The Unabridged List of Paid Digital Resources

AccelerateU

Access: Web access assigned on an individual basis

Audience: Open to 9th-12th grade students

Contact Person: Students’ Counselor at the P.S.O. Office

Description: Accelerate U offers online learning opportunities for high school students. Midlakes has partnered with the Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES through the Learning Technologies Grant to offer STEM focused courses to students.

Adobe Creative Suite

Access: Installed on a compatible district owned device

Audience: Students and staff upon request

Contact Person: Tech Support at [email protected]

Description: The Adobe Creative Suite has much to offer our staff and students. Due to a limited number of licenses please contact Tech Support if you need any of the following Adobe components to enhance classroom instruction: Acrobat Pro DC, Addition CC, Adobe XD, Behance, Dream Weaver, Illustrator Draw, In-Design, Photoshop Lightroom, Photoshop, Photoshop Express (mobile), Portfolio, Premier Clip, Premier Pro, Spark, Spark Page, or Spark Video.

Albert

Access: Through Clever

Audience: AP students and teachers

Contact Person: Lydia Schadler at [email protected]

Description: An interactive learning website for students to practice for AP assessments and receive immediate feedback. Albert’s analytics inform students of their progress and assist teachers in planning for instruction.

Apex


Audience: 6th – 12th grade students for credit recovery and/or summer school

Contact Person: Bill Gowan at [email protected]

Description: An interactive learning website for students that we use for credit recovery during the school year and the summer. Apex also offers tutorials that allow our sixth grade students the opportunity for summer acceleration.

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Better Lessons


Audience: 7th-12th teachers on a limited basis

Contact Person: Frank Bai-Rossi at [email protected]

Description: A personalized, job-embedded, online coach focused on working with teachers to meet their professional goals inside the classroom.

Blackboard

Access: Open access at www.midlakes.org

Audience: Students, Staff, Families, and Community

Contact Person: Todd Clausen at [email protected]

Description: Our website is hosted by Blackboard. Blackboard also manages our mass communication that assists Midlakes in communicating out messages to our families.

Board Docs


Audience: Board of Education Members

Contact Person: Sarah Butler at [email protected]

Description: A paperless system designed for schools to efficiently manage agendas, minutes, policy manuals and much more. **New for 2019-2020

Book Creator

Access: Through Clever, upon request

Audience: K-6th Students and Teachers


Description: A simple way to make your own beautiful ebooks right on the iPad. With over 30 million ebooks created so far, Book Creator is ideal for making all kinds of books, including children’s picture books, comic books, photo books, journals, textbooks and more. **New by teacher request for 2019-2020

Book Flix

Access: Web access at www.midlakes.org; Staff Tools; K-6 Links, Database Portal


Contact Person: Heather Bradley at [email protected]

Description: BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks with related nonfiction e-books.


http://www.midlakes.org/






Brain Pop Combo


Audience: K-6th Students and staff


Description: BrainPOP is a K-6 website for students and staff that creates animated curriculum-based content that is aligned to state standards. The site includes videos, games, quizzes, and an activity section for science, health, writing, reading, social studies, and math. The District has purchased BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP Espanola and BrainPOP Francais.

Britannica School




Description: Britannica School is a safe, up-to-date and age-appropriate resource for students to use in their research at the elementary level in social studies, science and more.

Clever

Access: Web access at clever.com/in/midlakes


Contact Person: Bill Gowan at [email protected]

Description: Clever connects School Tool to many of the subscriptions that you see in this document. Through Clever, students and staff only need to remember their one District username and password to gain access to many of our digital resources.

CultureGrams




Description: CultureGrams from ProQuest includes World, Kids, and States editions, also Famous People, Recipe Collections, and World-Wide Photo Gallery.





https://clever.com/in/midlakes




EBSCO

Access: Web access at www.midlakes.org; Schools; MMS/MHS; Quick Links: Library Media Center; 24/7 Research Databases

Audience: 7th - 12th Students and staff

Contact Person: Mike Purcell at [email protected]

Description: Through EBSCO, students and staff have access to AP Images, which offers primary source news photos and graphic content from the 1840’s through today, with more than 3,000 photos added daily. The Poetry & Short Story Reference Center provides a historically rich collection of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements, and techniques. Finally, the Ultra Online Package with Literary Reference Center includes the Literary Reference Center, MAS Ultra: School Edition, Newspaper Source, Health Source, Consumer Edition, TOPIC search, Professional Development Collection, and ERIC.

