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Resource 1: Scholastic Story Starters

Scholastic story starters is a great fun resource that will help encourage students to become creative throughout their writing. I like the concept of Scholastic story starters; it gives students silly prompts which are targeting their grade level. This can be an essential resource to use because it helps students begin forming their own creative ideas using the process of brainstorming and planning. At times writing can be difficult for students as they do not know what exactly to write about. This gives students different genres to start their own story.

Resource 2: Vocabulary Spelling City

Vocabulary spelling city is a beneficial resource for all students. Throughout vocabulary spelling city, it allows students to practice their spelling by writing down their words in the four-word spaces provided. After the words are written individually, students can go on to the next component where they will hear a sentence using the spelling word, then begin to type the word in the box. This is a helpful resource for students having difficulties with spelling as they can listen to the word out loud and a sentence provided for the word.

Resource 3: Book Creator

Book Creator is a platform where students can create, read, and publish their writing pieces. It allows students to add images, put music, their voice, and videos. The resources throughout “Book Creator” are useful components that brings writing to a modern day life as children can use different resources such as annotating, use shapes, icons, arrows, and emojis to express their ideas. These resources allows students to take writing into a digital fun aspect.

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1.) Book creator gives teachers the ability to create a small comic book for their students. The purpose of my comic would be to teach a lesson, walk students through a process or recreate a story. Book creator allows you to choose your own template, the shape and size of your book, and have the book read to you. These features allow teachers to tailor the books they share with students.

2.) Holt Interactive Graphic Organizer also appealed to me due to the variety of graphic organizers they have available. I appreciate that the graphic organizers can be printed or used on a device/computer (directly typed into). This resource is very useful for students that may need help structuring their ideas or thoughts.

3.) Lastly, Scholastic: Story Starters seems great for teaching creative writing. Students that need help getting their ideas flowing may find it less difficult to begin their writing piece. It can also be used to save time during short writing assignments. Scholastic makes it engaging by allowing students to spin a wheel.

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1.) NearPod: I have been using NearPod since the beginning of the pandemic. NearPod's functionality is great for writing because the students are able to utilize several different modalities to get their point across. Teachers are also able to see as students are working so they are able to give immediate feedback.

2.) JamBoard: JamBoard is another online learning resource that I have been utilizing since the beginning of the pandemic, and also has great functionality for teaching writing. Teachers are able to follow along as students are working, and students can type or write with their mouse. It also has a great new function that if students with iPads write a word with their finger it puts that word into text for them. JamBoard has been a great tool for remote learning.

3.) Typing Club: After doing some research on Typing Club, a modality that I've never used before, I think this would be a great resource for teaching students how to be more proficient typers and writers. Typing is a life long skill that often students are never taught - so would definitely be a resource that would be helpful throughout the virtual writing and publishing process.

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1. FlipGrid: FlipGrid is something I have been using since the beginning of a pandemic. It is helpful for students who have trouble putting their writing ideas on paper but are able to verbally express themselves. I have a few students who have many ideas when it comes to writing pieces but they struggle with forming it into words and paragraphs. FlipGrid is something I will continue to use with students. Students can also use FlipGrid to read excerpts of their writing and allow them to read it in expressive ways.

2. Scholastic Story Starters: This resource stood out to me because I have many students in my classroom who struggle with getting an idea started. Scholastic Story Starters allows students to get a boost and be provided with starting prompts for their writing. Another cool thing is that it focuses around the student's level and their interests. Once students get their writing prompt going, I think it will get them more into their writing, which is the ultimate goal.

3: Comic Master: This resource is great for all grades because most student enjoy comic books. This is especially help for those who struggle with writing, and putting their ideas into word form. I can see myself implementing this resource in my practice with my fourth grade students. They are very into comic books and graphic novels. It allows them to do it online, which is also good practice with technology.

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Scholastic Story Starters

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FlipGrid
I like flipgrid because it works well for students who have a hard time expressing their ideas and details through writing but can orally express themselves well. Students can also use it to read aloud their writing and then play it back to hear it and edit it based on the way it sounds. It also can provide a student with an opportunity to act out or read their writing. It's an engaging tool that allows for expression in different ways.

StoryBuilder
StoryBuilder is helpful because it provides students with an opportunity to improve paragraph formation, improve sentence formation, and improve integration of ideas.  It's and engaging and useful app that allows for students to practice building up smaller ideas and making sure that they make sense with what they're writing about.

Book Creator
Book Creator is extremely engaging based on the level of creativity it provides. Book Creator allows teachers to bring creativity to the classroom! It allows for students to create a variety of products. Students create interactive stories, instruction manuals, digital portfolios, and more.

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1. Scholastic Story Starters:

I really loved this idea where students can go for ideas. This can start students thinking. Many of my students have difficulties with creating ideas. Once students have a small idea their ideas can flow so this can be a huge help for students who struggle with getting an idea. BONUS: Website was kid friendly

2. Book Creator:

I explored this resource in another class which was nice. My students just received a class set of Chrome books and this is a great way for students to publish their writing pieces. Many students have trouble with writing their letters and they prefer to type. They become more conscious of their their writing because they see the red lines of their writing and they know to go back to it to review their work.

3. Comic Master:

My students prefer to create comics!! They become a lot more creative when writing a comic than sentences. They are constantly reading comics and my students are a funny bunch. This was a great way for students to bring their comics and writing to life in a different way. I am thinking about using this for them to create a culture comic!

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UDL Part 2 Presentation - Elizabeth Del Rio

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1. Scholastic: Story Starters:

Scholastic: Story Starters is a great source to help students get into their creative sides. This website gives writing prompts which are based around the students interests and grade level, so you know it’ll be appropriate for them individually. It is very engaging and interactive which I find helps most students. I think when something is geared towards a student’s interests, it really gets their minds going.

2. Book Creator:

Book Creator is a great way to bring a student’s work to life but digitally and I think it’s so helpful to be able to do that now in the days of virtual school. I think it’s great for students to be able to see each peer’s work digitally. I also like how it goes beyond just telling the story, it lets you add pictures, audio, and videos. I’m excited to able to use this in the future. I think it’s something great for students.

3. Comic Master:

Kid’s love comic books. Between the pictures and colors and fun text, you really can’t go wrong. Comic master allows students to create their own comic books virtually. I think this is so an awesome thing to allow kids to do and use their creativity while creating their comic books. I might think this is something for older grades to use as a project. It might be a little overwhelming or distracting for younger students.

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UDL Part 2: Spelling City by Michaela McGovern

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UDL Part 2: Spelling City by Michaela McGovern

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https://www.spellingcity.com/

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http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml

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ASYNC UDL 2: Imagine Forest Emina Deljanin

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ASYNC UDL 2: Imagine Forest Emina Deljanin

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https://www.imagineforest.com/

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https://bookcreator.com/

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Benefits:
- Organization
-Creativity
-Visuals
-Simple to use
-Very engaging
-Easy to use on Phone or laptop
-Makes Collaborating 100Xs easier

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References:

Valle, J. W., & Connor, D. J. (2010). Rethinking disability: A disability studies approach to inclusive practices. Routledge.

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UDL Part 1

https://app.creately.com/diagram/start/dashboard The first technology resource that I found in my research with the beneficial potential to promote learning for all students based upon principles of UDL in the brainstorming and planning phase of the writing process is Creately. Creatly is an online resource that allows students to collaboratively learn, while producing trackable independent output. This resource can support their learning from each other as they are stimulated to develop rich brainstorming and planning ideas motivated by the teacher and peers. Oftentimes in a writing class, when the students are in the brainstorming and planning phase, some can experience writer's/ideas block, where they are able to come up with little to no ideas, or the ideas they do draft up cannot be richly supported. Using this resource can encourage the students to feed off of their peers, while developing unique ideas during this. I can use Creately to plan and deliver my instructional material, then have rich discussions on the platform about the content.

https://app.bookcreator.com/library/-Mq0pgJ-5ILj5AK7sOZl The second technology resource that I found in my research is Book Creator. Book Creator to me is an ultimate resource in the quest to encourage students to put on their most creative writing caps and truly think of themselves as authors of their own story version. This is a  technology resource that allows individuals, both teachers and students to create their own books and publish them. As the teacher I can create my own mentor text to use with the class throughout all the stages of the writing process. I can publish a mentor text that focuses on all the strategies I plan on using with my students in each of the stages from brainstorming and planning to the publishing stage. Doing so will give me creative room to tailor my text to match each of my students academic and cultural strengths and needs. The site supports beginner users like myself and is very self explanatory, and even as a novice I can be ready to use it in my classroom in a short amount of time.

https://thinkport.org/graphic-organizers.html I definitely saved what in my opinion is the best for last. The third technology resource that I found in my research is theThinkport Education resource. First let me start by saying that the fact that this resource contains all these downloadable and editable  graphic organizers is a huge plus for someone like me, who is always struggling to find graphic organizers that are solely geared towards my specific assignment needs. This is a favorite for me because it can be used in all levels of the genre immersion/brainstorming/ and planning stages of the writing process. Research supports the use of mentor texts to better support all genres of writing. I will start to use this learning resource to better support all learners in the classroom during the early stages of genre immersion, even before the brainstorming and planning begins. The clustering graphic organizer will be used to help the students sort out their understanding of the mentor text, which will bring them closer to the author’s planning that went into the writing of the text. This can also be done with the ​​Wheel & Spoke Diagram graphic organizer, when I have students that need less support. The Tree graphic organizer can be used in the brainstorming and planning stage, because it can help the students scaffold their thoughts, omitting the redundant or unnecessary ones.

