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= Student Engagement Playground = These pages hold links to numerous tools and resources that teachers may want to use with students in their classes. The purpose of the "playground" is for teachers to quickly find and learn about these tools and then incorporate the appropriate ones into their lessons with students. It is very difficult to learn all about Internet resources in just a few minutes so this site is available for teachers to use when they find a few minutes. Do not be afraid to try out these web sites. Nearly all of them are free. Most of them require the user to create an account but in most cases it's very short and simple. If you like what you find, continue to use it. If you do not like it, you can simply not return to the site with no obligations. Most of these are web sites that require nothing to be downloaded or installed onto your computer. If an install is required, look at the web site carefully first and learn all you can. If you are still interested, go ahead and install the program. If, after trying the program out you do not wish to keep it, simply go to "Add/Remove Programs" and uninstall the program.

Page One has links to some of the resources used here in our district. Page Two and Three have links to various kinds of tools and resources you may find helpful or engaging for your students. Page Four has links to tools and samples of things available from Google. Note this is only a tiny representation of what Google has for teachers and students.

The main point of the "playground" is for teachers to have fun finding ways to engage their students in learning and to help teachers find and use tools that will assist with Higher Order Thinking Skills and Collaboration activities.

To get started, click this link: [].

ENJOY!