South Smiths Station Elementary School

 Teacher Resources

How-To Videos for Creating Webpages Using Blackboard

How-To Run a Report to Monitor Students' Independent Reading Practice

Renaissance Smart Start - Explore introductory videos and resources to help master basic navigation and best practices when using Renaissance. This link provides vidoes and information regarding STAR Assessments, Accelerater Reader, MYON, Freckle, and other helpful resources.

 How-To Videos for using myON

How-To Incorporate Safari Montage 

Online professional development in your pajamas!

Matt Miller, teacher/author of Ditch That Textbook and other books, shares exciting, practical ways to teach with technology on this website.

Common Sense Media's curated collection of learning experiences and activities for kids, organized by grade band and subject  

Copyright Best Practices:

Above all else be respectful of these guidelines and follow them. 

1. Adhere to individual publisher’s guidelines for posting copyrighted material. Contact publishers and/or authors to ask permission prior to recording the work and posting online. (Consult School Library Journal’s website on publisher guidelines for copyrighted material.)
2. Children’s picture books can typically be read in their entirety while longer works of fiction should only be read as excerpts. 
3. Only share the recordings in a group that is closed. Meaning in a learning management system or platform only accessible by teachers or students in the school or district, closed social media group, unlisted link sent via email only to school members (teachers, students, or families). The purpose of this so that it is not shared publicly and widely would violate the fair use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.