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Digital Resources

General Digital Resources

Granite’s EdTech Department

Granite’s EdTech’s Digital Learning Resources

Digital Citizenship Brochure and Poster

Inventors and Inventions – Book List

Lynda.com  – Learning Resources – Available free through the Salt Lake County Library System – This link has instructions from Ed Tech as to how to access the resources of Lynda.com

OverDrive – Granite’s Digital Library

CACTUS – Comprehensive Administration of Credentials for Teachers in Utah Schools

Utah’s Online Library (Formerly Pioneer Online)

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UEN’s Student Resources

UEN’s Homework Help

Teacher Tools

Padlet – Teacher and student collaboration tool

Symbaloo – A place to manage, organize and share favorite websites and online resources

UEN Teacher Toolbox

YouTube– Search for videos by subject area

Smart Learning Suite – Create short and engaging activities for review or skills maintenance in under 5 minutes

Mindfulness – Provides information on mindfulness, how to practice it and how it can help with mental health problems

Greater Good in Action – Science-based practices for a meaningful life

Product Creation Tools

Thinglink – Create interactive projects

Quizziz – Create free self-paced quizzes that can provide review, assessment, and are engaging

Piktochart – Easy-to-use presentation and design maker

Lucid Chart – Create diagrams with Lucid Chart

Tes Blendspace – Create digital interactive lessons, projects, presentations and more

Jeopardy Labs – Create online Jeopardy-like games around any curriculum

Curriculum Resources

Applies to All Curricular Areas

engageny – Ideas for meeting the core standards

New York Times – The Learning Network – Activities for students and lesson plans for teachers

CNN’s Daily 10 – A 10-minute summary of news and events designed for students and classroom teachers

Interactive Sites for Education – Interactive, educational games, and simulations

StudyLib – Study documents and flashcards

Trivia Plaza – Trivia games associated with different subject areas

 

Financial Literacy

teachbanzai – Free online financial literacy resource

Language Arts

Every-Day Edits – Great for building language arts skills with a daily editing activity

CommonLit – Free reading passages and tools for literature

Storybird – A website to jumpstart writing with prompts, challenges, and artwork

Readworks – 1,000s of stories and articles from 300 to 2,000 words and K-12 skill levels with comprehension questions included

myShakespeare – “Very hip approach to Bill’s best” (Sandy)

Quill – Grammar and writing tools and resources

Owlcation – Short stories for middle and high school students

Poetry Foundation  – Poetry and writing resources

Vocab Test – Create your own vocabulary tests

Math

Khan Academy – Khan Academy is best known for its math tutorials, but has expanded to include other curricular areas

Desmos – A website with resources for teaching math

PHET – Interactive Science and Math simulations

Science

ScienceNewsforStudents –  An award-winning online site that provides age-appropriate science news for students, teachers and parents

Learn Genetics – Genetics, Evolution, Human Health, Cell Biology, Plants, Neuroscience, Ecology, and Science Tools

Joel Sartore Photo Ark – Animal photographs

Kids Geology – Geology website resources for kids

Explore – Live animal webcams

A Science Teacher’s Website – Contains numerous links to science resources

PHET – Interactive Science and Math simulations

International wolf Center – Resources from the International Wolf Center

Google Science News –  This brings up news related specifically to science

Science and Engineering Videos – Mark Rober has a YouTube channel with science and engineering videos

 

Social Studies

iCivics – An engaging set of resources to teach the importance of civics, founded by former supreme court justice Sandra Day O’Connor

 

Technology How-To’s and Hints –
Video Tutorials

Change the Default Browser
Using Emojis in Microsoft Office Products
Nearpod Resubmit Answers Feature 
Accessing Your Granitesd Google Account
Backing-up Your Outlook E-mail 

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YESS Contacts

Jason Rosvall – Associate Director
385-646-4681
Ann Jones – Admin. Secretary
385-646-2327
Carol Niebuhr – Financial Secretary
385-646-4684
Lee Marchant – Counselor
385-646-7135
Chad Croxford – Counselor
385-646-7137
Sharla Clark – Counselor
385-646-7139
Tatshiana Sanchez – ETCA                   385 646-8182
Christy Anderson – Registrar
801-954-9203
Allyson Lesuma – Registrar
385-646-2421
Brenda Monson – Technology Specialist
385-646-7136

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