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https://www.oaea.org/assets/using%20social%20media%20in%20the%20classroom.pdf
This article explains why we should be using technology and ways to do so. I included this because visual literacy is a great way to tie in technology and social media in the classroom.

2. http://www.edudemic.com/how-to-use-social-media-as-a-learning-tool-in-the-classroom/
As above, I included this because visual literacy is a great way to use technology in class. This will help us bridge the gap for students who do not have technology at home.

3. http://www.literacyideas.com/teaching-visual-texts-in-the-classroom/
This article helps us answer the question: what is a visual text? It also includes visual literacy strategies. "Visual Information is More Memorable. Visual Information is Transferred Faster.

Increases Enjoyment."

4.https://readingrecovery.org/images/pdfs/Conferences/NC09/Handouts/Carry_Visual_Literacy.pdf
This article explains visual literacy strategies and why it is important. Many ways include: supports ELL's understanding, builds on experiences, we are already in a visual world.

5.http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html
A great example of an interactive visual literacy for science!

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My theme is empathy. Here are some picture books to begin to create conversation and a classroom environment which fosters it! This was inspired by a student in the class I am in feeling different because of the way she dresses. How can we help our students navigate through these situations? Both the ones feeling left out and their classmates and tap into the children's innate goodness!

I Am Human by Susan Verde
This book aides a conversation that should always be happening-the power of kind words.

What's Wrong With Timmy? by Maria Shriver
Sometimes kids act a certain way towards other children because they are confused. This book addresses the confusion, thoughts, and possible fear.

We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
This book can open up the conversation about finding similarities with people you didn't think you had any with and also about realizing that there is something special about everyone.

Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
The snowmen are just snowmen in this book. We do not know if they are boy snowmen or girl snowmen-but we certainly shouldn't assume!

Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
We should not be unkind to others because of their likes or interests. People are allowed to like what makes them feel good!!

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Kia Cullina

1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikehX9o1JbI

This video talks about the process of social emotional learning. This is a relatively new idea, where students manage their emotions, have empathy, solve problems, make responsible decisions and maintain healthy relationships. Students begin to realize what is happening inside of them. This proved as a very interesting resource because it gives you an idea of what social emotional learning really is and why it matters. Research shows that students that participate in social emotional learning have better success in academics.

2.https://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/challengebehav/sixprinciplebehav/index.php

This newsletter article used in Session 5, really helped me understand behavior management. This resource gives you six principals of behavior management to follow. They talk a lot about negative consequences not always leading to positive outcomes or changes in attitude. One principal stood out to me in particular, principal 4: cognitive control of behavior can be learned through the use of appropriate positive reinforcement systems. This is very interesting to me because it gives a deeper look into positive reinforcement.

3.https://my.lesley.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2071069-dt-content-rid-7216637_2/courses/18-FA2.EEDUC.6310.80.106145/CrackingBehaviorCode.pdf

This was one of my favorite articles that we read during this class, Cracking the Behavior Code. It gave a lot of insight into teachers using strategies in order to help their most difficult students. It talks a lot about digging deeper into the behavior and what accommodations teachers can use. This article takes a look at withdrawn learners and the oppositional learner. I used this for one of my assignments/discussion posts and will be using this as a resource during my teaching career. The ABC chart that also went with this assignment was also something I would like to sub-add to my toolkit.

4.https://www.berkeleyschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Toolbox_Family_English.pdf

I found this online while searching for more information on Social Emotional Learning and how classrooms used it. This is the Toolbox Project done by Berkley Schools in California. It is a research-based, community tested, social and emotional learning program targeted to elementary age youth. This develops resilience, self-mastery and empathy for others. This starts with the teacher providing instruction on how to use the tools. There are 12 tools in this program, the breathing tool, quiet/safe place tool, listening tool, empathy tool, personal space tool, using our words tool, garbage can tool, taking time tool, please & thank you tool, apology & forgiveness tool, patience tool and courage tool. This project is taught formally through a comprehensive curriculum. The Toolbox Project also requires teachers, administrators, office staff, yard-duty aides and custodians learn the practices and languages of 12 tools.

