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Vibby - Ari Cohen and Ivo Sluganovic
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4 to 12
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Highlight, annotate, and share parts of any YouTube video with Vibby. Create an account then paste in the URL of any YouTube video. Choose the start and stop points of ...more
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Highlight, annotate, and share parts of any YouTube video with Vibby. Create an account then paste in the URL of any YouTube video. Choose the start and stop points of any area to highlight and type in notes of up to 500 characters. Follow prompts to finish creating your "vib" then share using social networking links or the direct URL. Use the embed code to embed the "vib" directly into a blog or website. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable. You could always view the videos at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube.
tag(s): video (275)
In the Classroom
Use Vibby as part of your flipped classroom. Have students watch a YouTube video at home and highlight different portions with questions and observations. Use Vibby in any subject! Ask ESL/ELL and resource students to write text to explain concepts by rewording, or to ask questions about the parts they do not understand. Identify examples of foreshadowing in dramatic videos. Add questions to math explanations. Identify landforms with videos from different locations. Use the embed code to add annotated videos to your class website or blog. Share this site as a way to review before tests. Have media literacy students use the annotation feature to critique videos for bias, poor writing, weak information, and more.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Boomerang for Gmail - Bavdin
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1 to 12
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Download Boomerang to organize your Gmail! Schedule when to send messages, remind yourself to follow up if you do not get a reply email, and mark emails that you need ...more
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Download Boomerang to organize your Gmail! Schedule when to send messages, remind yourself to follow up if you do not get a reply email, and mark emails that you need to read at a later time. The basic plan is free and includes most features.
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tag(s): organizational skills (128)
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Let Boomerrang simplify your email life. Start the beginning of school with welcoming emails to each student/family. Schedule emails with newsletters, timely events, or parent conference reminders in exactly the right time! Design unit newsletters to coincide with your lessons time periods. Schedule birthday wishes or even schedule emails to remind yourself of an important event. You will never forget to collect all responses or assignments with a reminder email. Manage daily or weekly parent reports with ease and timeliness. Share at Meet the Teacher Nights or Curriculum Chats to help parents improve organizational skills for their student.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Drama Notebook - Janea Dahl
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4 to 12
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Find free plays, drama games, and help for teaching a drama class at Drama Notebook. Click on the Free Stuff in the menu at the top and find hundreds of ...more
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Find free plays, drama games, and help for teaching a drama class at Drama Notebook. Click on the Free Stuff in the menu at the top and find hundreds of short plays and over forty classic games for kids and teens. Search through the play categories such as Fairy, Folk, Tall Tales, Scripts Based on Children's Books, Holidays, Free Plays for Ages 12 and Up, and several more. Each play states how many parts and the approximate time for the duration of the play. Plays open in a new link in PDF. View any and all of these with no registration.
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tag(s): acting (27), plays (36), readers theater (17)
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Mark this one in your favorites. Take advantage of the free activities (labeled as drama games) in any class to create a positive class environment. Get drama students warmed up and then challenge them to come up with a game that is similar. Use this site as the starting point for group projects like having the students write and produce their own play(s). Let student groups select from the scripts, to record their own audio podcasts of a play, illustrated with a selection of copyright-safe images or student drawings. Use a site such as PodOmatic, reviewed here. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create videos of the plays they write and produce. Share the videos on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Create audio of ESL/ELL students performing the plays to practice English speaking skills.
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FutureLearn for Schools - FutureLearn
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7 to 12
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FutureLearn for Schools offers a large variety of free online courses presented by leading universities for students aged 13 and older in a variety of topics. Choose a category to ...more
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FutureLearn for Schools offers a large variety of free online courses presented by leading universities for students aged 13 and older in a variety of topics. Choose a category to begin browsing topics offered. Content includes history, creative arts and media, literature, and much more. Watch a short video to learn specifics about the course offerings and objectives. This site was created in the UK, so some of the pronunciations and spellings may differ from those in American English.
tag(s): advertising (33), business (58), computers (92), creative writing (170), cultures (107), dental health (23), environment (318), financial literacy (80), gifted (93), literature (274), photography (162), politics (100), professional development (133), psychology (65)
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Allow gifted students to enroll in courses that interest them or that provide enrichment beyond classroom content. Share with others in your building as a resource for professional development. Explore the topics yourself for some new, engaging material to round out your own expertise. Allow students to enroll in a course that would fit into their career goals as an exploratory opportunity in that field. With older students you may want to consider requiring them to take a course with the idea that it is a model. Challenge students to develop a course using a tool like Lore, reviewed here, about something in which they feel they are an expert.
