Curriculum Sites

School Without Walls

SW2 is our vehicle for promoting learning through the medium of the Web. The various sections provide learning resources for teachers, students and parents. SW2 is divided into six curriculum focus areas. Each curriculum area has associated standards, resources and lessons. All resources are free to anyone involved in teaching or learning. However, they may not be reproduced commercially.

• English LA Standards || Math Standards
  

Essential Learning Resources (ELR's)

Ed1 Stop and Discovery Streaming || BrainPop ||

Thinkfinity (previously Marco Polo Foundation)

Resource Quests:
View sample lessons (or Resource Quests) that integrate ELR's.
Developed by your Technology Learning Coordinators (TLC's), spring 2007.

Ed1Stop and Discovery Streaming
Exceptional collection of over 40,000 video clips. Easy to search and sort. Supplemental materials provided. Discovery Streaming and Learn 360 are typically accessed through Ed1Stop. All FSUSD schools have site licenses for all staff and all students.

• Instructions to login to ed1stop and get started.
  • Getting Started with ed1stop Word | PDF
  • Textbooks on ed1stop
  • Learn 360 Guide
• Aligned to California Content Standards
• Build your own Assignments with Assignment Builder and collabarate with those in the district.
  • Math (High School) Measuring Heights with Pictures (Gail Standiford, AHS)
  • Geology (Elementary) (Becky Sawyer, Dan O. Root)
  • English (Middle School or HS) Diary of Anne Frank - Holocaust Survivor (EdTech)
  • To view an assignment, click on a link above, enter your name, and "go". Contact Ed Tech or your site Tech Coordinator for more.
    

BrainPop
Highly engaging Flash based movies. Provide context for your teaching in all subject areas. Available in English and Spanish. District licensing. Contact Ed Tech or your site Tech Coordinator.

Thinkfinity (previously Marco Polo Education)

Thinkfinity is a extraordinary collection of free educational resources developed by seven partner sites, each focusing on a different curriculum area.

• Arts Edge (arts & more)
• Econ EdLink (economics)
• EdSitement (humanities: social studies, foreign language)
• ReadWriteThink (reading, writing and English)
• Illuminations (math)
• Science NetLinks (science)
• XPeditions (geography)

The Stakeholder Sites

Learn online:
Ed Tech now provides online tutorials. Learn web design with Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash. Short movies will guide you, step by step, through the process of designing a Web site. You will also find companion exercise files that you can download. In that way you will be able to work alongside the tutorial movie.