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Peter Assue - UDL Part 2

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1) https://www.spellingcity.com/
Spelling City is an amazing resource to help students practice their spelling. It's engaging, user-friendly, and I love that there are many ways of going about spelling. What I mean by that is that there isn't just one set way of practicing spelling. Students can practice through 4 different "activities." It's also great because it can be used as a class, or individually by students on their devices.  I can see myself using this with my tutee since he needs help with spelling words and can benefit from the different activities for variation.

2) Story Starters: Creative Writing Prompts for Kids
Story Starters by Scholastic is another great source to aid students in getting their creative writing juices flowing. This website generates writing prompts based on a child's topic of interest and by grade level. There are then levers to choose random words to fit into said prompts so that it can be even more customizable. I love how engaging, interactive, and user-friendly this tool is. It's also engaging because the prompts appeal to a student's interest and can hopefully set them on a path where they're able to write more without the stress of not knowing what to write about.

3) https://www.pixton.com/what-is-pixton
Pixton is a comic-building website. It's amazing because of how teacher-friendly and student-friendly it is. The face of the website is very clean, organized, and modern. Students can create their own avatars to represent diversity (as seen in skin tone options, hair, accessories, etc). In addition to creating comics, the characters can be added to multiple platforms such as google slides, canva, and PowerPoint. This is a great feature to have for older students who might be offered slide project presentations to make their slides and information presentation more engaging.

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Async Module 1:

1. https://www.readingrescue.org/
Reading Rescue is a great literacy resource to help younger elementary students.  This website offers one-on-one 30 minute reading interventions for struggling English language learners.  There are books leveled from B to M, and the instructor or teacher is taught how to use them with students remotely.  Students will be taught fluency and be assessed on their reading.  There are also digital tools and home materials that help students with phonics.

2. www.bookcreator.com
Book Creator is a very good resource for students to learn how to create a book like the ones that their favorite authors write.  Through book creations, students can still go through the writing workshop process.  It becomes such a fun way for students to write and display their stories.  Also, there are a lot of visual tools and ways for students to be creative with their artwork.  Students that fear messy handwriting and have poor drawing skills no longer have to worry about those issues because there is text typing and a picture retrieval tool.

3. https://www.quill.org/
Quill is a great writing program that allows students to learn writing through various activities (grammar, punctuation, transition, and more).  Students can get support for their writing and thinking skills with feedback.  What makes this site more practical is that it offers samples to model for students, as well as many ways of guided and independent practice.  Writing becomes much more fun when students are able to do exercises instead of facing pages of writing without any assistance.

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1. Storybird: Storybird allows students to create their own picture books using their writing and the beautiful illustrations and graphics on the site. They can also read other stories as well as classmates’ books. Students can also collaborate on stories with classmates. I like how it allows students to publish their writing in a beautiful and creative way that is easy to use. Illustrations can also be a great tool to inspire writing and creatively come up with narratives.

2. Animoto: Animoto allows students to create their own animated presentations an include text, videos, sound and pictures. It is easy to use and a great way for students to present their expository writing in a unique way that doesn’t involve a typical research presentation. It also would help students to work on summarizing and pulling the high level details from their research and writing for a more digestible presentation.

3. Thinkport: Thinkport offers a range of graphic organizers for writing from clustering, to a story map and character map. There is an organizer to help every student. Strong graphic organizers help students think through the process of writing, organize their thinking and create a strong foundation for their first draft.

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Resource #1: bubble.us seems like it would be a really great resource for brainstorming and planning. I am in the middle of a nonfiction informational unit with my second graders, and they are researching all about the five boroughs of New York City. We have been teaching them about how to group all of their research to write a cohesive book with related chapters. Something like bubble.us can be used to organize research and topics into different book ideas and chapter ideas. I think this would be best used with my second graders as a whole-class organizer that is visual and interactive.

Resource #2: Storyboard That looks like a great resource for narrative writing. Often, I find students have difficulty really picturing all of the different scenes in one small moment that they can write about. Storyboard That can make narrative writing more interactive and creative, can help students stay in one small moment, and can help them write more details about the scenes they are writing about. This adds a visual support to story writing for students.

Resource #3: Story Starters is a tool that randomly generates ideas for students to write about. I find that students often do not write because they are stuck on what to write about. Idea generation is an important skill to work on, but this tool can alleviate the stress of generating an idea and students can jump right into writing.

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Resource :1: https://www.storyboardthat.com/
This is a great resource for personal narrative writing. This website consists of a visual storyboard in which students are visually creating the series of events in their story. As stated on their website Story Boards are excellent for outlining student writing pieces since they correct sentence structure. In addition, through the use of images, students are able to brainstorm ideas for their story and explain their thoughts using visuals before putting into words. It is an excellent resource for the pre-stages of writing (brainstorming and outlining)

Resource 2:
https://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm
Immediately as I saw this site I fell in love. There are so many graphic organizer resources out there, but this site organizes graphic organizers by writing and reading skill. For instance, for personal narrative writing, a student may want to pick a graphic organizer from the "ordering and sequencing" section or pick an organizer from the Persuasive and Supporting a position" section when writing a persuasive essay. I particularly enjoy this website since it offers a variety of graphic organizer for each skill. That way, students can pick an organizer that works best for them.

Resource #3: https://www.mindomo.com/
I found mindomo to be excellent for writing planning.They have templates on their sites that students can use to plan their writing. One of the templates was called the "Essay Writing Template (https://www.mindomo.com/templates/essay-writing-template) in which students are able to first build the skeleton of their outline and then move forward to details and text evidence. In addition, mindomo allows teachers to differentiate student maps to students' learning styles and needs. I would definitely use this with my students for expository text writing and persuasive writing.

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https://www.spellingcity.com

I was excited to find this website for students to practice their weekly spelling words. This website requires little prep from the teachers and exposes students to different activities relating to their spelling words. It is an engaging way for students to work with their weekly spelling words, and I like that it provides students with multiple options and activities to complete. It is important for students to work on spelling to become more independent writers.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/index.html

I frequently use Scholastic and I had no idea that this existed! I love this for giving students ideas about what to write about. I like that it is separated into different genres and grade levels. I also like that the wheel makes it exciting for children when they are choosing their writing topic.

https://thinkport.org/graphic-organizers.html

In this course, I learned the importance of brainstorming and planning before drafting. I believe that planning helps students determine what they want to write about. It also helps them organize their ideas so they are not stuck when it is time to draft and they have a clear vision of what they want their work to be like. This website has so many different planning options to choose from so students can find something that resonates with them and also matches with the type of writing that they are producing.

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There are many online-writing and reading resources that could enhance students writing ability and interest. Many of these resources can cater to all grade levels.

Resource 1: National Geographic Kids
This is a personal favorite, I used this every week for my learning lab student. It engages the student with passages on animal facts, pictures and videos. The site is also easy to navigate making it easy instruction for students to work on independent work.

Resource 2: Story Jumper

This resource allows for students to create their own books by recording their work, designing characters and even working with other classmates on creating books together. Students could benefit through creative expression and bringing their stories to a virtual book.

Resource 3: New York Public Library- Educators
There are many resources within this platform. There are many free digital books that can be used. There are also e-books in Spanish that could be given to parents are home to engage families at home as well.

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When researching writing technology that can be useful for students, I thought of resources that I could use with my first graders. They are really into graphic novels and illustrating pictures to supplement their writing. Make Beliefs Comix where you can create your own comic strip to express your ideas and stories. The website is child friendly and easy to navigate as it walks you through how to create and make your own comic strip. It also provides prompts and ideas for beginners. This website can be translated into different languages which is useful to our students who are ELLs.

