I am always on the prowl for outstanding tools and resources for use in our classrooms and administrative offices. I have found the following to be particularly useful. Take a few minutes to explore each of the resources below. You may wish to pass this information along to colleagues and friends.
Diigo
If you conduct Internet-based research you will find Diigo to be a very useful tool. Diigo enables you to archive, annotate, highlight and share web sites. The capabilities are too numerous to outline here. To gain a good idea of what you can do with Diigo, watch this short video.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric provides a vast database of audio, video, and text artifacts of political, religious, and even movie speeches. A great resources for Bible, history, political science, economics, drama, and media literacy courses.
Instantly reach ALL of Your Parents, Staff, and Students
In today's world it is imperative that we be able to instantly contact the entire school community, or sub-groups within it, with emergency or other important information. Recognizing this need, Briarwood Christian School recently assessed a number of emergency contact or rapid notification providers. For a number of reasons we chose NTI Connect-ED.
NIT Connect-ED may or may not be the right vendor for you but I encourage every school administrator to purchase a rapid notification system. This is a value added service that increases the marginal value of your school to your parents. Our parents love the new service!
American Institutes For Research
According to the site:
"The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world. Our overriding goal is to use the best science available to bring the most effective ideas and approaches to enhancing everyday life. For us, making the world a better place is not wishful thinking. It is the goal that drives us."
E-Sword
E-Sword is an outstanding FREE software program that provides extensive resources including Bible, Commentaries, Maps, Devotionals, Greek and Hebrew texts, and much more. I use this tool constantly. Did I mention that it is Free?
Your Turn--Share Your Resource Recommendations
Do you have resources and tools that would be helpful to others? If so, share them by leaving a comment, including the URL.
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