Tips & Tools for Teachers
Adding EdTech to Your Teaching Toolbox
TOOLS: Spotlight on Reading and Writing
Read Write Think
If you haven't used Read Write Think.org, go now and take a look at all the lesson ideas and tools.
They also have apps for iPads!
My favorites are...
Trading Cards - Invigorate student writing with an interactive app that allows them to show comprehension.
Timeline - Allows students to create a graphical representation of an event or process by displaying items sequentially along a line.
Poetry - Doing a poetry unit? Here are 6 different apps to create poetry!
Assistive Technology to Differentiate
Do you have students who struggle with reading and writing at grade level? Use these tools to allow them to show what they know!
Read to Self, Others or Listen to Reading
Epic Reading App
Charissa Brown has been using this app in her classroom. Ask her about it. It is free for teachers!
Kids Can Be Authors
What better way to learn story elements or let students share their knowledge of the latest science or social studies unit than to create a book?
Kahoot! is a tool for using iPads to administer quizzes, discussions or surveys. It is a game-based classroom response system played by the whole class in real time. Multiple-choice questions are projected on the screen. Great for reviewing and checking understanding.
TIP: A Helpful Visual to Avoid Vertical Video Syndrome
Leslie Whittington
Email: lwhittington@ocssaints.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/ocssaints.org/ocs-k5-tech/
Phone: (405) 615-8691
Twitter: @leslie_whitt