A second technology resource is Thinkport. Similar to Canva, Thinkport offers many graphic organizers that teachers can use to support their students with their learning, thinking, and organization skills. Examples of graphic organizers that are available and are ready to be downloaded are character maps, sequence of events chart, Venn diagrams, and timelines. Unlike Canva, which can be overwhelming for some, it specifically has organizers that only support students in the writing (and reading) process. When students are in the planning stage of writing, teachers can distribute a story map graphic organizer to students, which can help them plan and organize their story—especially useful for students who are visual learners.

The third technology resource is Book Creator. I thought was such a fun way for student to bring their stories to "life" but digitally! Especially during these pandemic times, we can still have publishing parties. I especially like the option to include images, videos, and audios to their digital book. In my class, we have used it a few times, and we are beginning to create a library of our published books that we can share with families, colleagues, and in the hall using QR codes.

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Resource 1: PBL Checklists is an excellent resource to foster student ownership of their writing pieces. I really like the individualized nature of this website that allows students to build their own checklists to match their personal writing goals. For any assignment, there is criteria that all students are required to meet, but with this website, students can build their checklist to ensure that they are also working towards goals discussed during coaching and prior feedback. The checklist is then generated in a peer review friendly format that allows the writer to double check their work but also the reviewer to provide feedback that is targeted towards the goals.

Resource 2: Spelling City is a resource that I have interacted with and am super excited to implement in my classroom. We have recently introduced spelling lists and this is a great supplement to help student practice in a meaningful and engaging manner. You can import spelling words and, from that list, students can play games that help them engage with those words in different contexts. By allowing students to have more access to vocabulary words, the editing process of our writing samples will in turn become more meaningful.

Resource 3: Scholastic:Story starters is great for students who struggle to find a topic to write about. Students choose a genre and spin a wheel to receive a randomized story idea. This website can be used for the whole class or individual students and generates topics that make writing fun.

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Lindsay Bernstein Part 2- Use Boom Cards!

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(1)   PBL Check list (http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org)
As someone who personally likes check lists for my own work, I find this resource very useful and satisfying. I think the resource could best be implemented in the editing phase of the writing process – as their create-your-own writing check lists seem to already have drop downs for many of the mechanic aspects of writing. During editing it’s helpful to have students focus on just a few certain things to not be overwhelmed, and this tool allows teachers to easily put together individual checklists based on what each student needs. I think it could be a real time saver for teacher and great support for students in regards to them developing their editing skills. This resource falls under the UDL guidelines 3.3 from udlguidelines.cast.org – “guide information processing and visualization”, as these lists can be customized and allow for scaffolding for individuals.

(2)    Book Creator (https://bookcreator.com)
I like this resource because it gives a polished and visibly pleasing way to complete the last step of the writing process – publishing. I was looking for a way to make publishing my student’s writing feel just as fun as having a physical copy of the book, and I actually think this virtual way of publishing writing is more dynamic and fun. It allows students to add photos or drawings and has options for fonts and themes. I also like that this website allows both teachers and students to collaborate on the projects. It seems user-friendly enough for older elementary students to use on their own, and allows them to gain more technology skills by using creative apps such as this. I think it will also help build students story telling skills if they have to think about which pictures and graphics to add to their story. This resource nicely aligns with checkpoint 5.2 from udlguidelines.cast.org – “use of multiple tools for construction and composition”, allowing students to use contemporary tools for learning.

(3) Scholastic Story Starters (http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/writing-prompts/index.html )
This is a fun website that can be used for either the planning/pre-writing phase and/or the composing phase of writing. I think this resource could be used to help motivate students to write. Especially students who have low motivation or endurance to begin with. This allows them to spin a wheel to get an idea, and they can keep spilling parts of the suggestion until they find a silly enough or fun enough prompt to write about. Then they can plan or just go into writing to build up their writing endurance. I especially like because some of the suggestions are so silly it feels a bit like a mad lib and less like an academic exercise and I think that might appeal to students and they won’t realize they are working on honing their craft. I think this resource aligns with UDL checkpoint 8.2 – “vary demands and resources to optimize challenge” as this website can allow students to be challenged at varying degrees. Some students might be ready to write and excited to write and have their own ideas, some students might need the extra support to make the process interesting and exciting by spinning a wheel of what to write about. Also on the website there are different grade levels that can be selecting allowing another option of individualization and challenge.

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Resource 1: Coggle
Coggle is a virtual mapping tool for organizing ideas into diagrams. The diagrams appear like webs with a main idea or topic in the middle, and supporting details branching off from the center. You can even add branches to your subtopics. This resource would help guide the writing planning process for any genre. It could be used for gathering facts about a nonfiction topic, or detailing small moments in a personal narrative. This resource aligns with UDL in how it displays information in a unique visual way, and highlights a structural pattern of writing. Additionally, teachers or peers can easily add comments into the messaging panel. This feature lends itself to sharing peer or teacher feedback or compliments.

Resource 2: Comic Master
Comic Master is a virtual comic book creator, with easy to use comic book templates and text features that could be used for drafting and editing. This resource aligns with UDL by providing variety in how information is displayed, allowing for endless individual choice, and is full of visual and textual support. I imagine that this tool would create excitement and engagement for students, even if they do not enjoy the writing process. Comic Master would work well for independent work, strong teacher modeling, and even partner work. This resource could be used in an instructional period as a writing warm up, a student writing project, or even as a “choice time” activity. The only challenge is finding the time to thoroughly explain the possibilities of this site. Students may become distracted by all the fun features, but this site could be used as the final step of drafting after writing on paper.

Resource 3: Story Jumper
Story Jumper is a resource that would greatly support the drafting and editing portion of the writing process. Story Jumper allows students and teachers to use a variety of features to create a complete virtual book, with clear text and exciting visuals. The site provides a writing format that is organized and clear, with the ability to add to headings, text, photos, graphics, and voice and sound effects. This site also includes a collaboration feature, so students can share their work with teachers and peers for feedback, group work, or simply sharing final projects. This resource aligns with UDL by incorporating strong visual and auditory elements, and provides students engagement and customization.

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A resource that was introduced to me in one of my courses was Book Creator. This would be a great tool to use when publishing a writing piece. During our non-fiction writing unit, my co-teacher and I looked into buying blank “books” for the students to publish their piece into. However, that idea never came to fruition because those can be very costly, unlike this website. My idea would be to have each student can publish their piece, and a list of links to each student’s book could be compiled. Then, this can be used to have “virtual” publishing parties. You could swap the list of links with your team teachers, and all the students in the grade can have access to the books their peers wrote. The possibilities are endless. Since the book can also be read to you, students can self-monitor their stories by listening to see if it makes sense and correct any grammatical errors. This also allows them to have access to all the books their peers wrote, even if their peers wrote on a level that they cannot independently read at yet.

Spelling City was a resource that I was able to use during the pandemic, since this was something that both my in-person as well as my virtual students could participate in.  By using this website, students learn new vocabulary words through interactive games and activities. These lists were able to be differentiated, which helped to accommodate the wide variety of needs our students had. Another thing the students really enjoyed about this website was that you could set up competitions. My colleague and I set it up so that our fourth and fifth graders were competing against each other. This helped to make even virtual learners feel as though they were part of the team and helped to motivate all the students to do their best.

A new resource that I was introduced to in this module are the Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers. There is an organizer available for almost every step of the writing process. These graphic organizers are also able to be used on the computer, which is great for virtual teachings. In Learning Lab and when I was teaching virtual students, I have tried to have my students draw their own organizer, which ends up taking up a lot of time and frustrating the students when they didn’t get it “pretty” enough. One of the organizers I especially liked was the personal thesaurus. This can be used to help students expand their vocabulary, and not resort to using the same words in their pieces.

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The first resource that I would like to highlight is Typing Club (https://www.typingclub.com/). I have a few students who use this website now to build on their typing skills. Since technology is quickly processing and knowing how to type is becoming more essential, especially with Covid the last few years, students need to learn how to type efficiently. The website provides an assessment for students to find out the students’ typing level and adjust their levels accordingly. The website provides lessons at each level while also allowing students to go back and forth between different levels but also allows the teacher to manage this setting. Since students can monitor their own growth and progress on the website, this website is great for UDL 6.4 because students can see their own progress.

The second resource is spelling city (https://www.spellingcity.com/ ). Spelling city allows students to use it to practice their spelling and teachers can arrange the material on the website for specific groups or individual students on a need-be bases. I love that I can have an individual list for each student because many of my students struggle with spelling so it is nice to customize their spelling words. The websites provides games and interactive lessons on spelling, phonics, vocabulary, and sentence writing. Lastly, the website has an audio option which is great for students who need things read to them which aligns with UDL 1.2.

