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Professional Development - National History Day
Teach Writing With The New York Times: A Free School-Year Curriculum in 7 Units
Facing History and Ourselves - Empowering teachers and students to think critically about history & to understand the impact of their choices.
AASL Best Apps and Websites for teaching and learning
Fully Online ISTE Certified Educator Course (The International Society for Technology in Education)
Teaching ELA - Resource for Increasing student connection with texts
Resources & tools for Teaching English Language Learners
Resources & tools for Teaching English Language Learners
Hi-Lo Chapter books - (Hi) Interest Level: Grades 5-8 / (Lo) Reading Level Range Grades 1-4
eBooks - a collection of free ebooks available in multiple languages. Read in home language + English version
Databases - all articles can be translated into home language, and have text-to-speech function
TellyPrompt - Chrome Extension. By using the Telly Prompter students can stream their script on a laptop while filming to build confidence. Works well with Flipgrid.
Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.
Wordless Picture Books - have no words. The narrative is told entirely through the illustrations on the pages.
(Free) Creative Apps for oral language development and retelling.
HOW TEACHERS CAN USE IT
HOW TEACHERS CAN USE IT
Take a picture of an object an add adjectives to describe it.
Take a picture of geometric shape and have the shape give its attributes.
Have students animate a favorite photo of themselves with messages for a virtual exhibition — great for students with social anxiety issues around presenting.
Take a picture of a character in a book and have them introduce him/herself.
Get a picture of the author of book and have the author share the author's message.
Take a picture of a book and share the genre of the book and why.
Make figurative language come to life. Use a picture to share personification/idioms/similies/metaphors as if they were taking literally.
Record the morning school announcements.
Take a picture of book and give a recommendation.
Create a map of a country and give each state it’s own voice.
Students can share a poem, tell or retell a story, tell a story from a different point of view, or even solve a math problem.
Have students record bios of famous historical figures.
As an educator, you could also record yourself giving instructions for a lesson; modeling that bio of a famous historical figure; create a map of a significant place in a book your class is reading
TELESCOPIC TEXT - www.telescopictext.org/text/KPx0nlXlKTciC
"It's called Telescopic Text and it was created by an artist named Joe Davis. TelescopicText.com is the plainest web page you'll ever see. It looks like this: But if you click on any of the highlighted words, they telescope. In other words, the sentence gets more elaborate."
Visual Aids for communication
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