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Quizalize - Zzish
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4 to 12
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Track learning in real-time with Quizalize. Student answers are color-coded on the teacher dashboard for ease in identifying who needs more help. Create scrambled word or multiple choice...more
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Track learning in real-time with Quizalize. Student answers are color-coded on the teacher dashboard for ease in identifying who needs more help. Create scrambled word or multiple choice questions, and each question can have a custom timer. With this tool, sub-group questions that will allow for quick analysis of class or individual learning gaps. View or print reports for each student's progress and learning gaps. Create a quiz or select one from Quizalize's growing library. Quizzes can be "gamified" by showing the teacher dashboard as a leaderboard to see progress against other users. Quizalize works on any device with a browser and Internet connection. You can also transfer into Quizalize quizzes created with Zondle and Quizziz. Sign up with an email and password. Create a quiz, assign it to classes, get a code, give it to students, and let the fun begin! The Welcome and Explainer videos are on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, the videos may not be viewable. You could always view the videos at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube. Quizalize was created in the U.K. so grade levels and some spelling will look different from the U.S.
tag(s): differentiation (50), game based learning (113), gamification (75), polls and surveys (55), quizzes (101)
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Make a class challenge! Create practice quizzes to review the material just learned in class. Use an interactive whiteboard or projector for students to view the "leaderboard" (teacher dashboard) as in a game. Students score more points by answering questions quickly. As with other tools where there is a leaderboard, it is helpful to have a collaborative environment where competition is not the goal, instead working together and improving is important. Use Quizalize as a formative assessment and to differentiate to see what material needs more review with classes (or individual students). Use this tool often to obtain a snapshot of each student's understanding of content; quickly see who understands a concept and who needs some individualized practice. Print a report for each student to use as a guide once the class has started learning the topic. If you use Zzish with your Google Classroom or Office 365 account, you can export quizzes as PDF files. Share with students as a resource for creating quizzes for studying at home. When students are using surveys and polls for reports, introduce them to Quizalize since it works on any device. Share quizzes with your fellow teachers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Story Maker - ABCya
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K to 6
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Create simple and easy stories using ABCya's Story Maker. Without registering, draw a picture using the many drawing tools provided. Type the story, and add pages for a longer...more
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Create simple and easy stories using ABCya's Story Maker. Without registering, draw a picture using the many drawing tools provided. Type the story, and add pages for a longer story. Once finished, print in PDF format. This tool is so easy Pre-K students can use it. Since all pictures are hand drawn your older artists will love it, too.
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tag(s): digital storytelling (153), drawing (81), writing (367)
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Story Maker is so simple very young students can use it successfully after a demonstration using a whiteboard or projector. Use this tool to design simple projects using student drawings to tell the story. At the beginning of the year have students draw and annotate stories to tell about their summer and share with classmates. Students of any age love to draw, so why not have them draw their impression of a message to the reader from a story and then explain it in writing?
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Seesaw - Charles Lin, Carl Sjogreen , Adrian Graham
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K to 10
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Seesaw is a digital portfolio that is totally free for all devices and on the web. Students can showcase their work, videos, text, drawings, and images, and get feedback from ...more
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Seesaw is a digital portfolio that is totally free for all devices and on the web. Students can showcase their work, videos, text, drawings, and images, and get feedback from teachers and parents. Create a class blog in your Seesaw for students to write blog posts. Teachers create an account with email and then start creating as many classes as needed. There is no limit on the number of students a class can have. Give students a "join" code for their class, and they sign up from there, choosing to access their account through a Seesaw generated QR code or their email. Teachers can enable or disable student likes, comments, and editing. Blog post and comments must have teacher approval before becoming public. Students will be able to reflect on their work with a voice recording or text, and can share artifacts from their portfolio by clicking the red button at the bottom of the screen and then either print or get the item QR code. Once you have an account, click Help & Teacher Resources to find Getting Started Tips, Tutorial Videos, FAQs, and Activity Ideas grouped by grade level. If your district blocks YouTube, the tutorials may not be viewable. You could always view the videos at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube.
