Teacher Resources
PHS Libraries' Teacher Handouts
Web sites
Region IV Media Catalog
Search the Region IV catalog for instructional videos that can be sent to PHS.
United Streaming
United Streaming offers a wealth of educational videos that PHS teachers may download for classroom use. Please see the librarians or the CITS for assistance in using this resource; each teacher is assigned a username and password.
Big6
The official web site for the Big6 research model created by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz.
I-Search
By Education Development Center, Inc.; provides an explanation of Ken Macrorie's I-Search Paper.
Fry's Readability Graph
Thanks go to McGraw-Hill for granting Kathy Schrock permission to reproduce this information on the Web. (Taken from Fry, Edward. Elementary Reading Instruction. NY : McGraw Hill, 1977, p.217.)
Rubistar
By ALTEC at the University of Kansas; this site allows you to create and save rubrics as well as edit pre-existing rubrics.
Assessment and Rubric Information
By Kathy Schrock; provides a lengthy list of links to rubrics to access a wide variety of student assignments.
Critical Evaluation Information
By Kathy Schrock; includes web evaluation for students at elementary, middle, and high school levels as well as links to many activities and web sites that address Web site evaluation.
Credible Sources Count!
By Vaughan Memorial Library of Acadia University; an interactive tutorial designed to teach students how to evaluate information on the Web.
PISD Copyright Policy
This link takes you to the P.I.S.D. Instructional Policies. You will want to click on the EFE: Copyright Materials. The librarians can provide assistance with copyright questions.
U.S. Copyright Office
This is the official Web site of the U.S. Copyright Office.
Copyright Guide
By Region IV; provides information on various aspects of copyright in schools.
PISD Instructional Media Selection and Adoption Policy
This link takes you to the P.I.S.D. Instructional Policies. You will want to click on the EFA: Instructional Media Selection and Adoption Policies. The librarians can provide assistance with selection questions.
