"This afternoon someone emailed me asking for some suggestions for tools for creating book trailer videos. It has been two years since I last wrote about the topic so I created a new list of tools for creating book trailers. Book trailers are short videos designed to spark a viewer's interest in a book. Having students create book trailers is an excellent alternative to traditional book report projects. A great place to find examples of book trailers is Book Trailers for Readers."
"Wordly Wise 3000 Online is a dynamic and interactive online program that helps students master the academic vocabulary they encounter in school every day. Full audio support is included throughout the program to help your struggling readers or ELL students. A time-saving reporting feature puts progress monitoring at your fingertips."
"A phonics best seller for over 30 years, Explode The Code® has helped millions of students nationwide build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. This research-based and teacher-tested program meets and exceeds "No Child Left Behind" requirements and National Reading Panel Standards. Explode The Code is now available in workbooks and online."
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BIO Classroom provides free educational materials designed to encourage the use of biography in the classroom and help students explore the lives of those who have made an impact on our world.
Free K-12 educational videos ... organized. Tens of thousands of excellent, educational videos in a huge, intuitive directory. Organized, reviewed, rated, and described by teachers. Ideal as a supplement to a curriculum or for independent study. Designed for teachers, students, parents, homeschoolers, educators ... and all life-long learners!
"When books have no boundaries,
classrooms have no walls.
Subtext makes it easy to interact with your students right in the pages of digital books-you can answer questions, link to websites, create custom quizzes and more. Equally as important, your students can exchange their own ideas and talk about books whenever and wherever they're reading."
Use for brainstorming and mind mapping...and all sorts of things. On the iPads start a popplet and then pass from student to student, adding to the mind map as it goes around
Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. Our goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner
Improve reading in content-area classes for easily differentiate instruction for any reading. Simple, fast, and free! This is a quick and easy way to create a lesson plan. You copy and paste an article and it will help you create all kinds of lessons based on the words contained in it, in seconds. Amazing! And it's free!