The third resource is Book Creator (https://bookcreator.com/ ). I first used this during my technology course at Hunter. I personally enjoyed the visuals and graphics the website offered. Students enjoy using this website as a way to bring their stories to life and engage their readers with many different formats. I have used this website for personal writing with my students before and found it simple to use with a whole class.

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Learn touch typing online using TypingClub's free typing courses. It includes 650 typing games, typing tests and videos.

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1.     JumpStart- https://www.jumpstart.com/parents/activities/essay-writing-activities This resource provides students with activities and resources that can help student with essay writing practice. They have writing activities that breakdown the different paragraphs of an essay and what should be written in each. The website also shares the rules of writing an essay and what pictures writing is. It provides samples of other essays that student can refer to and use for ideas. There are activities for students of all grades and ages. I like this resources because it provides information on how to write an essay as well as fun way to practice writing.

2.     Write About – https://www.writeabout.com/ This resource allows students to grow as writers. It provides them with a writing prompt and allows them to freely write about the topic or picture shown. This tool helps students practice sentence forming, writing structures, punctuation without having the come up with the idea. Students can continue to practice and choose different prompts. Their writing can then be published to their designated class or the public. This allows students to read one another’s work, get ideas as well as peer edit.

3.     Story Bird- https://storybird.com/ This resources allows students to write a story for illustrations from various artists. It allows students to show their creative side when writing. They can create different types of writing pieces, comic books, picture books, chapter books and poems. It also have courses and guides that helps teach students “how to” write these types of stories. Students can publish their stories and share them with their class or the public.

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https://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm

This website is dedicated towards visual aids that support organization. This website breaks down the charts into subcategories; (1) generating, identifying and organizing details, (2) determining main idea and drawing conclusions, (3) order and sequence, (4) comparison- contrast and cause and effect, (5) process and cycle diagrams, (6) evaluating and making decisions, (7) persuasive and supporting a position, (8) vocabulary and (9) miscellaneous organizers. This array of options allows teachers to really cone in on what each student needs to work on and focus on for their writing skills to grow. Personally, I thrive off organization and need everything written out so I can see what my thoughts, ideas and details are that I am trying to incorporate into my piece. I strongly believe organization is a huge skill and asset to have when writing no matter the grade level or writing level one has. I have great faith that once a student learns how to utilize these organizers and see the benefits from it (ie. writing becomes easier, writing flows and the time it takes to complete the piece becomes shorter) students will gravitate towards using this tool.

https://www.spellingcity.com

I was so excited to find this website (through the numerous resources on the syllabus). This website allows an individual to create a novel list of words that they want a student to work on. From here, the website generates an array of games for the student to 'play' that simultaneously also works on their spelling, writing, vocabulary and phonics abilities. From what I can understand, the maximum words a student can focus on at a time is only 4 which I personally find as a negative about this website (I would rather have a longer list to work through) but 4 is better than nothing! I find over the few years I have been teaching that the more fun you make an activity or lesson, the more engaged, motivated and positive that session and student will be.

https://www.storyboardthat.com/create/worksheet-templates

As you can tell from my first website choice and mini paragraph, I love any type of organizer. I love 'storyboardthat' and the endless options of worksheets and handout templates to aid in students skills ranging from math, science, language learning, graphic organizers and much more! There are an array of numerous pre-made activities and worksheets that as well range in grade levels. In addition to this there are also endless options of 'fun stuff' where you can find first day activities, morning check-in options, games and more! I feel this website is a great way to get our brain wheels turning to further brainstorm and branch off to create more ideas and activities for our students!

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Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers
"Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think." - Kylene Beers
Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas.

Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you've downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and print it out.

Each graphic organizer below includes Teaching Notes with lessons and tips on how to use graphic organizers in the classroom.

Help with PDF Files
Generating, Identifying, and Organizing Details

Determining Main Idea and Drawing Conclusions

Order and Sequence

Graphic Organizer Teaching Notes

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1. Fun Brain- https://www.funbrain.com
This online resources os great for grades pre-k- 8. Students get to explore topics on math and reading through engaging videos and games. I think this will be a great source to use when your students are in needs if ideas of something to write about. They have a variety of books on all topics. They also offer games that help students with spelling, grammar, vowels etc. This is a great engaging platform that can get your students to think while they have fun.

2. National Geographic Kids- https://kids.nationalgeographic.com
This is a great online resource if you want to focus on non-fiction as well as anything science related. You can use this platform to help you write about certain units for example, the "How To" unit. In the "How to"  unit students are teaching you how to do something. Here they show videos on how ti make things like granola bars. This is also a great platform to help support your students through the non-fiction unit where they have to conduct research.

3. Flipgrid- https://info.flipgrid.com
I love this platform! I used it throughout remote learning and am still currently using it. This is a great platform to share and present. Student are able to upload video and see their peers videos. You can use this platform for students to share they're finished writing pieces. A virtual publishing party is always a great idea!

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Flipgrid- https://info.flipgrid.com

One of the technology resources that I love is flipgrid. I have been using flipgrid since long before the pandemic and think it is extremely useful for both in person and online teaching. Flipgrid allows students to record themselves speaking or in a presenting mode. They are also able to view their peers' videos. I think that flipgrid is awesome for the publishing part of the writing process where students can showcase their work.

Canva- https://www.canva.com

Canva is also a great resource to use throughout the writing process. Canva has many templates for different types of writing, whether it be letters, pamphlets, infographics, presentations or anything in between there are many different templates to choose from and use. On canva you are able to use these templates to plan and complete projects. I think that this can be extremely useful for students as they can brainstorm using one of the templates and work that brainstorming into a final product. Additionally, students can brainstorm elsewhere and use canva to publish and complete their writing piece. Canva has beautiful templates that make all writing products look extremely presentable. Canva also makes it easy for students to compete projects and save them all for free and still look very nice.

Spell city- https://www.spellingcity.com

The last resource I wanted to touch on was spell city. Spell city is really great for many reasons. You are able to make a list of your own words, use lists the website provides, and play many games. The website is interactive and allows for reading, writing, and access to many games. What I like the most about spell city is that as a teacher you can put your own words in that the students' activities, readings and writing pieces will be based off of. This allows students to really focus on whatever words it is that they are really struggling with. I also like that students are able to interact with tough words in all different modalities. Spell city is great for the editing piece of the writing process if students want or need extra work with certain words.

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1. The first resource I found is the HMHco Graphic Organizer Templates. I believe that graphic organizers are a great resource for students to organize their thoughts and plan their thinking. Thus, this resource appeals to me because this website has a variety of graphic organizers that will help students with their writing. There are graphic organizers for sequence of events, main topic and key details, compare/contrast, story planning, and other graphic organizers that suit what the students need. I like how there is not just one kind of graphic organizer for students to use. For example, under story planning, there are 3 designs of story maps that students can choose to their liking. I like this website because it provides a lot of options for both teachers and students. The use of graphic organizers supports UDL Guidelines 6.3, which helps students facilitate managing information and resources. The variety of graphic organizers that this website gives also support UDL Guidelines 5.2, which emphasizes on using multiple tools for construction and composition. Overall, I think this resource is great for students who need choices, organization, and sorting out their thoughts piece by piece.

2. The second resource I found is Scholastic Story Starters. This website mainly is used for fiction writing as it gives a variety of genres, such as adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, or if a student does not like any of those genres, they can pick scrambler. Then, students would select which grade level they are in and are then given a prompt when they spin the wheel. This resource appeals to me because the prompt generator is helpful for students who do not have an idea of what they want to write about. In addition, once students get their prompt, they can pick their formats of writing, such as notebook, letter, newspaper, or postcard. I also like the option of including a drawing. These format of writing support UDL Guidelines 1.1, which offer ways of customizing the display of information, and UDL Guidelines 2.5, which these format help students illustrate their writing through multiple medias. Overall, I think this resource is great for students in any grade level as it is easy to navigate, and fun to use.

3. The third resource I found is the Typing Club. This resource appeals to me because this website is a great resource for students to develop their typing skills. When students were shifted to online learning, this resource would have been extremely helpful for students to be comfortable using and typing on the keyboard. This website has a placement test to assess students’ skills in typing. Once they are done, they are placed at a particular lesson to start from based on their skills. If the student wants to learn from the beginning, they can do that as well. I like how the website tells you what lesson the student will be learning and that each lesson is locked so they would not be able to skip around lessons. I also like how the students can go back to see their progress as it supports UDL Guidelines 6.4, which enhance capacity for monitoring progress. This website also provides a lot of visuals, such as videos to watch and where to place your hand on the keyboard. These visuals support UDL Guidelines 1.3, which offer alternatives for visual information. Overall, I think this resource is great for students to improve and be comfortable with typing on the keyboard.

