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SLzHS Library Weekly Schedule

Teachers - Please check here to see about the availability of the school library:  CALENDAR

Yellow periods are available to schedule a library visit.  Please remember, during blocks 1- 3, if there is already a class in the library, please do not send students to the library.  Thanks!

SSR Resources

Stephen Krashen calls it Free Voluntary Reading... see what the research says about reading and the affect it has on student achivement.

BrightHub! 

A four part series of how to teach reading in the classroom with SSR.

Enhancing Silent Reading

Booklists

Young Adult Library Services: Book Awards and Book Lists for Young Adults

Web-Based Literacy Connections Across the Curriculum

Read Write Think

Graphic Organizers

Gliffy
Bubbl.us
Webspiration

Bookmarking
Delicious
Diigo - Bookmark, highlight, and annotate websites

Presentation Tools
Sliderocket

Resources by Department

Educational Technology

SLzHS Staff Educational Technology Survey

 

California Learning Resource Network (CLRN) 

Site that reviews electronic learning resources and suggests ways in which to use them in school.

Edutopia

Sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation.  Provides tips and tool to teachers in interactive learning environments.

Teacher Tube

An online community for sharing instructional videos.

Podcasting

Read The Words

This free on-line tool allows text to be read aloud and turned into a podcast.

Free Booklet of Podcasting for Teachers and Students

Think Educational Podcasting with Windows

Web 2.0

Common Craft - YouTube videos explaining the various Web 2.0 technologies "in plain English."  You'll need to override the filter to view this at work ... worth the effort!

100 Powerful Web Tools to Organize Your Thoughts and Ideas

Blogs: Blogger, Edublog

Wikis: PBWiki, WikiSpaces

Google Tools: On-line Collaborative Documents, Spreadsheets, and Presentations

Cyber Safety