tag(s): blogs (90), DAT device agnostic tool (171), digital storytelling (153), portfolios (32)
In the Classroom
Sign up for Seesaw and generate a join code for the class from the menu at the upper right corner or by clicking your name or initials in the left corner to get a drop down menu. The join code expires in 15 minutes, so it is best to do this in your classroom or computer lab. Teachers can add photos, drawings, links, notes, and upload a file from this same menu by clicking the + symbol. You can even add a co-teacher! See Seesaw's FAQs for ways for parents to sign up and letters to send home. Use Seesaw portfolios for any subject or grade level. Once your account is set up, create a simple project or borrow one from the Activities on the Help and Teacher Resources page. Share the project on your interactive whiteboard or projector to get your students started. The teacher portal allows you to access and comment on student work. View the work of an individual or the entire class. The ability to import work from many creation apps to Seesaw makes this a perfect portfolio tool. Don't forget to watch the video about setting up blogs for your students. Remember, this is all free! Science teachers could have students write up their lab reports, take photos of their labs and label them in a portfolio. History teachers could set up portfolios for student report writing or digital storytelling projects. Seesaw is the perfect tool to use during parent conferences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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HSI: Historical Scene Investigation - College of Wm & Mary and Univ of Kentucky Schools of Education
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6 to 12
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Become the investigator and solve famous cases from history using the Historical Scene Investigation model. Each investigation follows four steps, starting with Becoming a Detective...more
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Become the investigator and solve famous cases from history using the Historical Scene Investigation model. Each investigation follows four steps, starting with Becoming a Detective and ending with Cracking the Case. Follow each investigation using the Student or Teacher View. The Student View includes links to 13 cases with primary documents, images, videos, and secondary documents to use as evidence along the way. The Teacher View includes an introduction to the case and additional teaching tips and links to standards addressed. Another benefit to using this site is the informational primary and secondary documents that help meet Common Core standards.
tag(s): american revolution (89), civil rights (123), civil war (145), constitution (87), jamestown (11), mysteries (24)
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Take advantage of these investigations to incorporate standards and use of primary documents into your classroom in a manner that appeals to today's students. Use as part of any Civil and Revolutionary War studies. Divide investigations between groups of students and have them present their findings to classmates. Flip your classroom and have students complete investigations before beginning any complementary unit. You, your gifted, or more technology inclined students could use these investigations as a model to create inquiries into any unit of study. Use a tool like Webs, reviewed here, a free and easy web maker, to share a project such as this.
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Tunes2Teach YouTube Playlist - Dana Lawrence Gillis and Ellie Rubenstein
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K to 6
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Learn about The Scientific Method, Writing Style, and Behavior Rules with these engaging videos from Tunes2Teach and their students. Each short video teaches content through current...more
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Learn about The Scientific Method, Writing Style, and Behavior Rules with these engaging videos from Tunes2Teach and their students. Each short video teaches content through current music trends in a positive manner. Other videos introduce you to the professors responsible for Tunes2Teach and include information for making the most of summer reading. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable. You could always view the videos at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube.
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tag(s): back to school (58), behavior (47), creative writing (170), descriptive writing (43), paragraph writing (17), scientific method (67)
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Use the Behavior Rules video as part of your Back to School activities. Challenge your class to create their own Behavior Rules video specific to your classroom, and then share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Share the other videos during appropriate English and science units. Be sure to create a link to these videos or your creations on your class website for viewing at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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QuickRubric - Clever Prototypes, LLC
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K to 12
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Develop rubrics to assess what you expect students to learn with Quick Rubric. Registration is free and allows for saving the rubric. Click Create a Rubric and add a title, ...more
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Develop rubrics to assess what you expect students to learn with Quick Rubric. Registration is free and allows for saving the rubric. Click Create a Rubric and add a title, brief description, and the maximum and minimum scores. Describe your indicators, add descriptors, and even include standards. At any time during the formation of the rubric add columns and rows. Save and share via URL or printing. The ability to copy and modify a rubric from your account is a great time-saver.