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Help your students classify ideas and communicate more effectively with these free graphic organizer templates, available for download. They can be used to structure writing projects and help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research, and brainstorming.

Printable Graphic Organizers

Select a blank graphic organizer from the following categories depending on your curriculum needs.

Sequence of Events

Main Topic and Key Details

Compare/Contrast

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Free Downloadable Graphic Organizer Templates

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1. Quill.org | Interactive Writing and Grammar
This website helps improve students' ability to edit their own writing by reviewing sample texts.  The resource has activities that target punctuation, connecting clauses, and transition words. The activities ask students to form their own sentences as well as edit sample ones.  It provides an alternate means of instruction and practice for students.  There are also lesson plans with explicit instruction for a whole class, guided practice and independent work.
2. Digital Literacy Program - Writable
Writable is a resource that targets the brainstorming and planning stages of the writing process. Teachers can search for writing prompts in various topics. There are categories such as social studies, science, poetry, grammar and more. Students could choose their own writing prompt, which connects to engagement and action and expression in the UDL Model. There is a tab for specific differentiated instruction, which provides different levels of scaffolding for assignments.
3. StoryJumper: #1 rated site for creating story books
Story Jumper is a resource that aids students in the drafting and publishing stages of the writing process. It allows students to create virtual books and include images in the books. There are also lesson plans for teachers to follow and adapt to their classrooms. This fits in with the engagement and action and expression categories of UDL.

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Set up your classroom, without IT

You can quickly and easily set up your classroom in Quill by inputting student names or providing students with a unique code. If you use Google Classroom or Clever, you can automatically set up your classroom with one click.

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Quill.org | Interactive Writing and Grammar

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Quill provides free writing and grammar activities for middle and high school students.

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1) SPECIAL NEEDS - Make Beliefs Comix This website is for students to create their own comic strips. It is beneficial for multiple reasons: it's free, it's engaging, it gives prompts to students, it keeps students imaginations active and leaves room for creativity. It can help in the drafting, revising, editing AND publishing aspect to writing and is a great aid for visual learners.

2) Story Starters: Creative Writing Prompts for Kids | Scholastic.com This website helps students generate writing prompts. It's beneficial for multiple reasons: it's free, it's engaging, it helps students write in any format they wish and then print and/or download their work.

3) Learn to Type | Free Typing Tutor - Typing.com
This website assesses children's typing skills and then creates instructional approaches based on the assessment results. It helps students with their typing skills, speed, and comfortability with keyboards. Since the pandemic, this is extremely beneficial because instruction has been online or hybrid up until recently. I think technology in education is becoming more constant so implementing this would help our students be more comfortable and confident in their typing skills.

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MAKEBELIEFSCOMIX FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS Increasingly, teachers, educational therapists and parents who work with special needs students are finding MakeBeliefsComix.com a useful resource in helping their youngsters express themselves and communicate. [...]

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1. The first resource that I would like to highlight is the Scholastic Story Starters website (http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/index.html). This website generates prompts for fiction writing. I like how this resource promotes differentiation, but also allows there to be choice. Upon entering the website, students have to select which theme they want to discuss, whether that be adventure, fantasy, sci-fi, or scrambler. Then, students or educators would select which grade level they want the prompt to be. This provides varied demands and can provide students with a challenge, which aligns with UDL Checkpoint 8.2. Users then spin the wheel and select the format of this story. This is great as some students might be ready to go and write a notebook entry, while others may benefit from writing a postcard. This website also provides the option to include a drawing, which further gives students choices and educators opportunities of differentiation. This website is easy to navigate, but there is also a teacher’s guide if needed.

2. The second resource that I would like to highlight is Typing Pal (https://www.typingpal.com/en/). Typing Pal is a website that helps students learn how to type. With remote instruction, there is a false belief that all of a sudden every student is a pro at typing. With higher demands of typing and technology instruction, especially as technology is used to help create the final draft, it is important that all students receive practice. While there were handwriting classes in the past, there must be typing classes in the present to help our students keep up. Typing Pal is a great resource as it assesses students right off the bat and meets them where they are. It then helps create concrete goals and helps track their progress, which meets the UDL Checkpoint 6.1 and 6.2. I like how Typing Pal is personalized and helps out the students in the areas they need most support in.

3. The third resource that I would like to highlight is the HMHco Graphic Organizer Templates (https://www.hmhco.com/blog/free-graphic-organizer-templates). I think it is essential for teachers to provide students with choices and options. Some organizers may work for one student, but may not help another. I love how this website provides various types of organizers for different types of writing. Some students may benefit from a planning chart that provides more concrete scaffolding, while other organizers provide greater space for those that are ready to jot down their ideas. The various types of webs and scaffolds align with UDL Guidelines 5.2, which emphasizes on using multiple tools for construction and composition. I also enjoy that this website has organizers for “main idea and key details” writing, which can also be used for informational texts and persuasive writing.

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Flipgrid

https://info.flipgrid.com/

One resource that I found helpful is flipgrid. Flipgrid is useful for virtual learning and in-person learning. I love how it allows students to record themselves; their peers can view unlimited times and provide comments. When it comes to writing, I will use flipgrid during the publishing phase of writing. I will allow my students to record their writing pieces by reading them aloud and uploading them to the class page. Then I will have students comment on grows. Since it is a pandemic, many students have trouble hearing one another clearly, so flipgrid would be best to allow peers to share their writing pieces.

Story Starters Scrambler

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/writing-prompts/index.html

Another resource that I found helpful is the story starters scrambler. I love how it allows students to generate story prompts according to their grade level. Some students have trouble deciding what to write about. I love how it allows students to click on buttons to generate writing prompts for them automatically and may choose a theme of their choice. If they don’t like part of the prompt, they can click the button again and change the prompt. It can be the whole prompt or partial prompt. It allows students also to pick a format in how they want to form a story, such as a notebook, letter, newspaper, and postcard.

Project-Based Learning

http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/index.shtml

Students can benefit from using a checklist to monitor their progress when it comes to writing. I love how this website allows teachers to customize lists according to students’ needs. There are different suggestions such as capitalizations, conventions, ideas, punctuations, and word use. Every student has different needs when it comes to editing. For example, you might have a student who needs help with capitalizing and another student who needs help with commas. With this website, teachers can generate different checklists for each student.

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https://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.html
I really enjoyed using Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers because it felt both the easiest to use and the most translatable to what a handout would look like in school. Teaching writing virtually I have used multiple interactive brain maps, but it always felt like a chore to learn how to use it and than teach the student, so this platform eliminated that (however ever i do see why people like the more interactive platforms). They open in the browser and you can type directly there, or you can download it as a pdf and do it that way. They have a ton of different graphic organizers for all kinds of genre writing and I believe reading as well.

https://storybird.com/
I also really enjoyed playing around on Story Bird. I love that you can write and publish your work, and read other students work too. I think the last step of the writing process - publication is often overlooked as something children would want to participate in and learn about. I think its a great site for engaging student who don't like to write and even has great options for mentor texts because a lot of the stories are short. They are also genre specific on the site so finding a specific mentor text is easy! You could base a whole writing project of reading a mentor text on the site working on writing your own, and editing and publishing the work .

https://makebeliefscomix.com/
This last one, Make Beliefs Comics is my favorite. The graphics and illustrations are so beautiful and unique. I thought it was easy to navigate the functions and the visuals were kid friendly. If you didn't want to use the site all the time, they also have printable writing prompts with cartoons for different categories and genres of writing, labeling which categories involve social and emotional learning. They even have printable coloring books and doodle pages. They also have all these materials available in 15 languages. Being that it was created for students with disabilities to tell and share their stories, it's also inclusive in the amount of content it has on social issues across race, gender, and ethnicity.

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Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers
"Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think." - Kylene Beers
Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas.

Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it. Once you've downloaded an organizer, type in your comments and print it out.

Each graphic organizer below includes Teaching Notes with lessons and tips on how to use graphic organizers in the classroom.

Help with PDF Files
Generating, Identifying, and Organizing Details

Determining Main Idea and Drawing Conclusions

Order and Sequence

Graphic Organizer Teaching Notes

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Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers "Graphic organizers are tools that help your brain think." - Kylene Beers Graphic organizers are an illustration of your thoughts on paper. They can help you brainstorm, organize, and visualize your ideas. Click on a graphic organizer to download a PDF of it.

