Curriculum Related
Learn NC -- K-12 Teaching and Learning from the UNC School of Education
NC WiseOwl -- An online subscription resource - giving our students access to a collection of online resources for use in research projects and homework assignments
Annenberg Learner -- Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
PBS Learning Media - trusted, classroom-ready, curriculum resources from PBS. Sign up for free to tag favorites, access standards-aligned digital resources, and more.
To Explore
Best Apps for Teaching & Learning - 2013 Winners
Best Websites for Teaching & Learning - 2012 Winners
WCPSS Privacy Matrix
Best Websites for Teaching & Learning - 2012 Winners
WCPSS Privacy Matrix
Online Tools - Promoting Collaboration, Problem Solving, and Creativity
K-12 Teacher Toolkit - Check out the subject links at the bottom
Awesome Stories -- great resource for primary sources... links to hand-selected pictures, documents, maps, and audio/visual clips from the world's leading libraries, national archives, and government web sites. Free to NC educators, but you will need to register the first time you use it.
The Uncommon Corps -- Champions of Nonfiction Literature for Children and Young Adults
Debates in the Middle School Classroom -- A plan for staging a debate, including choosing a topic, "debate do's," and assessment.
Presentation Tools
Prezi -- Cloud based presentation software with a virtual, zoomable canvas
(Click here to find out how to download a Portable Prezi)
(Click here to find out how to download a Portable Prezi)
Glogster EDU -- Interactive posters. Mix Images, Text, Music, and Video
Animoto -- A web application that produces videos from photos, video clips, and music
VoiceThread -- A web-based application that allows you to place collections of media like images, videos, documents, and presentations at the center of an asynchronous conversation. VT allows people to have conversations and to make comments using any mix of text, a microphone, a web cam, a telephone, or uploaded audio file.
Online Tools - Promoting Collaboration, Problem Solving, and Creativity