tag(s): assessment (105), rubrics (32)
In the Classroom
Use this online tool to create original rubrics before introducing a new project. Be sure to review the rubric with your students on a projector or interactive whiteboard, to be certain that they understand your expectations. As you approach the project deadlines, consider reviewing the rubric again having students mark or highlight key terms in the rubric that will help them get a better evaluation. Have a question and answer period at this time. Rubrics can be created for any task or project. For example, prepare rubrics for silent reading time, science labs, skills tasks in physical education, and all presentations. Visit Rubrics to the Rescue to see examples of topics and wording.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Johnny Appl - United Nations and Eden Projects
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6 to 12
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Johnny Appl is an online trivia activity that also helps fight deforestation in Haiti, Madagascar, and Ethiopia. For every activity played, a micro-donation is made to a tree planting...more
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Johnny Appl is an online trivia activity that also helps fight deforestation in Haiti, Madagascar, and Ethiopia. For every activity played, a micro-donation is made to a tree planting site benefiting local workers and the environment. Choose from quiz topics such as General Geography, What's That Mammal?, English Vocabulary, Flags of the World, Fruit Explorer, and MANY more. As you play, earn badges and view your personal Carbon Meter showing the amount of CO2 offset through your gameplay.
tag(s): animals (290), carbon footprint (11), environment (318), landmarks (27), trivia (18), vocabulary (324)
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Share Johnny Appl with students during any study of the environment. Create a link on your class web page and classroom computers for students to play. Record and display carbon savings as you work together as a class to earn money for planting trees.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Helpful Counselor - Heather Thomas
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K to 12
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The Helpful Counselor is the blog of a former school counselor turned elementary-school teacher. The entries feature ideas and tips for promoting social, emotional, and behavioral development....more
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The Helpful Counselor is the blog of a former school counselor turned elementary-school teacher. The entries feature ideas and tips for promoting social, emotional, and behavioral development. Scroll through current and previous posts to find classroom management strategies and tips (some based on current Disney movies), observation and counseling forms for download, and posters and coloring pages. The Disney movie clips reside on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, they may not be viewable. You could always view them at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube. Although some of the links lead to the author's Teachers Pay Teachers page, there are many free resources worth checking out.
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Follow The Helpful Counselor's blog, Facebook, or Twitter accounts to receive notice of new posts to the site. Take advantage of the free materials available on the site to use in your classroom. Be sure to share information from the site with your school counselors and fellow educators.
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Chalkup - Chalkup Corp.
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3 to 12
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Chalkup will be your "do everything" class management tool. Chalkup will do everything other learning management systems (LMS) do, and includes an emphasis on collaboration and student...more
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Chalkup will be your "do everything" class management tool. Chalkup will do everything other learning management systems (LMS) do, and includes an emphasis on collaboration and student voice. View the video "Guided Tours" to see all the features. An impressive one is the class chat where teachers and students engage in real time. Also, Chalkup is very Google Drive friendly. It converts Drive files into the Chalkup LMS to post and assign text, images, documents, AND embed any HTML object in an assignment (quizzes, polls, and more). Grading is easy, too. There are numerical grades, and it is also possible to create rubrics for a document, short answer, and essay grading. Find tools to markup student documents with highlights, discussion points, and more. Student accounts look much the same as the teacher account, so it is easy to help them get around in the beginning. Students have the additional feature of looking ahead at future assignments, AND students can create discussions and post questions so they can get help from other students or the teacher. Chalkup works with any browser and has a free iOS app.
tag(s): assessment (105), chat (53), classroom management (148), homework (45), multimedia (63)
In the Classroom
Project the student page for Chalkup on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Once students are on Chalkup, they can use a course code to become a member of your class. Use the class chat for discussions, brainstorming, informal assessment, and many other response system tasks. Consider using class discussion at student registration time and while showing the students around. This way they can ask questions about Chalkup features. You can also sign students up via email. For ESL/ELL classes and world languages, use this tool for assigning various vocabulary words and learning tenses of verbs. Assign vocabulary and explain any basic scientific concepts in science classes, or facts about historical periods in history classes. Lab partners can present their findings, and math students can demonstrate how they solved a problem. For English, post assignments about grammar rules, sentence structure, and other elements necessary for good writing. Since Chalkup is an interactive and collaborative program, have literature circles complete write ups, discussions, and final presentations about the book they are reading using Chalkup. Soon you will be able to group students within a class. For now, a potential solution could be to create separate assignments for each group. Label the assignments in the Title by group name, i.e., "[Group 1] Project" (or book title) so that students know which assignment belongs to their group.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Products can be embedded
Includes teacher tools for registering and/or monitoring students
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Easy Tweets - easytweets.net
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8 to 12
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Practice reading with real Tweets sorted by difficulty level with Easy Tweets. Choose easy, medium, or difficult and add a topic to receive a list of Tweets. Sorted using Cambridge...more
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Practice reading with real Tweets sorted by difficulty level with Easy Tweets. Choose easy, medium, or difficult and add a topic to receive a list of Tweets. Sorted using Cambridge University's English Vocabulary Profile Project, Tweets correspond to reading levels. Please note - Tweets are real Tweets and have not been monitored for content so you may want to preview results before sharing with students.