5.https://my.lesley.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2071069-dt-content-rid-7216636_2/courses/18-FA2.EEDUC.6310.80.106145/Helping-Traumatized-Children-Learn.pdf

During session 6, I also read this article called Helping Traumatized Children Learn with supports my interest in social emotional learning. Because of this trauma, many of these children really need social emotional learning to be able to handle the emotions they have. This article gives examples of children who are acting out in school and but are facing many struggles at home. The article then discusses how to make your classroom a safe space for children who are experiencing these types of emotions. This is a great resource for teachers who are looking for help or interesting in learning more about students with trauma and the effect on learning.

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My toolkit theme is focused on bring the A into STEAM.  I love having the opportunity to integrate STEAM activities into my lessons.  I think it is a great way to make connections for students that learn in various ways.
1. Ozobots
Ozobots are small robots that follow paths created with coded lines. Ozobots can be used to create a coded representation of a story, a song, a charcter's journey, and more.  I got my Ozobots by writing a Donors Choose Grant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm_H8HXWFZ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd686C5-Ds0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4Z8nAiFS0
https://ozobot.com/

2. Makey Makey
MaKey MaKeys are circuit boards that work with a Chromebook or computer.  Using circuits students problem solve and create solutions to all kinds of fun problems.  We use them to create music.  I have attended the MaKey MaKey Invention Literacy Workshop.  It is worth attending if you have one near you.  They are held all over even internationally. I got my MaKey MaKeys by writing a Donors Choose Grant.  I get a lot of great idea through our Facebook group.
It is called Makey Makey Educators.  If you are a Facebook person it is a great one to join.
https://makeymakey.com/pages/educators#resources
http://www.makerspaceforeducation.com/makey-makey.html
https://www.hummingbirdkit.com/learning/makey-makey-and-hummingbird
3. Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch is a website that students can learn about coding using blocks.  There is an ipad version as well, but we use Scratch on our Chromebooks.  We have used it to program instrument sounds for instruments we have built.  There are ready made activites that the students can use.  Scratch works very well with MaKey MaKeys and have a lot of premade resources.  Teachers have used MaKey MaKey and Scratch to create review games and interactive bulletin boards.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/299419075205048806/?lp=true
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JqmmBXV9QE
4. Lego We Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsWSDOoxouM
Lego We Do is a set of legos and a coding program that you can create robots to do different things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4RYN_-1jTE
The following link is of a robotic monkey that can play the drum.  Imagine being in a lesson that talks about steady beat and drumming and how exciting it is to build a robot to play the steady beat with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKE2JlNNy3g
5. Hour of Code
The hour of Code encourages bring coding into your classroom for all students to try.  There are a lot of great resources online including https://code.org/hourofcode/overview.  The following
is a resource by Amy Burns who is a music teacher but also a technology guru.  http://mustech.net/2016/11/ideas-hour-code-week-december-5-11/
It gives some great ideas for using coding in the classroom including using Dot and Dash to play a xylophone.

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Resources for Gaming in the Classroom- Jen Conry

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1. “Power of Game Based Learning” Video

https://youtu.be/Wk_OfUHpCbM

This video discusses how students can learn through games in the classroom. Katie Salen discusses how lately, gaming outside schools takes all of children’s time. She believes that this shouldn’t be ignored or avoided, but that it should be encouraged in schools to help students think more abstractly and differently about concepts.

2. “Game- Like Learning Principles”

https://www.instituteofplay.org/gll-principles

This website is another resource I found really captivating and convincing for how gaming is beneficial to student learning and overall success. The website includes 7 principles with videos to prove why and how gaming is effective in the classroom.

3. “Classroom Management with Game-Based Learning”

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/managing-in-class-gameplay-arana-shapiro

This article may be helpful to teachers who need guidance and assistance in how to manage student behavior during game time in the classroom. The article highlights four specific strategies teachers can use to help them make game playing successful in the classroom.

4. PBS Kids

https://pbskids.org/games/

The PBSKids games webpage has many different games students can play. There is also an app to access the games as well. There are math, vocabulary, reading, rhyming, teamwork and many other games. There is even an option to create games. Students could use this app during center time to support learning in any subject area.

5. ABCya

http://www.abcya.com/

ABCYa is a website filled with an overwhelming amount of educational games separated by grade level. There are games across all content areas. Families and teachers can each create a login for their student to use in the classroom and at home.