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Boom Cards-

Boomlearning.com is a website that gives students and teachers access to thousands of, essentially, virtual interactive index card sets on specific popular learning topics in school.  There are premade sets on all different topics but teachers also have the ability to make their own cards on a more specific concept that is being taught in school.  This website is extremely easy to navigate because teachers can “assign” cards to children online- there is no searching for students.  Teachers are able to make fun interactive lessons.  Once a deck is completed, it is automatically graded for each student and teachers receive real-time reports on student work.

Book creator-

Book creator is a free online resource that allows students and teachers to create their own interactive books, read them, and then publish them online.  Book creator allows students to become authors of their own stories and creates excitement and energy around writing.  This site also supports students throughout the writing process.  One of the best features of Book creator is that teachers can create books about what they are learning in class and share them with students to provide a new resource for students to learn from.

Typing agent-

Typing agent is a K-12 keyboarding and typing program that includes fun and engaging games that build students’s proficiency in typing.  With remote learning and the use of computers and tablets more than ever in schools, this program is great for building typing skills so that the actual act of typing does not hinder student learning.  The program adapts to each student based on ability and provides fun incentives and personalization features that build student engagement.

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Voyant-Tools.org

I found this tool and I think it would be helpful in the revision process. Students who struggle to incorporate interesting vocabulary can use this as a way to visually see which words they are using excessively. They can look at the breakdown of their text into word maps, graphs, and more. If a word shows up a lot in their work, they can start by looking at that word and finding more interesting words to replace it. A student who writes a personal narrative starting every sentence with “I” would see that on the Voyant tool and would have a starting place for revisions.

Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers

Our students benefit from structure, and this website offers many different graphic organizers that can help students writing in a variety of genres. I like that the organizers are not “cutesy,” so they work well with all ages. Several of the main idea organizers start with evidence at the top, leading students to a conclusion, so they don’t have to come up with a main idea until they have considered what happened in the piece. I also like the opinion piece graphic organizer. Students can state their opinion, but they then need to list evidence for their opinion.

Project-Based Learning Checklists

Students can benefit from taking ownership of their work by checking their writing. A checklist helps them build autonomy in the writing process, and this website offers an easy way for teachers to create and print individualized checklists for students who have different needs as they write. Some students may have a checklist reminding them to look at punctuation, while another might need to focus on organizing their thoughts. The drop-down menus make it fast for teachers to change checklists based on need.

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UDL part 1

Spelling City-

www.spellingcity.com

I have used spelling city in my class before and have found it a really helpful resource to use especially during rotating centers. Teachers can upload students spelling words each week, they can be differentiated depending on the students ability. Students can they play games with those words like typing them, and other activities. Students really enjoy spelling city and don’t realize they are even practicing their spelling words.

Book Creator-

https://bookcreator.com/resources-for-teachers/elementary/

Book creator is a great tool because it allows teachers to put any books online. It also allows teachers to create their own books and publish them. During remote learning I used this tool a lot because I was able to share lots of books with my class by putting them onto book creator and sharing my library with the class. We also created a class book the end of the year which was so fun. We went through the whole writing process and it was really fun for the students to become authors and publish their work.

Boom Cards-

https://wow.boomlearning.com

Boom cards is another resource that I have found and loved. Boom cards is so fun and so interactive. Each student has their own account and teachers can assign them boom cards. You can also assign boom cards to different student to differentiate it. Student would also not know if they got a different set of cards.  Boom cards also creates reports for teachers to show them the students that completed the boom cards and what they got write vs. wrong. Teachers do have to pay for a boom cards account. My favorite part about boom cards was that they have every single topic. Being remote for a whole year it was very challenging to find things that were engaging and that students actually enjoyed but all of my students loved doing boom cards.

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Storyboard That
https://www.storyboardthat.com/
I've used this storytelling resource in the past, and I can see why students love it. This is a great resource for students who are more visual learners and have more of an artistic, image-based inclination or interest. The storyboards that students create on Storyboard That can also closely resemble comic strips, which adds to the kid-friendly appeal of this site. There are so many varied options (background scenes, characters, text bubbles, infographics, etc.) to choose from in order to create a storyboard that brings almost any idea to life.

Flipgrid
flipgrid.com
I really like the idea of using Flipgrid for ease of expression. The site is easy to navigate and students of almost any age can get accustomed to using it without any frustrating tech issues. It's easy to create a brief video and add it directly to your class on Flipgrid, making it a great medium for student introductions and short responses. Teachers can use it as a means of switching up and/or simplifying some homework assignments, Do Nows, and/or Exit Tickets. It is also a great resource to have access to in virtual learning environments because it gives students and teachers a satisfying alternative to the sort of face-time and visible, audible human connection that they would normally get from learning/teaching in person.

Spelling City
https://www.spellingcity.com/
Although branded as a spelling resource, Spelling City is a fantastic medium for word study in general. Teachers can create individualized word lists for their students or custom word lists for their entire class, and Spelling City will immediately supply relevant word study support in the form of gamified practice. There are interactive games for not only encoding practice, but also practice in phonics, vocabulary knowledge, and sentence writing. This allows students to practice encoding, decoding and reading comprehension simultaneously, which research tells us is the best way to learn these literacy skills in the long term. The games on Spelling City are also created with an inherent understanding of what interests and excites elementary-level students. There is one vocabulary game that is presented in a gameshow format, with background music and a vocally animated penguin host with funny hair. I also like the audio features of this site; students can play audio of a word being spoken as well as audio of a word being used in a sentence.

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https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html
Spellingcity.com is an excellent to use for phonics and vocabulary practice. This site has fun interactive games where students can practice many aspect of words such as initial and final sounds of words. There is also a game I will like my tutee to play which is vowel sorter where the player must sort words by long vowel, short vowel, and "pesky" vowels. Additionally, you can place your own vocabulary words into the website and then choose a vocabulary game where the site uses your vocabulary words. This is a great way to have students practice the vocabulary words that were taught to them. Furthermore, I like how the games in spellingcity have someone reading the directions out loud and saying the words the players are focusing on. For example, in one of the vocabulary games, when you are choosing which vocabulary word is the synonym for the word above, if you point the mouse to a word, the game says the word to you. This allows players to both read the words and hear how they each sound. Similarly, the vowels sorter game says the word that the player must sort into the correct category.

https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/story

Readwritethink.org has graphic organizers that is ideal for scaffolding. Each part of the organizers only appear after the student completes one box. The link I have above contains graphic organizers with story elements, such as characters, setting, conflict, and resolution. These can be used for both reading comprehension and/or planning narrative writing pieces. Furthermore, it allows students to type their responses if they have trouble writing or have a preference for typing.

https://www.quill.org/grammar/#/play/sw/?anonymous=true&uid=KfXZjcff6YVWh1fbRzGr4w

Quill.org can be used to test students grammar. The link I posted above contains a page where before testing the student, explains to them the difference between "then" and "than". This is very helpful as these two words are often pronounced the same and can be confusing to younger students, students with disabilities, and ELL students.

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Spelling City-
www.spellingcity.com
I have used spelling city before in my classroom and it is an extremely useful resource int he classroom. My school uses Journeys as a reading program and it has the words already inputted into the website for you. In addition you can also create a spelling list that allows you to have any spelling words that you would like for that week.

Bubbl.us
www.bubbl.us
This website allows you to create thinking maps and connect ideas together. I like how you are able to create multiple different mind maps in one. It allows you to build on broader topics.

Scholastic story starters
www.Scholastic.com
This was a super fun and interactive website that helps students come up with ideas. This gives a student a super specific story to write about and allows them to type and even draw a picture right on the website!

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Book Creator

https://bookcreator.com/resources-for-teachers/elementary/

This is a great tool because it offers a lot of options for students to publish their work once it’s finished. I like that the site offers various sizes for the books, such as newspaper, magazine, cookbook or yearbook, and that there are options to create picture books or comics. I think students will enjoy these options because they are able to create their own unique book using different formatting styles to add to the story. This tool can build on student creativity because students have to think about how to format their story within a book and what images or visuals to include to enhance the story. I also like how the books can be displayed on a virtual bookshelf for the class because it almost makes it seem like the books are real and on display. I think students will enjoy seeing their completed stories as (virtually) finished books.

Coggle

https://coggle.it/

I preferred this website for brainstorming or planning ideas because it was easy to follow and understand how to create a mind map. I like that Coggle gives students the ability to organize their thoughts freely without having to use the same graphic organizer everyone uses. With this tool, students can be creative in the beginning stages of writing and connect ideas the way they understand. Coggle can support students with brainstorming, planning and organizing. Additionally, I think students will enjoy having room to organize their thoughts and find ease in creating a main idea and connecting smaller ideas.

