Mentor High School Shared Resources

Think of these tools as powerful alternatives to Google Maps or Google Earth. The common denominator among all of these applications besides being simple and easy to use is that they are all web based and so do not require any software download.

One of the best things about Google Drive is the ability to integrate third party applications to enhance the performance of your Drive and increase your productivity.

Many things about Blogger make it a popular choice for middle school and high school classroom blogs. It's easy to create a blog on Blogger, all back end maintenance is done for you by Google, and if your school uses Google Apps for Education it can be added to the list of services your students can access with their Google Apps for Education accounts. There is one thing that can't be done easily and that is moderate students' posts (not comments, posts) before they go live on your classroom blog. But if you have students post via email then you can moderate the posts before they go live.

The Bad Maths Flickr group contains lots of examples of bad math spotted in stores and other public places.

Audio Notebook is a handy iPad app for people who want to combine audio recording with their typed notes. Audio Notebook is very easy to use.

If you are looking for web tools to create video lessons or platforms to help you flip your classroom , the tools below are probably what you need.

In our Olympic Sport Activity Packs you'll find everything you need to teach your students about four of the top events at this year's winter Olympic games. Each sport contains an overview and history of the sport, featured athletes, competing countries, and a primary and secondary Authentic Learning lesson plan

TL Virtual Cafe is an online community for teacher-librarians to connect and learn from each other. TL Virtual Cafe hosts numerous webinars and online discussions including a monthly show called TL News Night. TL News Night features conversations with experts from state library associations, an overview of "this month in libraries," and a tip, tool, or title of the month.

VideoNotes is a free web tool that allows students to take notes on a video they are watching. The notes are synchronized with the video being watched. The good thing about VideoNotes is that it is integrated into Google Drive which means that students will be able to save their notes directly to their Drive account and access, edit, and work on them anytime they want. All the notes are time-stamped.

Moderate online discussion posts in real time

VideoNot.es has got to be one of the most widely applicable tools in educational technology I've seen in a very long time. The video revolution has transformed the amount of online video used in instruction and this tool is a fine way to improve how students are using video to support their learning. It enables a user to create time-stamped notes along side a video while the video is playing on screen. The notes are archived in one's Google Drive (and can be shared like any other Drive file). Students may return to the notes, click on any time stamped line to interact with the notes and replay any segment of the video to re-learn or clarify the content.

HHMI's BioInteractive is a good place for science teachers to search for science lesson plans, videos, animations, and slideshows to use with students. You can search the BioInteractive library according to topic, keyword, or resource type.