Lamar High School Online Tools and Resources

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Access Lamar's Online Academic Tools

Moodle is an Open Source Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It has become very popular among educators around the world as a tool for creating online dynamic web sites for their students. Click on the Moodle icon to go to Lamar's curriculum management site.

  

 

PSconnect is for registered users (i.e., parents and students) to log in to access a variety of student information, see class assignments and school calendars, and even communicate electronically with teachers. Users can also choose to have an e-mail or text message sent if a child's grades drop below a selected average or is absent or tardy to class. Click below to login:

To reset your password or register for the first time for PSconnect, click here:   Initialize PSconnect

ManageBac is the leading web-based solution designed to help IB schools comprehensively manage their IB Diploma & Middle Years programmes. For Coordinators, ManageBac centralizes the school’s IB records and deadlines allowing them to oversee requirements more efficiently. It keeps students organized with a consolidated planner and significantly reduces paperwork for teachers. It organizes different components of IB requirements:  EE, ToK & Internal Assessment requirements for the Diploma programme, and Community & Service and the Personal Project for the Middle Years programme.

 

Naviance.com is a web site the district uses that allows students to request transcript, track GPA, contact counselors, request recommendations, and research universities, scholarships, and programs. Students can get their activation code from their counselor.

Students and Parents can access by clicking below:                                               Teachers and Counselors can access Naviance by clicking below:

                                                                              

Click here to Access: TSConnect

Microsoft Live@Edu is a cool free email, communication and collaboration service that includes anywhere access to 10 GB mailboxes on the Outlook Live e-mail experience across the desktop, web and mobile devices, 25 GB of free file storage on SkyDrive, document sharing & editing through Office Web Apps, instant messaging, video chat, and a lot more that you can access with the same user ID & password.  For more information about Microsoft Live@Edu features go to Microsoft Live@Edu:

Microsoft Outlook Live

 

  • Use email through graduation and beyond

  • Get 10 GB inbox, 18 MB attachments

  • Protect email from spam & viruses

  • Use instant messaging services with Outlook Live including audio and    video with your chats, applications sharing, file transfers, and more.

  • Use mailbox aggregation that allows you to aggregate other personal e-mail accounts within Outlook Live

  • Get access to your email, contacts, and calendar from anywhere including a broad range of active sync enabled phones (examples: Windows Phone, iPhone, Android)

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Windows Live SkyDrive

  • Get 25 GB of free online storage.

  • Store, access, and share thousands of documents, photos, and Microsoft Office files

  • Access files from anywhere online & view photos from most web-enabled mobile phones anywhere you have Internet access.

  • Control who sees what with password protection

  • Drag and Drop: Uploading content is as easy as dragging and dropping the files from your computer onto the Web (requires Microsoft Silverlight installed)

  • Working on a project with classmates? With shared folders, the whole team can upload, download, and collaborate on documents and other files

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Office Web Apps

  • Easily store files and documents online in a password protected environment

  • Access, view and edit your online documents from home, the classroom, the library, or virtually any PC or Mac that is connected to the Internet

  • View and perform basic editing functions on your online documents even from a computer that doesn't have Microsoft Office installed

  • Be able to control who has permission to view or edit any one of your documents

  • Simultaneously edit documents (Excel spreadsheets and OneNote notebooks) with others in real-time and see exactly who is editing and viewing your documents

  • Get the benefits of working with online documents using the familiar Microsoft Office experience

  • When you need to access the additional rich features, it takes just one click from any Office Web App to open the file in the corresponding Microsoft Office program on your desktop

  • Access and view your files from your mobile device.

  • Available for free through Windows Live SkyDrive

 

Online Tools for Parents, Teachers, and Students

www.itgetsbetter.org is a place where young people who are lesbian, gay, bi, or trans can see how love and happiness can be a reality in their future.  It’s a place where our straight allies can visit and support their friends and family members.  It’s a place where people can share their stories, take the It Gets Better Project pledge, watch videos of love and support, and seek help through the Trevor Project and GLSEN.

 

Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) is an independent, nonsectarian, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting ethical action in a global context. Our challenge is to explore the global common ground of values, elevate awareness of ethics, provide practical tools for making ethical decisions, and encourage moral actions based on those decisions.

 

www.commonsensemedia.org  is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.

The nation's children spend more time with media and digital activities than they do with their families or in school, which profoundly impacts their social, emotional, and physical development . They provide trustworthy information and tools, as well as an independent forum, so that families can have a choice and a voice about the media they consume.

 

 

Teacher Tools:

GradeSpeed is an online gradebook that teachers at LamarHS .  The online gradebook can only be used with Internet Explorer 7, if you attempt to use another web browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) you will get an error message telling you to use Internet Explorer. Teachers can click on this link to bring up the login for GradeSpeed. 

GradeSpeed Login

Chancery is HISD's student information system. Chancery is web application and can only be accessed from inside the HISD network. You should also use Internet Explorer 7 to log into Chancery. Other browers may not be fully compatible.

Chancery Login