Mentor High School Shared Resources

"CaptureCast is a free Chrome extension that enables you to create screencast videos on your Chromebook. With CaptureCast installed you can record everything that you display on your Chromebook's screen. The CaptureCast extension gives you the option to record your sound. An option to record yourself through your webcam is also offered in CaptureCast. In fact, you could choose to just record your webcam and sound to make a video blog entry."

Type in what you are passionate about and how much time you have to spend and you will find a campaign you can help with. Good resource for PBL maybe.

Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLEs) are created when educators and/or parents encourage kids to work as a community to answer their own vibrant and challenging questions by using the internet.

Use the adobe illustrator draw iOS app to make cool illustrations.

"Stackup securely measures your time learning anywhere on the web. Then it automatically scores and categorizes that time into 60 subject areas - from Aerospace to Zoology"

find & assign articles, view & evaluate formative assessment data

"Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by exploring topics in history, literature, and culture through primary sources. Drawing online materials from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States, the sets use letters, photographs, posters, oral histories, video clips, sheet music, and more. Each set includes a topic overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee. Read about our education projects and contact us with feedback at education@dp.la."

Webtool with standard polling and feedback features. Another neat response option in Mentimeter is the word cloud response. This lets you create an open-ended question for your students to respond to. Their responses are displayed as a word cloud on your screen. Mentimeter includes a profanity filter to preserve a classroom-friendly environment. Again, students join this activity by using a class code or by scanning a QR code.

"FotoJet uses a template-based approach to creating collage projects and, best of all, you don't need to be a graphics pro to turn out some "pro looking" imaging projects."