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When students do not know a specific word but know the description of a word, they can enter in the description and the reverse dictionary will come up with words that fit the description. This will be helpful for emergent bilinguals when they cannot think of an exact word but they are required to describe what word they are trying to find.

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OneLook Reverse Dictionary and Thesaurus

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This site is a helpful tool for educators and offers suggestions about how to integrate tech in the classroom. There are reviews for specific websites and advice for using different websites in teaching.

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Last weekend I received an email from a reader named Shayne who had experienced a problem with Google Keep notes randomly disappearing. Shayne's research indicated that other people had the same problem. So if you're someone who has run into glitches with Google Keep, here are some other task management tools that you might consider trying.

Wunderlist is a task management service that will synch across all of the devices that you use. Creating task lists in Wunderlist is an intuitive process. Just click the "create list" link or button and start typing out your list of things to do. You can create as many lists as you like within your account. You could create a list of things to do at home and things to do at school. Or you could create lists for the week, the month, and the year. You can set a due date for each task in all of your lists. All lists can be made collaborative by sharing them with other Wunderlist users.

As reviewed earlier this week, Taskade is a task management tool for individuals and teams who need tools for communicating with each other about their tasks. When you create a list in Taskade you can set a deadline for each item within the list. Files can be attached to each item in the list. And you can write comments on each item in the list. If you invite others to view a list, they can comment on list items too. Taskade users who are working in teams might enjoy the options to be notified whenever a team member updates a list. There is also an integrated text, voice, and video chat that you can use to communicate with team members about list items.

Randomly Remind Me is another task management tool that I reviewed earlier this week. Randomly Remind Me is only available on Android devices. It does not have any collaboration features. It's simply a good app for setting reminders for yourself to complete a list of tasks. My full review of Randomly Remind Me is available here.

Flask is a simple tool for making to-do lists and sharing them with others. To create a to-do list on Flask just go to the site and start writing your list. You don't have to create an account to use Flask. Unique URLs are assigned to each list that you create. To share your lists click the share button to send the link to your list to others. Watch my new video for an overview of how to use Flask to manage task lists.

OneNote has a task list function that you can use. While I enjoy using OneNote for bookmarks and sharing of notes, I don't find the task list function to be as user-friendly as some of the other tools on this list. That said, it could be the option for you if you're already a OneNote user and you don't want to add another app and corresponding account to your phone.

Bonus Option:
Use a paper notebook and pen. That's what I do every morning. The really important tasks then get copied into Google Keep on my phone.

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Last weekend I received an email from a reader named Shayne who had experienced a problem with Google Keep notes randomly disappearing. Shayne's research indicated that other people had the same problem. So if you're someone who has run into glitches with Google Keep, here are some other task management tools that you might consider trying.

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Storyboard allows students to create a presentation. This site has easy to use templates and is easily customizable. This can be helpful for students to be create in their writing and practice English in a way that is fun and interesting.

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Visuwords is a visual dictionary, visual thesaurus, and interactive lexicon. It is an educational and create resource for students of any language level. This can be helpful for emergent bilinguals because it represents language visually.

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Word Art is a fun way to create a visually appealing picture made up of different words. Students can choose words based on a category or whatever words they want to be in their picture.

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This website allows students to use their language and creativity together. They can make games and interactive educational experiences. They can create stories or presentations in a way that is engaging and interesting.

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Platforms that allow millions of people to turn their dreams into digital realities.

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This site is full of videos for educators that support their work with emergent bilinguals. There are many different videos about how to work with ELs and how to support their learning.

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TED-Ed celebrates the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Discover hundreds of animated lessons, create customized lessons, and share your big ideas.

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This site offers websites that will be beneficial to use with ELs. The author suggests websites that will be helpful and how they can add to emergent bilinguals language learning.

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The following website is a resource for teachers to teach to ELs. It gives websites, videos, and "teaching recipes" that are specifically helpful for emergent bilinguals.

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EFL 2.0 Teacher Talk - "When one teaches, two learn"

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This is not a post about teachers being funny and capturing students' attention through jokes, humor. Rather, it is about the premise that a teacher can learn to teach in a class. I have changed so much over my 30 year teaching career. My beliefs...

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CristinaSkyBox has a specific section of their website that has activities and ideas for working with emergent bilinguals. There are websites, quizzes, and activities that will help ELs be successful.

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Come, let me tell you a story.

A story about a magical place, where, within hours, you can leave cold greys and darkness behind. A place which will lead you to cities of light, red shimmering deserts, warm turquoise seas.

Come! Let me tell you a story.

And as I tell my tale or two, you too may add yours, with your characters, your dreams and decisions. Together we shall create our own stories. Together we can end boredom and create twists, bends and all the upheavals we wish to within our stories.

StoriumEdu seems to promise the opportunity for learners to write stories collaboratively, where teachers set writing goals, learners are given a character and together, write their stories within a game-like environment.

It will be accessible for desktops/laptops as well as tablets and smartphones.

Although still in Beta, this is a writing tool that I am really looking forward to trying out!

For what is learning but a collection of stories?

Stories of success, stories of failures, stories of discoveries, stories of life.

What other writing tools have caught your teaching imagination lately?

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Come, let me tell you a story. A story about a magical place, where, within hours, you can leave cold greys and darkness behind. A place which will lead you to cities of light, red shimmering deserts, warm turquoise seas. Come! Let me tell you a story.

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This site allows kids to interact with real world experiences without the consequences. Children can practice using their language skills with money, health, and many other options.

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Free Everyday Life Tutorials at GCFLearnFree

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Life is filled with chaos, and we have to learn how to work and solve problems in the midst of it every day. These interactive lessons give you the opportunity to experience these daily challenges without real-world consequences. Are you an educator? Learn more about the Everyday Life project .

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KinderSay is a site that allows children to practice math, science, and language arts. Emergent bilinguals answer questions and engage in activities that develop their language skills. Topics are arranged by grade level and content area.

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Learn English for Kids - Free - KinderSay

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KinderSay is a free online video website to help your preschooler or ESL child learn English!

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Duolingo for Schools is a site that give children the opportunity to practice language skills and learn vocabulary. Students engage in activities that ask questions and supply vocabulary and grammar lessons in the selected language.

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This site is split into the many different components of grammar. In each section, there are books, videos, quizzes, games, and apps that allow children to practice their grammar skills.

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This site is specifically geared toward ELs and has many different subjects for all grade levels. ESLflow gives worksheets and lessons on subjects such as money, business, food, writing, and many more.