Digital Resources
General Digital Resources
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)
Teacher Tools
Padlet – Teacher and student collaboration tool
Symbaloo – A place to manage, organize and share favorite websites and online resources
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