Facts On File




Description: Through Facts on File, students and staff have access to their Issues & Controversies collection which offers by the numbers statistical overview of major issues, newspaper editorials, primary documents, a directory of contact for organizations, and curriculum/study aids. Also through Facts on File is access to the Science Online collection with a wealth of content and dynamic design that facilitates STEM research and learning with a comprehensive overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines.

FamilyID

Access: Web access for students and families with self-created accounts

Audience: Student Athletes

Contact Person: John Lombardi at [email protected]

Description: FamilyID is a secure registration site that provides student athletes and their families a user-friendly way to ensure all of their required information is submitted. Student information can be used for multiple seasons.






Frontline


Audience: All staff

Description: Frontline has multiple uses including:

• AESOP for absence management (formerly Sub Finder) Contact: Your Building Secretary

• Employee Evaluation for APPR documentation Contact: Lydia Schadler at [email protected]

• IEP Direct for managing IEP documentation Contact: Sharon Cheney at [email protected]

• Professional Learning Management for professional development Contact: Lydia Schadler at [email protected]

• RTiM for Tier 2 Interventionists Contact: Michelle Robinette at [email protected]

Gale




Description: Through Gale, students and staff have access to the Questia High School and Archive Bundle which includes 24/7 access to an online collection of over 14,000 copyrighted books, digitized from cover to cover to include full text, and ranked by Lexile level. It includes research tools for advanced searching, book marking, highlighting in six colors, note taking, and automatic citation and bibliography generation. The American Heritage Dictionary, a thesaurus, and a World Encyclopedia are also included.

GradeCam


Audience: 7th – 12th Teachers


Description: GradeCam allows classroom teachers to scan and grade multiple-choice tests and other assignments instantly to capture student responses. GradeCam also enables teachers to look at item analysis and use their time more efficiently to plan for data-informed instruction. Students are able to practice taking assessments on a multiple-choice answer sheet (also known as a Scantron or bubbling). **New by teacher request and coming soon for 2019-2020.

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Hudl


Audience: Athletic Coaches

Contact Person: John Lombardi at [email protected]

Description: Hudl is designed to provide tools for coaches and athletes to review game footage and improve team play in a strategic way. Hudl is currently used by the following athletic programs at Midlakes: varsity basketball, varsity football, varsity soccer, and varsity volleyball.

i-Ready


Audience: 1st- 6th Students and Teachers


Description: I-Ready is an interactive online learning environment that assesses students and provides individualized instruction based on each child’s unique needs.

i-Ready Teacher Toolbox

Access: Web access through self-created accounts at teacher-toolbox.com

Audience: 1st- 6th Teachers

Contact Person: Toolbox Support at [email protected]

Description: The I-Ready Teacher Toolbox is a virtual filing cabinet with thousands of resources designed to help teachers differentiate instruction for all students. The Teacher Toolbox has been purchased by the District to support the work of teachers and students with i-Ready.

JAMF

Access: Access assigned on an individual basis

Audience: Midlakes Tech Support


Description: JAMF assists our Midlakes Technology Department in managing the District’s i-Pads, MacBooks, Apple TVs.



https://teacher-toolbox.com/



Kajeet

Access: Signed out from the library, additional parental consents required

Audience: 3rd – 12th Students


Description: Kajeet is a mobile hot-spot that provides filtered Internet connection to students at home, who would not otherwise have access online to resources.

KnowAtom


Audience: 6th Grade Science Students and Teachers

Contact Person: Michelle Robinette at [email protected]

Description: KnowAtom is a website that includes hands-on science lessons, Next

Generation Assessments, nonfiction texts with Lexile levels, and many more digital resources to support students’ love for science.

Learning A to Z

Access: Web access at www.learninga-z.com

Audience: K-6th Staff


Description: Learning A to Z is a literacy-based website that offers a variety of resources for elementary students and staff. Reading A-Z is available for K-6 reading teachers, AIS teachers, ELL Edition is available for our TESOL staff, and Headsprout is available for all kindergarten staff and students.

Mandarin


Audience: Librarians

Contact Person: Kristin Harrington at [email protected]

Description: Mandarin is our library circulation software that helps manage student accounts and teacher accounts.

