Language Arts
TECH TOOLS
Collaborative Writing
Google Docs
Kid Blogs: safe and free blogging for K-12 students ePals: safe email accounts for students, global classroom projects Digital Story Telling
Blabberize: Make your photos talk!
Annimoto: Use your photos to create a professional looking slideshow with music Go Animate: Create a talking cartoon Tikatok: Create story books, publish online and order a printed & bound copy VoiceThread: free online application that allows users to upload media (photos, scanned work, videos, presentations etc) and collaborate via published comments. Examples: Art History, Writing letters, 5 Step Writing Process, Social Justice (Hate) COMICS
Formative Assessment Tools
Poll Everywhere: Create real-time polls for the web & mobile devices
Today's Meet: A live back-channel for notes, questions, & comments
Graphic Organizers
Podcasts & Audio
AudioBoo: record up to 3 minutes of audio for free
Research Tools
BOOKMARKS
Diigo: Save all of your online resources in one place! Symbaloo: Bookmarks with visuals Example: English Homework Help CITATIONS
Word Play
Wordle: Create word clouds from text you type or copy and paste
How to use Wordle in class View vocabulary examples from To Kill a Mocking Bird Image Chef: Word clouds in a shape Spelling City: Type or paste a list of words for games, tests, etc. Verse Perfect: Free download for PCs, suggests rhymes as you write Visual Thesaurus: Word mapping |
PLANNING RESOURCES
K-6 Learning Activity Types: PDF with learning activities organized by content and technology
NTeQ Lesson Plan Template: Download a template for planning technology enhanced lessons. Diigo Help: Need assistance with the features of this social bookmarking tool, use this link for help. YouTube Blocked? Use the SaveYouTube website to download instructional YouTube videos at home and save them for classroom use. My Diigo bookmarks for Language Arts IN-SERVICE EVALUATION
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