TeacherResources


 * [|Drop.io]This site is a fantastic way to share files. Quickly and easily add photos, documents, and more or simply call the provided phone number from your mobile phone and create an on-the-go podcast. Very cool!
 * World Book Online has some fantastic new resources available! The new World Book Discover offers definitions, read alouds, and translations into 27 languages with a simple mouse click in any entry. All the World Book versions offer citations as well. [|Check it out...]


 * The [|Howard County Public Library] offers an array of in class support and presentations as well as live homework help, practice tests, tutors, and more research databases. Courtney Gardinier will come to your class at your convenience and talk to your students about Career Explorations, History Day, Literary Criticism, Science Fair Starters, Chaucer and Dante, Everyday Engineering, Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, Writer's Camp, or Standardized Test Preparation. She can also come with recommended books and let the students check the books out right from your class!! Or you can arrange a field trip to the library for a tour of their resources and library cards. Contact Mrs. Grabill at Melissa_Grabill@hcpss.org for brochures or more information.


 * [|Student Resource Center Gold] also features a text to speech feature. This link also takes you to Opposing Viewpoints and Science Resource Center.


 * [|Noodle Tools] is an excellent way for students to organize their research sources and create bibliographies correctly! You can assign each student an ID or have them create their own.


 * You have access to [|American Government] AND [|American History] databases.


 * [|SIRS Knowledge Source] allows access to full text articles, documents, and graphics without the Google search. Add a cross reference search with SIRS Researcher, Government, Renaissance and Decades for comprehensive access to primary and secondary source documents.


 * [|TurnItIn] allows you to create a class and have students submit their work directly to you to check for plagiarism.


 * With only your Howard County Library card, you can [|access databases] such as Literature Resource Center, LitFinder, NoveList, History Resource Center, Historical New York Times and a whole lot more!!