This is a useful news site which provides the same news story written at three different levels of English, making it a wonderful tool for ESL classes and differentiating for different age groups.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language
"A stunning collection of immersive VR stories which can be viewed via a mobile phone or VR headset. Turn the device to view the scene as the stories unfold."
Great resource for practicing dictation based on real news stories. Large library in English. Several other languages offered including Japanese, Hebrew, Polish, and many others.
Great resource for practicing dictation based on real news stories. Large library in English. Several other languages offered including Japanese, Hebrew, Polish, and many others.
Great resource for practicing dictation based on real news stories. Large library in English. Several other languages offered including Japanese, Hebrew, Polish, and many others.
A fabulous site for creating and finding online children's books. Design your 'bestseller' by uploading images and using the bank of media to drag and drop your story to perfection. Then share with a link.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
Listen to audio stories ranging from Rapunzel to The Night Before Christmas. Each story has the accompanying text.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
This site is wonderful for younger students and older ELLs. Using exquisite art graphics from an extensive library of images children create online storybooks. The fanciful and beautiful graphics inspire the creator to write a story. The program then publishes the online book with a default "private" setting. This site appears to be carefully monitored and supervised. Excellent for ELA.
This site is wonderful for younger students and older ELLs. Using exquisite art graphics from an extensive library of images children create online storybooks. The fanciful and beautiful graphics inspire the creator to write a story. The program then publishes the online book with a default "private" setting. This site appears to be carefully monitored and supervised. Excellent for ELA.
Story Bird widely used story book maker website. It has great templates picture bank. It's ease to use and the results look wonderful.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
A great way for children to learn the art of story openings. They have 1 minute to write from a one word stimulus. The site asks for a name & email. I usually just cut and paste the work into Word instead.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
This is a great site for encouraging writers to create stories, poems and songs collaboratively. The site limits how much a user can write and can invite friends or the public to continue and edit a piece of writing.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
A 3D role-playing game designer that encourages learners to create stories narratives by playing the game. Designing games is fun and it is easy to share with your class mates.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
A beautifully made resource showing students the different elements of a book/story and provides ideas and vocabulary for them to talk about their learning.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English