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Online Resources to Support Struggling Readers- Katie Gerrior

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My educator toolkit is a combination of literacy resources that are especially helpful for students who need support in reading.

1. Storyworks by Scholastic: The magazine features fiction, non-fiction, plays, and other engaging articles. Teachers can log in to the website to do a vocabulary preview and watch videos before reading the article. Students can also listen to articles from the website.

storyworks.scholastic.com

2. Readworks: A website teachers can use to help with reading comprehension. The website offers paired texts, vocabulary, multiple choice, and open response questions. Students can listen to stories and articles as they practice comprehension strategies in an engaging way.

readworks.org

3. Learning Ally: A website of audiobooks for struggling readers. Students can listen to books that are above their reading level so they can still participate with class discussions and activities.

learningally.org

4. Spelling City: A great website for weekly spelling tests or vocabulary practice. Teachers can create spelling lists and students can practice the words with games and activities on the website. Students can take their spelling test on the computer and print a copy of their results.

spellingcity.com

5. Reading a-z: A website that offers lesson plans, leveled books, and activities for fiction and non-fiction. The books are engaging and an excellent resource for struggling readers. Students can take home the printable books to practice fluency.

readinga-z.com

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Greetings All!

For my toolkit I decided to focus on tools that helped support a high level of engagement across content areas.

1. Google Docs/Slides/Classroom

Google’s suite of utilities is an integral part of our classroom, as I’m sure it is in many classrooms, but what I love is how its integration is simple enough for students new to technology to explore how technology tools can be combined creatively. This organic process of exploration is a critical 21st century skill and sets students up to push further to find solutions for themselves.

2. Newsela
Next up is Newsela, which several teachers mentioned way back when I first started doing classroom observations as an integrated part of multiple subject areas in their classrooms. What I am finding though is that students have really rich questions after logging on to Newsela during their reader’s workshop period. Also, they spend less time searching for what they want to read next, and more time digging in to diverse topics. Comprehension questions also help them contextualize their reading and give them a feeling of pride when their answers are correct.

3. Razkids
My students have begged me to do Razkids during reading, and it’s become a reward for completing other assignments. It’s a collection of ebooks and tools set that allows students to show their comprehension and fluency as they complete texts. The best part though is the points they get for completing text challenges, which they put towards pieces of a customized avatar.

4. Sumdog
Much like Razkids in reading, Sumdog math games are the activity many kids are racing to complete their work for. Some are less interested in competing with other classmates, but for a segment of the class this could be math class if they had their way.

5. BrainPOP
My last engagement tool is BrainPOP. I could watch BrainPOP videos all day because the characters that appear in the cartoons are so compelling, and I love the versatility of content that the site offers. It also offers games and quizzes, so you get interactive tools along with the videos that introduce new concepts visually, so you’ve got kids hooked from the start of a lesson or unit all the way up through the assessment.

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Online Resources and Apps for students with Special Needs

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Hi everyone, my theme was sites that are useful and beneficial for students with special needs. It is important to note, that these tools benefit all students, regardless of ability but I have found them personally helpful for my students with special needs.

1. Dreambox: is an online math program/ ipad application that helpls students build their math skills and goes at the pace of the student. It monitors and tracks student progress and takes into consideration how long it takes for a student to complete a problem. It is also fun and interactive with games! Check it out! http://www.dreambox.com/

2. Raz-Kids: Interactive reading application that has a library of hundreds of leveled and books by genre available to students. It reads the story aloud while highlighting the words, has students read it on their own, and has comprehension checks/quizzes at the end. https://www.raz-kids.com/

3. Visual Routine: An app that allows teachers and students to work together to create a visual schedule. The schedule can include pictures, words, or a combination of the two. (Picture attached below!)

4. Touch and Learn: Emotions: This app helps students work on reading the body language of others and helps them to understand different emotions by looking at pictures and figuring out what a person is feeling/what emotion they are expressing.

5. Zones of Regulation: This is a framework of thinking that helps students to think about their behaviors and emotions. It helps them build skills to think about self control and problem solving. The zones are colored- red, yellow, orange, green and blue. It is visual and a super useful tool and framework! I currently use it at the school I work at. It is also a book and has a lot of teacher resources and materials. http://www.zonesofregulation.com/index.html

Thanks! Happy Holidays, everyone! -Kaitlyn

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Online Resources for Building Social-Emotional Skills

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Hi Everyone!
I am  interested in improving Social-Emotional skills and learning in students and wanted to gather some resources that could be incorporated into the classroom. These resources are great supplements to an already existing SEL curriculum or to develop your own in your classroom. I like these because they are free and accessible to all.

