The PLEF Post:
November/December 2014
App of the Month: Trading Cards
Turn learning into the latest trend. Students can create a trading card for an event, person, literary character, an object, a place, etc. Student can design their cards and then trade them with other students in the class, turning each card into a study tool.
Trading Card Choices
Select a person, place, event, etc.
Trading Card (Front View)
Students can insert a picture to enhance the look of their card. For this example card on Spain, students must identify the location, appearance, time period, and significance of their place.
Trading Card (Back View)
The back of the card requires students to additional information such as events, effects, activities, interesting facts, and connecting the place to their own lives.
Rewordify is a free website that allows you to copy and paste the contents of a document, website, news story, literary work, etc. and adjust the difficulty of the reading level, making the text easier to understand. Students can view the original text next to the modified version, so that they can see how the text has changed. Find Shakespeare a challenge? Not to fear. Rewordify is here! Click on the title above to go directly to the website.
Paste Text
Paste text into the yellow Rewordify box.
Text Options
Select your options for viewing the texts and adjust the difficulty of the reading level to make it easier or more difficult.
View the Text
Your text is now ready to view. In this picture, the original text is on the left and the modified text is on the right. The highlighted words are ones that have been adjusted.
Keep Your Apps Updated
It is important to make sure that your child has the latest version of each App. How do you know when an App has an update? Check the Amplify Market (App circled in picture) to see which Apps can be updated. Follow the instructions below...
Amplify Icon
Click on the person icon in the upper right corner.
Update All
Select the "Update All" tab, highlighted in orange.
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
You will begin to see your App update and can watch it progress.
Having Trouble Connecting to Your Home Network?
Find instructions by clicking on the link below.
Want to Explore the Amplify Tablet?
Parents can check out a tablet from the Northern Middle media center. Contact Rachel McConoughey, the media specialist, for more details at 336-605-3342 ext. 300.
Happy Holidays!
From my PLEFily to yours, I want to wish you all a happy and peaceful holiday season and hope that the new year will bring you much joy.