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Nashua School District Electronic Resources for Teachers

Swank K-12 Streaming
Teacher access to the Swank K-12 Streaming platform featuring over 30,000 movies. Teachers can easily assign films to students for viewing outside the classroom.

(See Peggy Keeney (for Swank login or functionality issues) - keeneym@nsd42.net)

Gale Professional E-Books
Access professional development e-books from ISTE, ASCD and Corwin on a wide variety of topics. You will need a passcode.
Khan Academy
A free website that promotes self-paced, guided instruction, with thousands of academic videos.
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math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more

Official SAT Practice/Khan Academy
- A college readiness partnership with College Board and Khan Academy
- Students get personalized practice recommendations for the skills they'll need for the SAT and PSAT/NMSQT, plus four official practice exams

College and Career Readiness Benchmarks for the SAT Suite of Assessments
- Learn how to use benchmarks, test scores, and subscores to support student success (pdf)
SAT: Understanding SAT Scores
- Includes percentile tables, means, and scoring details for the SAT (pdf)
PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10: Understanding Scores
- How scores are calculated and what they mean (pdf)
Teacher Implementation Guide
- Generate ideas about integrating SAT practice and skill development into challenging course work (pdf)
Test Specifications
- A detailed overview of the rationale for and the aims and nature of the redesign, as well as information about key elements of the various components comprising the new test.
Using Scores and Reporting to Inform Instruction
- Interpret student scores, monitor progress, and make connections between scores, curriculum, and instruction (pdf)
Big Future
- A guide to learning about college opportuinities and making right choices
- Why go, student stories, nearby colleges, next steps

Social Studies Sentence Starters
Thank you to Jarred Landry for sharing this set of sentence starters he created for his classroom.
Diffit
Teachers can upload pdfs or documents, or cut and paste any text into the AI website and Diffit will adjust the text level according to the level the teacher specifies. It also includes key vocabulary words, a short summary, multiple choice questions, short answer questions, and writing prompts.
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Thank you to Pat Johnson for sharing!

InfoGraphic Questions
Topic: Native Americans are overrepresented in Idaho's prisons and jails-
To use please make a copy of this document.
SS-Guided essay organizer
Please make a copy of this document to edit.

Media Center Basics
General information on the use of the space and policies.
Online Databases
A list of our subscription databases and information about the subjects and topics covered by each.
NoodleTools
NoodleTools is a bibliography generator. Fill in the information boxes (author, title, publishing information, etc.) and get a perfectly formatted works cited/references page. It even cites ChatGPT.
Web Evaluation Checklist
A basic worksheet to help students understand and evaluate web resources.

If you are looking for more information on citing AI generated content in MLA or APA format the style these resources may help:

Media Center Simple Overview
Just the basics about the library; this is a copy of our newletter for new teachers.