1.Dojo- Growth Mindset Video

I was inspired by the video by Jo Boaler from Session (?) to find a video on growth mindset that my students would be able to understand. This video is easily comprehendible and teaches students that even when school work is hard, we still have try in order for our brains to grow. It’s a cartoon video so works well with younger students.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrtHt3bBmQ

2. Zones of Regulation

I'm sure many people of familiar with the Zones of Regulation. They are 4 different levels of emotions as represented by 4 colors. It is a way to communicate with students how they are feeling and how they can get to a better emotional state (Green zone). This link is a tutorial video on the organizations website.

https://www.socialthinking.com/eLearning/Webinar-Zones-of-Regulation

3. GoNoodle

This is a free site that has fun songs students can dance to for movement breaks. Some of the videos are educational and teach students spatial awareness. There are also mindfulness videos that can be used for calming moments. I am interested in using these calming exercises on an iPad with headphones for individual student use.

https://www.gonoodle.com

4. Centervention- Free Social Emotional Learning Activities

This site gives age appropriate lesson plans and activities to teach SEL.

https://www.centervention.com/social-emotional-learning-activities/

5. Playworks- Twelve Games to Teach Social-Emotional Learning

This is a list of active games you can play with students to build relationships and community.

https://www.playworks.org/resource/twelve-games-to-teach-students-social-emotional-learning/

-Nicole Hamblet

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Special Education Toolkit - Lindsay Gibbons

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Special Education Toolkit - Lindsay Gibbons

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Hi Everyone!
For my toolkit, I decided to put together a list of apps and websites that I find particularly helpful in the 4th grade special education classroom that I work in.  Many of these apps are great for scaffolding and providing additional support for students that are struggling!

1. Popplet (iPad App)
http://popplet.com/
This app is great to help students to organize their ideas before beginning a writing assignment. Students can easily put pictures or words into the bubbles to create a clear map of their thinking and ideas.

2. Lexia Core 5 (iPad App)
https://www.lexialearning.com/products/core5
This is another app that we use constantly at my school with the students that are struggling. Students play games (that they all actually find quite fun!) and are able to work on the phonics and reading skills that they may be struggling with in the classroom. The game levels are also completely individualized for each student.

3. Kahoot! https://kahoot.com/explore-games/
Kahoot is a fun website with unique games. One fun way that this site can be used is through creating quizzes for students to participate in during class. This is a fun resource to use with older elementary students who are studying for an assessment in a particular area.

4. Story Creator (iPad App) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/story-creator/id545369477#?platform=ipad
This is an app that allows students to make presentations. Students can add pictures, movies, draw, and even record their voice while creating 'stories' about a given topic. The 5th graders that I work with use this to create their own historical biographies when studying the American Revolution.

5. Go Noodle!
https://www.gonoodle.com/
I bet most people know about this one by now, but it's one of my favorites that will always be in my toolkit. My students love taking movement breaks and dancing along to the videos that are offered on this website!

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https://www.khanacademy.org

This is a great resource to revisit material before teaching it or allow students to learn on their own.

https://www.youcubed.org

This site has so many great resources that I can’t even begin to cover them all. Math ed. research, teacher resources, and so much more!

https://www.nctm.org/Publications/teaching-children-mathematics/2014/Vol21/Issue1/13-Rules-That-Expire/

An article on language use in math and how the “tips and tricks” that we often teach students are not helpful in the long run.

https://www.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards

This site goes over all the CCSS’s for math and gives activity ideas for most of them.

http://www.abcya.com

Great site with games designed to teach math standards. Including a page that tells you what each game relates to in the standards.