tag(s): chat (53), microblogging (41), twitter (43)
In the Classroom
Use Easy Tweets with ESL/ELL students as an authentic way to practice reading skills. Use to differentiate with different abilities of readers as you follow certain current events to learn more. Use Easy Tweets to model writing skills. Have students compare the differences between Tweets at different levels. Consider using this tool for finding Twitter information about possible people of interest (i.e. scientists, politicians, singers, actors), to follow. Looking for more ways to use Twitter in the classroom? Read more about Twitter at TeachersFirst's Twitter for Teachers page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Novel-Ties: New books you can't wait to discuss - Multnomah County Library
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4 to 8
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Discover current fiction titles for 4th through 8th graders at Novel-Ties. Find a series of video book talks divided into categories discussing current fiction books perfect...more
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Discover current fiction titles for 4th through 8th graders at Novel-Ties. Find a series of video book talks divided into categories discussing current fiction books perfect for tweens and young teens. Choose from categories such as Bullying, Girl Power, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy, and more. Each link leads to a book talk hosted on AuthorStream, reviewed here, discussing the book followed with some Discussion Topics and Related Websites. Videos work best on computers or laptops. Not all features work on mobile devices.
tag(s): book lists (133), book reports (37), independent reading (129), reading lists (79), video (275)
In the Classroom
Be sure to bookmark this site on classroom computers for students to use as a resource to find reading material that suits their interests. Share with your school's media specialist for use when ordering library books. Share on your class web page as a resource for parents. Use this AuthorStream as a model and have students create their own book talks as an alternative to a traditional book report. Consider using a tool such as RawShorts, reviewed here, for short book talks or Moovly, reviewed here, for longer book talks. Post the videos on your teacher website for parents to enjoy.
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Zing - Schoolwide
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1 to 12
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Find Ebooks by topic, reading level, or language. Ebooks have a built-in dictionary, highlighting, and bookmarking capability. There are also tools for taking notes and writing a review....more
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Find Ebooks by topic, reading level, or language. Ebooks have a built-in dictionary, highlighting, and bookmarking capability. There are also tools for taking notes and writing a review. Select from award-winning titles, books and series from well-known authors, short texts, poems, and articles. Through your Zing account, you can also access Buzzing, an informational website with author interviews, lesson plans, instructional resources, teaching tips, collaborative tools, and much more. Click Help to find screen shots with written directions or video tutorials for anything you need to do in Zing. There are also free 15-minute webinars for you to attend. Additional features are available for a fee.
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tag(s): assessment (105), book lists (133), classroom management (148), ebooks (42), independent reading (129), reading comprehension (119)
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After signing up click Manage Students to get a class code, URL, and to start adding students. This rather intensive job will take some planning ahead. Look at the required fill-in boxes before starting. Free accounts can have one class and 30 students. If you have a larger class or more than one class, there is a "workaround" for this. If you have a Gmail account, you can add subaccounts (see directions to do this here). You could create another Zing account with this subaccount; you would end up with two different accounts for your classes. Give the students the class code to log in and find their name on the class list. Bookmark your Zing account on class computers for easy access, and post the link on your teacher website for students and parents to access the program at home. Consider requiring students to use the tools on their dashboard for taking notes or highlighting main ideas and supporting details. Students can also use it when writing a review for a book, and then you can conference with students to have them show you their work. Resource teachers and ESL/ELL teachers will find this tool invaluable for having their students reading at appropriate levels.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be shared by URL
Includes teacher tools for registering and/or monitoring students
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Quiz Socket - Sven Kreiss
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2 to 12
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Use Quiz Socket to quickly get feedback or give assessments. Quiz Socket is so easy to use you can create a quiz on the spur of the moment. No registration ...more
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Use Quiz Socket to quickly get feedback or give assessments. Quiz Socket is so easy to use you can create a quiz on the spur of the moment. No registration is required. Click Create Quiz and get a code to give to participants. Participants enter the code and respond on the Quiz Socket site using any device. Ask multiple choice questions verbally or post them with a projector onto a screen or whiteboard. Quiz Socket will work on any device with a modern browser and Internet access.
