Teacher/Parent MUST See List
THE FOLLOWING IS A RUNNING LIST OF HELPFUL SITES AND TOOLS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR TEACHING LIFE EASIER, FASTER, AND MORE AMAZING!
CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LIST.
CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LIST.
SAFE SHARE TV
Safe Share TV allows viewing of YouTube content without all the Ads, Related Videos, etc. It helps to provide a safe environment where videos can be seen without distraction or potentially inappropriate content. Simply paste the Youtube link in the SafeView box and begin viewing with your child/students.
BOOK TRACK CLASSROOM
Booktrack Classroom is an exciting new technology that synchronizes audio with text to create an immersive reading experience. Stories and essays published with Booktrack include a customized, movie-style soundtrack that complements the story. Students can create Booktracks for their own writing and create a soundtrack from over 20,000 professional-quality audio files and share it with their classmates to read.
STORY BIRD
Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. They curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into fresh stories.
DUOLINGO
The best new way to learn a language online. Learning with Duolingo is fun and addictive. Earn points for correct answers, race against the clock, and level up. Each lesson includes a variety of speaking, listening, translation, and multiple choice challenges
INSTRUCTABLES
Think "HOW TO". From science experiments to merit badges, this app offers instructions for more than 100,000 DIY projects. Looking for a classroom maker project? You’ll find it here. Did your students create something awesome? Encourage them to upload their instructions and share their ideas.
BOOK CREATOR
Book Creator is open-ended, creative and cross curriculum. Create your own teaching resources or have your students take the reigns.
Combine text, images, audio and video to create: Interactive stories, Digital portfolios, Research journals, Poetry books, Science reports, Instruction manuals, About me’ books, OR Comic adventures. One teacher login gets 40 titles free!
Combine text, images, audio and video to create: Interactive stories, Digital portfolios, Research journals, Poetry books, Science reports, Instruction manuals, About me’ books, OR Comic adventures. One teacher login gets 40 titles free!
BOOK SLIDE
Book Slide has compiled a great list of quality literature for teens and tweeners with links to synopses and author bios. With so much tech and big media out there these days, it's so refreshing to see there are still book clubs promoting the best of the best of the best with classic Newberry and Blue Ribbon titles. Tech integration prepares our students for the future, but reading teacher in room 308 is where I left my <3.