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Important Things to teach Kids today-Shweta Iyer

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Important Things to teach Kids today-Shweta Iyer

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Hi Everyone!
I am taking resources directly that I found useful during this class. I think these articles highlight important points that we need to teach kids today.
1. https://my.lesley.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2071087-dt-content-rid-7216607_2/courses/18-FA2.EEDUC.6310.80.106145/JACmaths-seeing-article.pdf I really like this article because it encouraged kids to use manipulatives to solve problems. I think these days,  we sometime push our kids to stop earlier in elementary school.
2. https://my.lesley.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2071087-dt-content-rid-7224483_2/courses/18-FA2.EEDUC.6310.80.106145/Playing%20with%20Money.pdf I enjoyed this article too, because it really talks about how to make students comfortable with the value of money. How much does something cost? I think this is important to teach kids at a early age.
3. https://my.lesley.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2071078-dt-content-rid-7216621_2/courses/18-FA2.EEDUC.6310.80.106145/WEFUSA_NewVisionforEducation_Report2015%281%29.pdf
I think this is so important. To this day, there is a stereotype that girls cannot do engineering. This is more of "boys" field. There have been many ads to help combat this stereotype. This article highly encourages girls to be engineers(if they want to be) and how important it is to encourage them.
4. https://education.wm.edu/centers/ttac/resources/articles/challengebehav/sixprinciplebehav/index.php
Classroom principles are so important to establish. I know in my classroom this year that we had all the kids sign "classroom" rules that everyone agreed to.I think this is important because it helps kids understand the rule and if kids aren't following it, then the teacher can point to it and say... that's a rule you agreed on remember?
5. https://www.apa.org/education/k12/classroom.aspx
This article gives more details on how to provide classroom management.

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Inequality in the Classroom-Dan Liberfarb

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Hey everyone, my theme here is addressing inequality in the classroom and how education effects students and the world at large. My resources are a bit broad but I feel that they are really useful.

1. "Income Inequality and The Online Reading Gap" talks about the effect of income inequality on students digital literacy.

https://my.lesley.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2071095-dt-content-rid-7216595_2/courses/18-FA2.EEDUC.6310.80.106145/Leu2015%281%29.pdf

2. "Deculturalization and the Struggle For Equality" talks about the history of education in America and the institutional racism, classism, and sexism that has taken place since its inception.

https://www.amazon.com/Deculturalization-Struggle-Equality-Education-Dominated/dp/0078024366

3. "Teaching With Poverty in Mind" talks about how students from low-income homes are impacted in the classroom and some effective strategies for teaching them.
https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Poverty-Mind-Brains-Schools/dp/1416608842/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544827494&sr=1-1&keywords=teaching+with+poverty+in+mind+-+eric+jensen

4. "Variation in Institutional Strength" refers to how literacy rates have a direct impact on the strength of institutions in countries around the world and how that impacts the social, political, and economic structure of a country.
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.091106.121756#_i13

5. This last resource provides strategies for effectively managing a culturally welcoming classroom for all students.
https://my.lesley.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2071095-dt-content-rid-7216596_2/courses/18-FA2.EEDUC.6310.80.106145/Creating-a-Culturally-Inclusive-Classroom-Environment-mcb2.pdf

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1. ASCD is a great resource that provides up to date news in the field of education. I subscribe to it's newsletter and it is always educating me about something new and important in the field of education. It is an organization that is comprised of educators from around the glob dedicated to help build highly effective learning environments.

This site and newsletter provide reasons for the many benefits of STEM as well as resources for research and planning for the classroom,

http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/feb12/vol54/num02/Teaching-and-Learning-Resources-for-STEM-Education.aspx

2. Stemfinity
Is a great resource for research on projects. This site also provides access to a newsletter that has up to date information about news in the STEM world. This site also provides information and guidance for how to go about getting grant money for STEM programs.
https://www.stemfinity.com

3. Pintrest
Search STEM Elementary Education
This sight gives me great ideas as to how to add creativity to lesson plans. There are great visuals to scroll through, there are also worksheets that can add a lot of value to a lesson. It is inspiring to see how students can make a lesson very creative. This site provides visuals of lots of creative projects and allows for teachers to add their comments to the projects as well. I find a lot of inspiration on Pinterest.

https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?rs=ac&len=2&q=stem%20elementary%20activities&eq=stem%20elemen&etslf=11712&term_meta[]=stem%7Cautocomplete%7C1&term_meta[]=elementary%7Cautocomplete%7C1&term_meta[]=activities%7Cautocomplete%7C1

4. Global Digital Citizens
This site boasts 36 Resources for STEM Project Based Learning Activities. The projects are broken down into science, math, technology and engineering. Many activities are customizable.
https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/36-stem-project-based-learning-activities

5. Edutopia
This site takes a strategic approach to improving K-12 education through research and education. The site provides informative essays and articles about successful classroom planning and strategies in general as well as for STEM Specific environment.