tag(s): assessment (105), quizzes (101)
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Quiz Socket is an excellent tool for checking prior knowledge or making a quick assessment. Use Quiz Socket for students to answer exit questions or to see what students remember from the previous day. Use for formative assessment to identify misconceptions that students may have at the start of a unit. ESL/ELL teachers could use this for vocabulary practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TwistedWave - MediaHQ
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K to 12
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Create and edit audio recordings with the TwistedWave online editor. Use links to upload existing files from your computer, Google Drive, or Sound Cloud, or start a new document. Tools...more
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Create and edit audio recordings with the TwistedWave online editor. Use links to upload existing files from your computer, Google Drive, or Sound Cloud, or start a new document. Tools in the editor allow you to add effects, crop and cut, and much more. When finished, save the file to Google Drive or Sound Cloud. No account is necessary; however, free accounts can edit mono files up to 5 minutes long.
tag(s): editing (68)
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Use TwistedWave in early grades to promote literacy by recording students and creating an audio portfolio record of their reading. Use this tool with ESL/ELL students to practice fluency and hearing themselves speak. Record your class singing. Record compositions to share with parents on your website or blog. Record and edit sound for PowerPoint presentations. Use with a creative writing or digital storytelling project to record stories for selected images. Record speeches, create podcasts, record students learning world languages, create radio advertisements as part of a writing project, the ideas are endless!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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International Dot Day - Reynolds Center for Teaching Learning & Creativity
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K to 12
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Become part of a global celebration of creativity, courage, and collaboration on International Dot Day. Formed in response to The Dot written by Peter H. Reynolds, this day is...more
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Become part of a global celebration of creativity, courage, and collaboration on International Dot Day. Formed in response to The Dot written by Peter H. Reynolds, this day is set aside to rekindle and inspire the power of creativity in all of us. Sign up for free to download the Educators Handbook. Explore the site to find many pictures of Dot Day in action. Don't forget to follow International Dot Day on Facebook and Twitter to stay in touch with all of the latest updates from around the world. Sign up to become a member of the Dot Day Community and celebrate with others around the world each September! Some of the videos are on YouTube. If your district blocks YouTube, they may not be viewable. You could always view them at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid, reviewed here, to download the videos from YouTube.
tag(s): creativity (118), cross cultural understanding (117), literature (274)
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Although the official International Dot Day is in September, use ideas from the site to inspire creativity and collaboration throughout the year. Read The Dot to students and encourage them to collaborate ways they can make their mark in the world. Challenge older students to explore their place in the world through the use of a blog such as Throwww, reviewed here. This site allows you to create "quick and easy" blogs to be used one time only. A unique URL is provided. Throwww is as easy as using a basic Word program! Consider following International Dot Day on Facebook and Twitter to stay in touch with all of the latest updates from around the world.
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LEGO Friends Story Maker - LEGO
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K to 3
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Design and create your own three-page stories using LEGO characters from Heartlake City. Click on one of the three books to begin and use links to add characters, stickers, emojis,...more
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Design and create your own three-page stories using LEGO characters from Heartlake City. Click on one of the three books to begin and use links to add characters, stickers, emojis, and text. Continue to add new pages and edit as desired. When finished, click on each finished page to save to your computer as PNG file and then print them.
tag(s): creative writing (170), digital storytelling (153), interactive stories (31), preK (289), stories and storytelling (31)
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LEGO Friends Story Maker is perfect for use with a projector or interactive whiteboard to demonstrate story elements. Create stories together as a class while adding characters, setting, and a storyline. Save your class-created stories and print for student to read on their own as part of a reading center.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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