April 9th, 2015
Working groups: March 31, 2015
Resources: FREE Website and App Resources
Erin McKee, Krystel Kun, Kimiko Shibata, Manpreet Dhindsa, Devinder Bansal, Tracy Ducharme
Piclits.com (website Google and free app)– realistic photos and kids can drag words up (drag and drop) or freestyle writing to describe the photo. Constructing sentences. -grammar, descriptive writing, etc.
Toondoo.com: website, similar to bitstrips (make comics)
Padlet.com–similar to Google docs in that multiple users can collaborate to create content.
Storylineonline.net
Screen actors guild award winners reading stories. Kids can follow along. Pictures as well as text shown
Bookbuilderonline.com website : kids put own name in and create a book featuring themselves as characters
Educreation: app on school iPads, create stories, use visuals (drag and drop) voice recognition, move pictures etc.
Freddiesville.com Introduces basics through short videos-conversational etiquette, academic vocabulary.
Edmodo.com similar to Facebook, but with an education focus. Safer social media platform with teacher controlling and monitoring interaction. Great for teaching online etiquette, great for digital citizenship
Newsinlevels.com –articles at easier reading levels current international events high interest low vocab
ESLCafe.com: website with printable resources for teachers
Mrprintables.com: printable illustrated basic vocabulary cards in various languages
Starfall.com: letter sounds, beginning reading, primary-based
Abcya.com: basic reading and activities for kids that are connected to curriculum
http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/
National geographic for young explorers website: lots of nonfiction magazines kids can listen to (mostly focusing on animals). Doesn’t look babyish for older kids
Learn360 internal board website with videos, video clips (access from virtual library)
Reading rockets.org. Webcasts, articles, supports etc for classroom and ESL teachers
Jr.brainpop.com Videos for k-3
Mrshurleysesl.com interactive smart board activities for ells
Book flix, tumble books: on internal board virtual library (library learning commons): play books for kids to hear and read –both fiction and nonfiction texts (read aloud books)
Uniteforliteracy.ca. Audiobooks with pictures and books that can be read in English as well as other languages
Google read and write App:
Free Google app (works on blackberry and android (ie chromebook)–but not apple-based
Google read and write-text prediction, help with reading and writing, uses google translate app
Google play store (download on play store on chromebook or 1mobile market on blackberry)
Poplet app on school iPads: create story webs, add pictures, add own text, create instant graphic organizers
IMovie app on school iPads: create presentations in minutes with easy templates