Moovly

https://www.moovly.com/

I really love this tool because it’s a fun and easy way to visually tell stories. Although this is a site to create videos, I thought this could be a fun option for students to tell their stories once they reach the publishing stage. Or it could be used as an optional add-on project after the class has completed the writing process or to transition into technology lessons. I think students would really like the option to turn their stories into small videos and see their stories come to life. Moovly makes it accessible to create videos with easy-to-follow guidance and can support students’ visual storytelling skills and technology skills.

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https://storiumedu.com/

Storiumedu is a great resource for older students in helping them with the writing process. Specifically, this can help with brainstorming/drafting by providing examples of concepts to write about and how to write a story. The way it works is that students all log in with their classroom code (set up by a teacher).  Once in the classroom the website works as a game. Every student gets a character and playing cards that have scenarios on them, or fragments of a story. Students take turns playing their cards to build a story.

https://www.spellingcity.com/

Spelling City is a simple but extremely useful online tool for supporting the editing stage of the writing process. The website has you plug in spelling words or vocabulary words and then students can play a variety of games/review activities with the words. This website is great for mini lessons about spelling and vocabulary before or during teaching the editing stage with students.

http://www.writeaboutapp.com/

The “Write about this” app is one of the cutest apps I’ve found for teaching brainstorming and drafting to younger elementary students. The app is visually appealing with bright colors and nice pictures. For brainstorming, the app has a "categories" screen with various topics such as culture, living things, transportation, places etc. Once you click on a topic, the app provides multiple prompts such as “where is your favorite place to explore”? or "the girl put on her magic shoes and...." In terms of drafting, the app has another feature which allows students to pick a prompt, record and/or write their response, and add a picture to go along with the story. For this feature, teachers can also add their own prompts.

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Spelling City

www.spellingcity.com

I found this technology resource helpful because it allows educators to list some words for spelling or phonics. Students can see and read the words and play the phonics games to better understand the words' meaning and spelling. During remote teaching and learning, students are learning online. Spelling city makes students more engaged in the word spelling process provides visual support and learning from playing. Also, it helps to improve students' typing skills in a certain way.

Graphic Organizer

I like to use this graphic organizer (attached) for the planning process in writing. A graphic organizer provides visual support for students and can be a work checker that keeps track of their thinking process, clarifies their planning of the writing piece, and begins the writing draft. Using the graphic organizer, students can build up the sense of inserting more elements into their writing piece, such as characters, setting, and clarifying the sequences of events in the writing story.

Storybird

https://www.storybird.com/

It is a great online resource for students to create their stories in a digital format instead of writing their stories with a pencil. Students can choose and create illustrations and pictures for their writing and cover page. It is a student-led activity that allows students to decide what they want their writing storied being published and encourages students to work on their writing. Also, it is an excellent resource for building up students' storytelling skills and writing descriptions.

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EN YI ZHU - 3 technology resources (UDL PART 1)

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EN YI ZHU - 3 technology resources (UDL PART 1)

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Nearpod
https://nearpod.com/
This is the first technology tool I saw during my pandemic student teaching. It is an online presentation tool that allows the teachers to integrate activities (such as multiple choice gamified quizzes, interactive videos, and 3D models) with content delivery. It appeals to me with the interactive learning experiences that engage all students at once while receiving real-time, specific feedback about audience comprehension and presentation effectiveness. When students are typing their responses, I can immediately see the process of their writing. Students can develop their self-learning skills. Nearpod empowers students to take ownership of their learning. This is a good tool for you who want to see the process of students' works. (It also helps with math to see the steps of calculation. )

Spelling City
https://www.spellingcity.com/
This is a website for teachers to create a list of vocabulary words and use four different types of activities to help students to understand the word. It provided spelling, vocabulary, phonics, and writing purposes. The skills developed during the activities. Techs help with remote learning. Students may feel more engaged with "games".

typing.com
https://www.typing.com/
This is a website for students to develop their keyboard and typing proficiency. They will have the Diagnostic Assessments first to assess students' typing skills. After that, the assignment will reinforce hand placement on the keyboard and build up comfort so that users can type without looking at the keyboard. (If you sign up as a teacher, it already prepared some lessons to assign to students.)

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BookCreator: https://bookcreator.com
I found this through my technology course at Hunter. I love that you can create digital stories through this tool. You can also select visuals and graphics with this tool as well. This tool can be very engaging to students especially for creating and developing stories. Students can develop narrative pieces using this website as well and there is a library feature so students can browse each other's stories after they have written them.

Spelling City: www.spellingcity.com
I found this website again through my technology course at Hunter. I love this website because it allows educators to create a list of words for spelling/vocabulary/phonics purposes. The site also has games/activities for educators. It is very teacher friendly. In terms of writing, there are also lessons on this website for teachers on teaching figurative language to students.

Comic Strip Writing
https://goalbookapp.com/toolkit/v/strategy/comic-strip-writing

This is a tool I found where teachers use comic strips to encourage students' reading and writing. This can be used as a pre and post reading activity and you can choose from different templates to work with. I think it is a great tool to make writing engaging for students who may find writing laborious. Comic strip writing is also a great way for students to work on writing and developing dialogue stories. Writing dialogue can sometimes be tricky, so I think this website makes it a fun way to integrate this into a dialogue lesson/workshop.

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Comic Strip Writing is a strategy where teachers use Comic Strips to encourage student understanding of reading and writing. This strategy can be used as a pre/post reading activity to reinforce story structure, or as a pre-writing strategy. Students can fill-in blank Comic Strips (e.g., students choose backgrounds, characters, props, and compose dialogue), alter existing Comic Strips (e.g., change the dialogue), or can fill in a part of a Comic Strip (e.g., beginning and ending, just the middle). Comic Strip Writing motivates students by taking a break from traditional reading and writing responses and can be a useful strategy for all ages. It also provides teachers with the option of introducing or re-teaching content in a way that allows for student choice and creativity.

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A set of 3-box story board templates to support students when producing a visual story. Includes story boards with and without lines for written responses. Students can use these templates when creating their own stories or summarizing a book or section they have read., Grades K, 1, 2, Subjects English Language Arts, Reading, Writing.

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Bookcreator

https://bookcreator.com

I remember exploring this last semester for one of my classes. I even had the chance to creat a short book. Publishing is a big deal in the writing unit. This is where students do their very best so they can showcase their work. Students are able to create their book just how they want it. They can add different designs, visuals, and include audio as well which is great for all types of learners. Book creator is a great tool to use for student engagement and well as creativity.  Best thing about it is that it is very easy to use. You can also incorporate a publishing party where the students get to take a look at each others work.

Below is a short story I did for one of my classes last semester.

Take a look at the PDF attached of the short story I created.

Mindmeister

https://www.mindmeister.com

I was introduced to this tool last year. I love this tool because it can help anyone with planning a new project, or brain storming ideas. I found it to be a really good tool for students to use for brainstorming for their writing piece. For example personal narrative small moments in the middle and then adding small circles around it with small moments.  This also helps with students who need help with organization. You can also do it on your iPhone. I’ve only got the chance to do it on the iPhone and it’s simple to use. My favorite part of all is that you can  invite people to collaborate. This is great tool to use when doing peer feedback. Overall this is a great tool to use to visually convey your ideas which is very important in writing. If you were to use this with your students, I believe you would get a paid subscription that would allow multiple participants to collaborate. I would highly recommend this tool for the brainstorming process.

ThinkPort

https://thinkport.org/graphic-organizers.html

Graphic organizers are a great tool for learners who need help with organization and struggling writers.It has many different graphic organizers such as KWL chart, story map, timeline (which helps with sequencing events), concept map, and more.

Prezi

https://prezi.com

Prezi is another great tool for the brainstorming process. You can select different templates and add visuals. It is very visual oriented and you can collaborate with others. This is great for organizing what you are going to write about. This tool can be engaging to students and encourage creative thought.

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During the pandemic, I was able to come across many useful resources that not only helped me teach but also helped my students learn. HMH Into Reading is the first resource that I have used many times while teaching during the pandemic. Into Reading was designed for teachers to teach literacy-based instruction and to support teachers with a variety of resources that students can now access. Last school year, Into Reading, was not as known as it is this school year. This school year, my school began the whole Into Reading Program which consists of lessons, videos, vocabulary, audiobooks, read aloud, anchor charts, and quizzes to check for student understanding. Into Reading helped me get through to my students because each book read to students was engaging, fun, and easily accessible for students to read on their own. Into Reading was the parent’s favorite as well. I would receive messages after messages from parents about how much their child is enjoying reading. Into Reading breaks apart from its lesson it some and manageable lessons that can be followed along to. Point of view, theme, characters, setting, text features, story elements, etc. All of this was planned out very thoroughly with fantastic graphic organizers and anchor charts that can be displayed around the classroom. I would advise new teachers to defiantly play around with Into Reading because it is a great tool to use for reading and literacy.

