Helpful Links

Library and Media Center Glossary of Terms

Check out these common library-related terms to help you feel more comfortable and confident when you’re at the library. This link was suggested by Harrison Park Community Center's STEM Club for Girls. 

ScienceDaily

Your source for the latest research news.

Mote

An audio toolkit for educators and learners everywhere. Mote enables students and educators to use their voice to level up learning.

3D Printing in the Classroom

Print cool things and grow your patience!

BuzzIn.Live

The simple online buzzer system! 

How to Play (It's simple!)

Leader "Creates" a game system

A game code is generated on the leader's page

Players "Join" the leader's game using that code

That's it!

Create Your Own Wordle

 Wordle is a daily word game that involves figuring out a secret five-letter word.  Use this website to create your own.

Brush Ninja

Brush Ninja is a simple animated gif creator. Built to be accessible to as many people as possible, Brush Ninja is free and private and suitable for people of all ages.

Kahoot!

Kahoot! is the all-in-one engagement, teaching, assessment, and review tool loved by millions of teachers, students and admins around the world.

Quick, Draw!

Can a neural network learn to recognize doodling? Help teach it by adding your drawings to the world’s largest doodling data set, shared publicly to help with machine learning research.

This is an A.I. Experiment made with some friends from Google.

TeachingBooks

An engaging collection of resources that brings books to life.

Common Sense

Most technology wasn't built with kids in mind. We're on a mission to change that.

We believe in media that inspires and entertains families of all kinds. In technology that protects privacy and supports communities. In learning tools that prepare students and teachers for success in a connected world. Discover how we're working to make the digital world better for kids and families.

Wakelet

Create. Educate. Inspire.

Save any kind of content into beautiful collections you can share with your students, your learning communities, and the world!

CNN 10

Explaining global news to a global audience: This is the mission of CNN 10, a 10-minute educational news show that appears as a daily digital video.

myShakespeare

The myShakespeare learning tools are FREE for everyone! Encourage deeper classroom engagement and gain a richer understanding of Shakespeare’s most popular plays by creating a free account.

Canva

Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

American Library Association

Mission

The ALA Constitution states the purpose of ALA as, “The object of the American Library Association shall be to promote library service and librarianship.” The stated mission is, “To provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.”

Alabama Virtual Library

The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers and residents of the State of Alabama with 24/7 online access to premier library and information resources free of charge.

BCHS Library Catalog

Click the link above to view the resources we offer in the BCHS Library.  You will be redirected to the BCHS Destiny Discover where you can view what books we have available as well as valuable collections of resources created by your teachers.