6. MakeyMakey
This is a wonderful online resource for educators. It is a place where you can purchase many of the materials that you will need for projects that involve coding and other makers space projects. It also provides Professional Development resources as well as ideas for lessons and actual lesson plans.
https://makeymakey.com/pages/educators#resources

-Clarinda Taylor

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Using Technology to Enhance Literacy - Reading and Writing Tools - Cristina Prior

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Using Technology to Enhance Literacy - Reading and Writing Tools - Cristina Prior

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Below are the links I discuss in my video about how to use technology tools to enhance classroom writing and using text sets to supplement reading nonfictional texts.

1 - Is blogging still relevant today? I found this article that helped me see many benefits of using blogging as a classroom writing strategy. Darren Rowse writes from the perspective of adult bloggers, but many of his points resonate for students as well (just not the Profit point).
https://problogger.com/start-a-blog-in-2018/

To support blogging in the classroom I suggest two tools. Edublogs is a blogging site powered by WordPress that allows teachers to set up a free account for their classroom. This could be very useful for starting a shared class blog, but can also be used by individual students. As an alternative, Google Docs can work because of the powerful sharing capabilities. It may be a better option for something that is more like a private daily journal.

2 - https://edublogs.org and Google Docs https://www.google.com/docs/about/

3 - Newsela - https://newsela.com
4 - Symbaloo - https://www.symbaloo.com/home

These are two powerful tools that help teachers create and organize online text sets for students. Newsela is geared more towards news articles and Symbaloo allows you to create a dashboard of collected online resources.

5 - https://www.epals.com/#/connections

Finally, I love the idea of finding a connection with a classroom across the globe and establish writing routines by communicating with pen pals. Epals is a resource that helps teachers find connections with other teachers to collaborate on pen pal writing and other projects.

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Reading Engagement and Motivation -Jessica Nichols

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Below are the links to articles and sites that support reading engagement and motivation.

1) Booktrack Classroom

https://booktrackclassroom.com/content/intro

Stories are paired with sounds to make the experience of an audiobook even more immersive and engaging. Students can read along with the stories, or just listen. The technology paces the story with the student’s reading rate.

2) Raz Kids

https://www.raz-kids.com/

Raz kids is part of Reading A-Z. It offered hundred of interactive, leveled ebooks spanning 29 reading levels. Students can listen to books for modeled fluency, read books for practice, and then record themselves reading so that teachers can check for progress. Raz Kids also aligns with Common Core and has tools that allow teachers to monitor what students are doing and assess. There are even online Running Records that save lots of time because students can complete them digitally. There are opportunities for home-school connection and there is 24/7 access so that students can practice anytime, anywhere. Books are also available in Spanish!

3) Whoooo’s Reading

https://www.whooosreading.org/schools?a_src=bg&t_gid=4502

4) Teacher Practices that Impact Reading Motivation

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/teacher-practices-impact-reading-motivation

This article talks about how important intrinsic motivation is for readers.

5) Ten Ways to Cultivate a Love of Reading in Students

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/cultivating-love-reading-students-elena-aguilar

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Engagement of Students: Project Based Learning and Technology

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Attached are links to articles (and websites) that talk about interconnecting project based learning and technology, and also some resources educators can refer back to throughout their career to get inspired.
1. https://www.edutopia.org/article/borrowing-ideas-montessori
2. https://my.lesley.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2050171-dt-content-rid-7032574_2/courses/18-FA.EEDUC.6173.01.105866/Trail%20Blazers.pdf
3. https://www.aft.org/ae/fall2016/duke
4. https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos
5. https://www.buzzfeed.com/antwaunsargent/books-that-will-make-you-a-better-teacher?utm_term=.kujQzY4qV#.hnvArXyZE

Many of these lead directly to an article, however you can easily browse the rest of the site from all of these pages, which I highly recommend! -Chelsea Kozikis