Mathia by Carnegie Learning


Audience: 7-12th Students and Math Teachers


Description: Mathia is an online math software created by Carnegie Learning to assist students and teachers in personalizing instruction in the math classroom.



http://www.learninga-z.com/




MLSchedules


Audience: Secretarial Staff

Contact Person: Tracy Marshall at [email protected]

Description: MLSchedules is designed to streamline the building use request process for our district.

myON




Description: MyON is a digital library with access to more than 6,000 digital texts. Students have access to reading tools that include text to speech, highlighting, note taking inside of the text, and more. MyON offers students a reader interest inventory to help guide in recommending books, progress monitoring that shows students how long they have read inside of myON for the week, and each text has a Lexile reading level.

Mystery Science

Access: Web access for teachers with self-created accounts at https://mysteryscience.com/start?district_id=76933

Audience: K-5th Teachers of science


Description: Mystery Science is a website of open-and-go science lessons that inspires kids to love science and includes visuals and activity materials that go along with the science supplies purchased by the District. **New by teacher request for 2019-2020

Naviance


Audience: 7th -12th Students and PSO Staff

Contact Person: Chris Tillman at [email protected]

Description: Naviance is a college and career readiness software that offers opportunities for students to explore various options for post-graduation. Naviance also offers students a platform to build and manage their own resumes as well as create goals, to-do lists, and assign themselves tasks.



http://mysteryscience.com/click?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmysteryscience.com%2Fstart%3Fdistrict_id%3D76933&uuid=a0604a2a-2446-4d28-a8a7-68a9e313d44a



NewsELA


Audience: 7th – 12th Students and Staff


Description: NewsELA is a database of current events specially designed for classroom use. All articles are indexed by theme and are accessible to students in a variety of reading levels. Newsela can be used to differentiate instruction for students on a variety of content specific topics as well as literacy skills such as constructed responses and vocabulary.

No Red Ink


Audience: 7th Students and Staff

Contact Person: Lindsey Pursel at [email protected]

Description: No Red Ink is being piloted at the seventh-grade level for the 2019-2020 school year. No Red Ink seeks to build stronger writers through interest-based learning, adaptive exercises, and actionable data. **New pilot by teacher request for 2019-2020

NutriKids


Audience: Cafeteria Staff

Contact Person: Jil Swarthout at [email protected]

Description: From planning breakfast and lunch menus to managing point of sale transactions, NutriKids is a software that keeps our kitchens running.

NVision


Audience: Business Office


Description: NVision is the software that supports daily operations of the Business Office that includes payroll, requisition, accounting and more.

Office 365






Audience: K-12th Students and Staff


Description: From Class Notebook to Word and many things in between, Office 365 gives students and staff access to all that Microsoft has to offer through apps or online. Staff will use their Midlakes email along with their network password to log-in. Students will use first name, last name and their student identification number.

Pebble Go




Description: Pebble Go is a database for reading and research. Databases are simple to navigate and offer key reading supports such as read-along audio and word-by-word highlighting. This database is specifically designed for younger audiences. Midlakes has purchased animals, biographies, science, and social studies in both English and Spanish.

PLT4M


Audience: Athletic Coaches

Contact Person: Brittney Sullivan at [email protected]

Description: PLT4M is an educational fitness platform that assists coaches with designing training with strength programs for high school athletes.

Problem-Attic


Audience: 7th-12th Teachers


Description: Problem-Attic is an online database of more than 260,000 questions from well-respected sources that allow staff to either print or upload to Schoology.






Putnam-Northern Westchester Social Studies Curriculum

Access: Web access for teachers with self-created accounts at https://www.pnwboces.org/sselanew/registration

Audience: Social Studies Teachers


Description: The Integrated Social Studies/ELA Curriculum is a user-friendly resource developed by teachers for teachers from the Putnam Northern Westchester region and beyond. Updated annually, the resource is based on the New York State Social Studies Framework adopted by the Board of Regents in 2014, integrates the New York State Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy, and uses an Understanding by Design (UBD) template.

Renaissance Learning

Access: Web access assigned using district log-in and passwords

Audience: 3rd-6th Students and Teachers for Accelerated Reader; 7th – 8th Students and Teachers for S.T.A.R. Reading and Math


Description: Renaissance Learning is an online website that offers a variety of resources to support students in the areas of math and reading. Midlakes has purchased Accelerated Reader, which offers students the opportunity to answer comprehension quizzes to demonstrate that they have read and understood a text. STAR Reading and STAR Math are assessment tools utilized by our 7th and 8th grade teams to show growth and find opportunities for improvement.

Rosen Publishing




Description: Through Rosen Publishing, students and staff have access to the Teen Health and Wellness database, which provides up to date non-judgmental, straightforward curricular and self-help support.

