Apps & Websites that can help with learning
Academic Supports
Do you ever wonder if there was another way to do something? Do you wonder how can I use technology to help me achieve my academic goals? Do you wish there was an app that can help? Below are a few resources that can help.
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Tutoring Available
Hale Homework Help Study Hall
Need a quiet place to do your homework? Do you require help with your assignments? We have the place for you!
The Library is open on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:10 PM to 4:10 PM for Homework Help and Study Hall.
Online Tutoring
Get no-cost, 24/7 access to 1-to-1 homework help, test prep, and drop-off writing review from.
Los Angeles County and City library free tutoring and resources.
County of Los Angeles Library Online Homework Help and Tutoring
You can get free homework help from a live, online tutor. All you need is your LA County Library card.
Los Angeles City Public Library Student Success, Homework Help, and Free Online Tutoring
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LAUSD's Online Programs
I-Ready LAUSD’s math and English online program. Available for each student through the Schoology app.
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Time Management
This popular time management method asks you to alternate pomodoros — focused work sessions — with frequent short breaks to promote sustained concentration and stave off mental fatigue. This is one of the most effective methods to manage one’s time and get things done.
Are you distracted by your phone or computer? With Cold Turkey, a free app for your computer, you can block selected sites for an extended period of time, from 15 minutes to 24 hours. This program is something you set to block you from the temptations of having your mind and eyes wander to something else. The best part is there is no way to turn the timer off until it runs out, so you can’t cheat!
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Math Support
A great support for teachers, parents, students, and beyond! Including tutorials for Illustrative Mathematics Practice Lessons for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades.
Mr. Morgan’s Math Help on YouTube
This is a YouTube video guide and instruction of all problems and questions in the Illustrative Math program. If you need help with a problem this is the place to go.
With math help I strongly suggest students and parents check out the website www.khanacademy.org This site has also created a great iPad and iPhone app that addresses all of the Common Core Math Standards from Kindergarten through the 12th grade as well as other many other subject standards.
ALEKS Online Program
Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces is a Web-based, artificially intelligent assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. ALEKS then instructs the student on the topics she is most ready to learn. As a student works through a course, ALEKS periodically reassesses the student to ensure that topics learned are also retained. ALEKS courses are very complete in their topic coverage and ALEKS avoids multiple-choice questions. A student who shows a high level of mastery of an ALEKS course will be successful in the actual course she is taking.
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Specific Websites That Help With Reading
Each of the following sites can help students with reading comprehension and general reading skills. My recommendation is to look at the each of the sites and work with the one that most fits your needs. I’ve placed them in the order of my personal preference.
CommonLit https://www.commonlit.org/
CommonLit delivers high-quality, free instructional materials to support literacy development for students up through grade 12.
This is a free service and aligned to Common Core State Standards.
Students and parents can choose many different passages to read.
ReadTheory https://readtheory.org/ Reading and Writing, Improved
What is Read Theory? Read Theory is a powerful educational tool that offers online reading activities for all ages and ability levels. Our custom web application adapts to students’ individual ability levels and presents them with thousands of skill building exercises that suit their needs.
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Flash Card Apps
There are a number of iPhone and Android apps that are virtual note cards. Quizlet is very popular with high school students and with a bit of guidance it is easy for any middle school student to master. Go to www.quizlet.com. You can download the app by searching for Quizlet in the iTunes App store or click here for iTunes or click here for GooglePlay.
Some things in your life have to be memorized. Facts, formulas, words, pictures, dates, procedures, even names and faces. Everything you do includes information that needs to reside in your head. Studies can help with that.
Studies is a flashcard app for the serious student. It's a tool to extend your knowledge, and it doesn't matter what it is you want to learn — medicine, law, history, driving, aviation, fine art, music, or martial arts — from simple day-to-day tidbits, to knowledge of life changing importance. Studies is an app to help you achieve your learning goals.
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General Studying & Writing
Shmoop is a digital publishing company with "a point of view." We seek to empower and broaden the range and depth of choices students have in life. Our teaching method revolves around the basic notion that learning is often too hard, so we carry gallons of academic WD-40 that we squirt on the tracks whenever we can.
We believe that education need not be an arduous Herculean set of labors. Fun is not the enemy here. When you need to know what that story you read is really about then check this place out and get Schmooping.
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Social Emotional Life Learning
Choices Magazine Presents: How to Deal
Click on the link above or the specific links below for fun and informative little videos that deal with situations all people need to learn to better deal with life.
How to Deal: Goals https://youtu.be/spgCYDSFBcc
How to Deal: Time Management and To-Do Lists https://youtu.be/tJYIGVfUy0Y
How to Deal with Stress https://youtu.be/hW7nVYMYaHw
Using Humor to Cope with Stress https://youtu.be/BmUt_tBJ-VI
How to Deal: Bouncing Back https://youtu.be/xZi9z54kCdo
How to Deal: Peer Pressure https://youtu.be/_A7h2JtcPf0
How to Deal with Cyberbullying https://youtu.be/rtN33tXCJ9U
How to Deal: Tech Addiction https://youtu.be/WW7ADhRacgs
How to Deal: Building a Healthy Lifestyle https://youtu.be/G9jSTw9n1z4
How to Break up Better https://youtu.be/xnTyty0AZ3E
How to Deal: Saving Money https://youtu.be/kCsotd2cWDM
How to Deal: Interviews https://youtu.be/fjc_K02dC-g