The second technology resource I enjoyed was Spelling City. I wish I knew about Spelling City sooner because this website is fantastic in helping students understand words, read words, play phonics games, and use the words in a sentence. Teachers can give students a list of ten or more words and every day for homework students can play games, write sentences, and find the meaning of their spelling words. Instead of having students write in their notebooks, this would have been a great alternative during remote learning.

The third technology resource I enjoyed learning about was Thinkport. Thinkport is a wonderful and free resource that provides teachers with endless graphic organizers to promote student learning and thinking. There are graphic organizers on anything that teachers believe their students need more support in such as character maps, concept maps, Cornell note-taking, KWHL charts, sequence of event charts, and several others. All of these graphic organizers can easily be downloaded and saved for future use. I will use this resource in my classroom because these organizers can be used for both readings and writing. I love how there is a worksheet for every student's need and love how different each organizer is. Students can also choose which worksheet would best support their learning style and perform better.

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Spelling City

www.spellingcity.com

One of the resources I found that I enjoyed the features of was Spelling City. It allows teachers to input a list of words that students are working on, whether its spelling, vocabulary, or phonics that is being taught. Once the words are entered, users can choose to either practice spelling, writing, phonics, or vocabulary. The site generates exercises for each of these subjects that are effective for learning. It is very simple to use and captivates the user.

Book Creater

www.bookcreator.com

The second resource I found that I enjoyed exploring was Book Creator. It offers the user to utilize words, images, sound, and video to create publications of stories, books, reports, manuals, etc. It is a tool students can use to help students to display their understanding through their creation. The site also helps to engage students in a variety of ways. Their creations can be made through different modalities: video, audio, digital. There is also the option to collaborate in unique ways, with either students within the classroom or from around the world.

HOLT

https://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm

This is the third resource I explored thoroughly that I enjoyed. It offers users interactive graphic organizers in various means. There are all different types that can be chosen that also are suggested to be used for different assignments. They can be used for organizing details, main ideas, sequencing, compare and contrast, and more. Within these categories, there are several options for all kinds of learners and their preferences.

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Here's my video tutorial on how to use Kaizena! This chrome extension totally rocks. It's free, it's easy to use, and it's a super efficient way to give feedback to your students on their writing with multiple means of representation, customizable to fit the learning needs and styles of your students!

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UDL Online Resources for Writing:

StoriumEdu provides gamified, collaborative writing prompts in the form of a D&D style online role playing game. Each student creates their own character and writes their journey through “story card” prompts that provide the twists and turns of the narrative. The cards are sorted into genre decks such as “Young Adult Dystopia” and are highly visually engaging. The site also tracks how many words each student has written, awarding achievements at certain milestones! Unfortunately this is not free, priced at $10/month for individual educators. This would be great for building engagement in the writing process through collaborative planning, and providing a ton of hurdle help for writer’s block.

Kaizena is an add-on for Google Docs that allows educators to interact with students through multiple forms of feedback. Through this app, teachers can record voice messages to their students and leave them as comments on Google docs. Teachers can also highlight specific skills in comments and rank the students' performance based on a rubric. Teachers can also embed video, audio, or text mini lessons as comments on a doc. The app also includes text comments, though that is already a feature in Google docs. I thought this app was a really cool way to inject some UDL into a Google Docs centered classroom, especially important for remote or hybrid learning. It’s free! This app would be useful for feedback during the editing process.

Read & Write is a chrome extension that provides student friendly text-to-speech reading. Students can highlight text on a webpage or text file to hear it read aloud by a computer generated voice. The app also contains annotation tools as well as color coded highlighting tools that can export highlighted words or phrases into lists. A really cool tool in this app is “simplify,” which removes photos and links from webpages for less distracting reading. This app would be highly helpful for students in the research phase of writing as well as the feedback and editing phase. This app is not free unfortunately!

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https://thinkport.org/graphic-organizers.html

Graphic Organizers/Thinkport

I liked the collection of pre-formatted graphic organizers as they can be integrated into activities and Writing lesson plans.
Example: Story Map- Helps with the outline or blueprint of a fictional story. It can help students plan their writing.

BookCreator:

https://bookcreator.com

While researching the resources I liked bookcreator a lot because students can create stories, reports using book creator. It is easily used. Many options for creativity and individuality and can be used for variety of subjects. Students can add audio, visuals, text and videos. It will definitely motivate students.

Storybird:

https://storybird.com/membership-educator

I like storybird because it is a creative platform focused on visual storytelling. Students can create picture books, comics, poetry etc using storybird. It also offers writing lessons and resources created by experienced educators. It is user friendly and engaging.

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Boom Cards:
https://wow.boomlearning.com/

One resource that I have found students to really like is found on boomlearning.com. There are thousands of "Boom Cards" sets available that span all grades, subjects, and skills. Different boom cards can be assigned to different students so it is super easy to personalize lessons for students who need work on different subjects. In terms of writing instruction, I have seen boom cards that work on vocabulary, syntax, comprehension, and more. Questions can be answered in multiple choice form, can be typed in, and clicked on if they are in image form. Each student's answers are recorded and easily accessed on the instructor's home page. Boom cards are perfect for students with varying learning disabilities, as there are sets that can be read out loud to students that have trouble reading, and are packed with visuals. Students can engage with this resource on their own if you are looking to use boom cards as an assessment tool, and it is easy to share your screen and walk students through the cards if they are using them for the first time. The site allows you to practice so many different skills with your students that it can really be used by anyone. The only downside is that some boom card sets must be paid for. Still, most are free, and teachers can make their own as well.

Storybird
https://www.storybird.com/

While searching for different resources that will help students with literacy skills, I came across Storybird. There are countless writing lessons, listed on the website as "challenges" that students can engage in to improve a wide variety of writing skills. The challenges will guide students through a lesson before having them answer different questions and demonstrate what they learned about that particular aspect of writing. The website also allows students to create stories of their own, and read stories created by others.

Canva
https://www.canva.com/

Canva is a resource that will allow students to create videos, posters, presentations, and graphics of all sorts, but, in terms of writing instruction, I think it might be best suited to creating graphic organizers. Teachers and students can create charts that help readers map out different story elements, help create writers checklists, help sequence events from a story, create main idea webs, and more. Visuals can be added and students can look back on the resources that they have created when writing.

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Boom Learning | Empowering teachers and students

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Boom Cards transform the classroom into an interactive, gamified learning experience with data to track progress and identify learning gaps.

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Storyboardthat.com

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Typingclub.com:

A fun and engaging way for students to develop their typing skills. This is an important tool as more and more academic experiences shift to online platforms. Even young students are expected to type. This resource has a placement test, so it can assess each students' skill level and meet them where they are at. It also has great visuals for hand placement and works to develop good typing habits. I use this with my 6th, 7th, and 8th graders frequently.

Custom writing checklists (link here):
This resource allows teachers to create custom checklists for many subjects, including writing. This supports the principles of UDL as it can meet every child's unique learning needs. Teachers can create checklists for small groups or even individual students. This resource will work best once the students have been explicitly taught the skills that are on the checklists.

Storyboardthat.com:
This is an online resource (with a free account option) where students can create super-customizable comic strips. This resource is great as a teacher who posts an assignment can track their students' progress along the way. This resource can be used in any subject (I have even used it in my 6th grade Judaic Studies class)and it is a great way for students to demonstrate their understanding. You can also reconfigure the panels to create graphic organizers such as webs. This resource would work best for students who like to demonstrate their knowledge in a more creative way.

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Checklists to support Project Based Learning and evaluation

Create A Printable Checklist

1. Use the Pull-down menu to pick a Suggestion Menu.

2. Click on Open to open that Suggestion Menu.

3. Click on items from the Suggestion Menu in the order you want them to appear in your checklist.

4. Close the Suggestion Menu when done.

5. Add other items, if desired, by typing in the text area.

6. Modify suggested items by selecting and deleting or simply typing additional text.

7. Move to the next text area and select a different Suggestion Menu.

8. Text areas can be left blank.

9. Click Submit button to make a printable checklist with the items you chose.

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Checklists to support Project Based Learning and evaluation Create A Printable Checklist Use the Pull-down menu to pick a Suggestion Menu. Click on Open to open that Suggestion Menu. Click on items from the Suggestion Menu in the order you want them to appear in your checklist. Close the Suggestion Menu when done.