This is a free language learning app.
With this app, English Language Learning students can have access to a variety of easy to use, colorful, and engaging lessons to help support their comprehension and understanding. Duolingo can allow a student of any language to start with simple repetitive lessons that will increase in difficulty according to their own pace. Students can practice grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and understanding. The app includes reading, writing, and speaking activities, supported by short and long readings, videos, and recordings.
There is also a paid premium version.
Google Read & Write is an interactive tool that is compatible with Google Chrome.
Students are able to utilize text-to-speech features to have the compute read the words to them. They can use speech-to-text to help get their ideas down orally. There is also full access to features such as a text dictionary. Students who are struggling readers or writers can utilize this tool to focus in on the content of what they are reading and writing rather than be held back by their limited skills.
Hypothesis is a free Google Chrome extension that allows students to annotate any page on the internet.
Hypothesis is a collaborative resource that allows teachers and students to interact with one another on the same texts. Teachers are able to post materials where students can collaborate in discussions with one another directly on the document. I would also recommend using Hypothesis to grade annotations and measure student understanding.
Kami is an interactive learning platform that allows students to annotate and mark up text while digitally collaborating with one another.
Students can interact on documents, create templates, or have the words read to them. This is a wonderful tool for differentiation as it allows teachers to adhere to all students learning needs. Kami works directly with students Google Drives and Google Classroom.
The goal of LiveBinders is to help educators and their students go paperless with digital binders.
Users can save articles and videos, take notes, and post other forms of content in one place. They can also share binders with each other and collaborate to create something useful. With this tool, you never have to limit yourself to just one textbook or resource. You can keep all of your resources in one place for years to come, always adding when you find something new.
Natural Reader is an assistive technology that can help students who struggle with reading or have a reading disability.
This app can also be beneficial for students with vision impairments. When using the app you can have text and files converted to speech. There is a dyslexia feature that turns the text into the “dyslexia font.” This app can be downloaded for free or be used on the internet from any computer. Technology like this can help build an inclusive classroom since students can work independently with the assistance of this app.