, photos, YouTube...etc. Thanks to David Kapuler.

Search Credible is a search service that allows you to access 26 different search engines from one location. Included in the list of search engines Search Credible searches are Wolfram Alpha, EBSCO, ERIC, and the usual suspects such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo. To use Search Credible just enter your search term(s) then click on the search engine of your choice. Thanks to Richard Byrne.

Every video on the Moodle Tutorials website is accompanied by an embed code and a download option. Thanks to Richard Byrne.

Thanks to Richard Byrne.

Read Print is a free service providing access to more than 8,000 free books and essays written by more than 3,500 authors. The titles available through Read Print are generally works that are in the public domain or have Creative Commons licensing. The collection of works contains many of the classics in fiction and non-fiction literature. In addition to books, poems, and essays you can also find plays on Read Print. You can search by author, title, or quotation for titles on Read Print. Once you've found what you're looking for you can print all or parts of your chosen title or read it online using the Read Print viewer. Thanks to Richard Byrne.

SnagLearning is dedicated to presenting high-quality documentary films as educational tools to ignite meaningful discussion within the learning community. Thanks to Richard Byrne.

Art Babble is a video website designed and maintained by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The purpose of Art Babble is to provide a place for people to learn about the creation of art, artists, and collections through quality video productions. Visitors to Art Babble will find videos related to many forms of and formats for art. Browse the video channels and you'll find videos covering a wide array of topics including abstract art, European Art and Design, African Art, graphic design, glass, sculpture, surrealism, and much more. Thanks to Richard Bryne.

Picturing America is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Picturing America is an interactive gallery of artwork related to events, people, and themes in American history. You can browse the gallery chronologically or by theme. Click on any image in the gallery to learn about the artist and the artwork itself. Along with the background information for each image, Picturing America provides links to additional resources for learning about the artwork and artists. Thanks fo Richard Bryne.

Thought Audio is a producer and provider of free audio books featuring classic titles across a variety of genres. Thought Audio audio books are professionally narrated works that you can listen to online or download to play offline. The library of audio books on Thought Audio contains some titles that are hard to find as audio files. For example you'll find titles like Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Life of PT Barnum, and The Madman. You'll also find more commonly read titles like Alice in Wonderland, and Poe's The Raven. Thanks to Richard Bryne's.

Blogging 4 Everyone is a simple little course I designed to help introduce the concept of blogging to students & teachers. Not only does this course offer tips w/ a tutorial video, but it lists my top 5 blogging solutions for education: 1.Edmodo 2.Kidblog 3.Gaggle 4.Edublog Campus 5.21 Classes

When it comes to family safety, we aim to: *Provide parents and teachers with tools to help them choose what content their children see online *Offer tips and advice to families about how to stay safe online *Work closely with organizations such as charities, others in our industry and government bodies dedicated to protecting young people