LINKS

Mount Si High School Homepage --The place to go for school-specific info

Snoqualmie Valley School District --The homepage for the district

Mount Si High School Library --The place to go for books, research, computer access and a whole plethora of information. Did you know librarians know absolutely everything about anything!? It's true...just ask them.

Turnitin.com --Every major paper you hand in must first be submitted to this service. Turnitin.com scans your uploaded assignment for originality and then stores your work in its ever-growing database. In other words, it catches plagiarism and keeps others from cheating off you. For instructions on how to get started, click here.

E-Folio --Upload your papers, write a reflection. All the cool kids are doing it, and so should you....Oh, and it's a requirement for you to graduate.

Online Grades --You should be checking these often!

The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction --The homepage for the people who are in charge of WA state schools. This is the place for WASL info, state requirements, etc.

Powells City of Books -- One of the world's largest independent bookstores, located in Portland, OR. Also a great online reource. A nice alternative to Amazon.

Elliot Bay Bookstore --One of Seattle's finest independent bookstores. Definitely worth the trip to Pioneer Square.

McSweeney's-- A literary quarterly chock full of interesting, creative, and clever stuff. Although the site initially seems sparse, there's hours to be wasted here. Contains submissions, writings, and musings from tons of the world's most interesting writers.

Poets.org --From The Academy of American Poets. A useful site for finding full-text poems.

826 Seattle-- Home of Seattle's best (only?) non-profit writing center for teens. Writing workshops, free tutuoring, space travel supplies...826 has it all.

This American Life --A weekly radio show that taps into the heart of the human experience. If you don't listen to this, you should. Also a free podcast on itunes.

Wikipedia-- A simple resource that is fully run and updated by users just like you. A great place for quick info, but given it's nature, not reliable for formal research.

Open Office -- A lot of students have asked me what to do if they don't have Microsoft office at home. Open Office essentially offers a free version of everything the MS Office suite does--word processing, spreadsheets, animated presentations, it's all there. In fact, a lot of organizations (and even a couple of foreign governments and school districts) are switching to it full time.

Gmail --If you are a student, it's good to have a professional email address...that is, something other than bballstud4life@donttakemeseriously.com. Gmail is free and offers a ton of great features.

Google Documents --Free online document creation, storage, publishing, and sharing. There's so much you can do with this, I don't even know where to start. Often, when you see a link to an assignment in The Daily Post, it's been created using Google Docs.

Seattle Literary Events --The Seattle PI's up-to-date list of of the city's upcoming literary events. Go see a famous author read something, attend a book signing, be a participant in a Poetry Slam! The PI's calendar is updated regularly and is by-far the best guide to the city's literary scene.

Apple Computers-- Think different.

Rapidweaver-- This is the program that this site was built with. Easy + idiot-proof. But, Mac only.


more to come soon...