Parent/Student Links that will keep you on top of your child's academics
I really enjoy implementing TECHNOLOGY! I feel it's important for students to use technology as a means to understand (not using technology for technology's sake). Here you will find some of the major sites your child will have access to.
UnitedStreaming - Your children have signed up and now have a username and password to use on this website. It is a website produced by Discovery (as in the Discovery Channel) and provides educational videos (some cartoon, some not), short video clips, and images that serve as primary sources. TUSD has paid for this service and I recommend you take advantage of its use! I use the videos in class frequently-- as your kids know-- to illustrate what we're learning about. Your kids can login, search for topics, and watch videos for free! There are videos all the way from kindergarten to grade 12 -- so your high schooler can use the same account!
How to use this tool:
1. Visit www.unitedstreaming.com
2. Login: Your child has their own username and password. I suggest you keep a copy safe at home.
3. Click on DE Streaming at the top.
4. Select a subject or type in a specific thing to search in the search bar (frogs, DNA, cells......).
5. Watch the video, or click on the floppy disk icon to save the video to your desktop (then watch it).
Note: I prefer to save to my desktop and either delete it when I'm done watching or save it on my computer. If you don't save to your desktop, it acts similar to youtube in that it may stop mid-video to "buffer"-- especially for slower connected computers.
6. Learn and share with your family!
Additional cool facts: Full-length videos of Magic School Bus are on there... and various other great tools. If your child is struggling with division, for example, find a video about division by searching for it in the tool bar. This is a great computer activity that is much safer than other options and a great "I don't have anything to do on Saturday" tool.
Links for Parents and Students
Beep
The School Board of Broward County, Florida is pleased to provide high quality, relevant tools for teaching and learning in an online format.
You may access your childs textbook online here along with other activities.
Think Central
This link will allow you to work on class homework, tests, quizzes, virtural labs, lesson reviews,chapter tests, vocabulary, and unit tests.
NASA
Enjoy the fun that space exploration brings, as you view images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America’s space agency.
Astro-Matic 3000
Explore the pull of gravity as kids compare their their body weight to weight in space.
Solar System Exploration:Kids
We are NASA's Planetary Science Division. Our hardworking robots explore the planets and more on the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Enjoy the fun that space exploration brings, as you view images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America’s space agency.
Astro-Matic 3000
Explore the pull of gravity as kids compare their their body weight to weight in space.
Solar System Exploration:Kids
We are NASA's Planetary Science Division. Our hardworking robots explore the planets and more on the wild frontiers of our solar system.