SchoolFront


Audience: Administrators, Business Office, and Human Resources


Description: SchoolFront is the management system that Midlakes uses to assist

through the hiring process.

https://www.pnwboces.org/sselanew/registration






Schoology

Access: Web access at Midlakes.schoology.com using district log-in and passwords

Audience: K-12th Student, Staff, and Families

Contact Person: Bill Gowan at [email protected] or Lydia Schadler at [email protected] Description: Schoology is an LMS, learning management system, that empowers

students and teachers to connect on a digital platform to share curriculum, assessments,

assignments, and demonstrate 21st century skills in a tangible way.

SchoolPace


Audience: K-5th ELA Teachers


Description: SchoolPace is a web-based student achievement dashboard that allows

educators to monitor growth and performance in real-time. SchoolPace offers teachers

access to multiple reports that can be useful in planning for instruction. SchoolPace is

a digital companion to the new ELA curriculum, both of which are by the American

Reading Company. **New by teacher request for 2019-2020

Schooltool

Access: Web access at www.midlakes.org; Staff Tools; SchoolTool

Audience: K-12th Staff and Families

Contact Person: Building secretary

Description: If you are looking for schedules, parent contact information, grades or your daily attendance then you will find it all in School Tool. Your log-in will be your first initial and your last name. Your password will be the same as your district log-in.

Seesaw




Description: Seesaw is a platform to engage and empower students in their learning

through creative tools that can be shared with families, classroom communities and to

digital portfolios.

https://midlakes.schoology.com/






ThinkCERCAccess: Through Clever

Audience: 6th Students and Staff

Contact Person: Lindsey Pursel at [email protected]

Description: ThinkCERCA is being piloted at the sixth-grade level for the 2019-2020 school year. ThinkCERCA teaches critical thinking skills through analytical reading and

argumentative writing across content areas. **New pilot by teacher request for 2019-2020

Transfinder


Audience: Transportation Department

Contact Person: Kitty Rhow at [email protected]

Description: Transfinder is a platform that assists with bus routing, scheduling and

planning for our transportation department.

Turnitin




Description: Turnitin promotes academic integrity and originality as well as providing feedback to students on grammar, mechanics, and content.

Utica National

Access: Web access at www.midlakes.org;

Audience: Open to all staff


Description: The Safe Schools platform enables staff to take NYS required trainings when it’s convenient for you!

Facebook.com/midlakesschools Instagram.com/midlakesschools Twitter.com/midlakesschools

https://www.youtube.com /channel/UCaHoEeXFLdBuYlDdjHsPqVA

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The following digital resources have been

purchased by the District for engineering instruction:

• Architecture • Auto Desk Suite • Bridge Design for Infraworks • Building Design Suite Ultimate • CFD Flex Solver • Character Generator • Drainage Design for Infraworks • Flow Design • Form-It Pro • Fusion 360 Ultimate • Generative Design for Fusion 360 • Infraworks • Insite Energy Analysis • Insite Green Building Studio • Insite Lighting Analysis for Revit • Inventor Pro Process Analysis • Product Design Suite Ultimate • Profile Optimization for Infraworks • Recap Photo Service Entitlement • Recap Pro Mobile App • Remake • Recap • Rendering • Revit • Road Way Design for Infraworks • Shared Views • Simulation for Fusion 360 • Traffic Simulation for Infraworks • Watershed Analysis for Infraworks • West Point Bridge Designer

The following digital resources have been purchased by the District for music instruction:

• Alfred EMT • Garage Band • Quaver • Sibelius

The ollowing Apple apps have been purchased by the District to support Students with Disabilities, if interested please contact the CSE office:

• Articulation Station Pro

• Between the Lines Level 2 HD

• Conversation Builder

• Conversation Builder Teen

• Describe It (SLP)

• Endless Alphabet

• Endless Numbers: School Edition

• Endless Reader: School Edition

• Endless Wordplay: School Edition

• Fun With Directions HD Lite

• Little Writer Tracing App

• Math Robot

• My DPS

• Proloquo2Go

• Question Builder for iPad

• Read2Go

• Rory’s Story Cubes

• Sentence Builder Teen

• Silly Sentence Articulation for Speech

• Spelling Magic 1 Deluxe

• Social Detective

• Social Skill Builder Lite

• Teach your Monster to Read

• TouchChat

• What’s the Pic Articulation

• Which Word? 2

The following Apple apps have been purchased by the District. If interested please contact Bill Gowan:

• Explain EDU

• FE File Explorer Pro

• Home Design 3D Gold

• Math Drills

• Notability

• Number Lines School Edition

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