LiteracyMy Digital Fluency support literacy page - many resources listed for all areas of literacy
Google Docs gives you a document that can easily be shared and many students can collaborate on the document or provide feedback thorough the Comments function. The link to the doc can be shared on a class blog or website. Blogs - get students blogging to have an authentic audience - lots of easy ways to do this here. Seesaw has a public blog option and has many options for written and oral responses. Word Cloud Generators - This page has links to various generators that will work on a Chromebook plus some ideas for using them. WritingPictures & Videos to Inspire Writing & Discussion
Online Story-writing Sites Book Creator - one of my favourite apps now has a web version, Has some great pricing options including a free version with 40 books, you can publish the books then archive and start with another 40 books. Very easy to use. Students can create multi-media books including, text, video, audio, drawings and images. Also has comic book options. Little Bird Tales - draw, write and record. Nice site but only has 7 day trial then is $$$. Storybird - has artists' illustrations for students to choose then write their story. Nice site but only has 7 day trial then is $$$. Story Jumper - Can add your own images as well as choosing from the large variety of clip art images. Is aimed at printing the books ($$$) but you can publish online and share the link or embed in a site or webpage. PicLits - Has Images and vocabulary to add (drag & drop) Storyboard That - Create 3x1 or 3x2 storyboards, max. 2 storyboards per week. Free. Lots of images to use. Paid version allows your own images or larger/more storyboards. Very easy to use. Adobe Spark - Create multimedia stories Pick-a-Path stories - information and links relating to writing Pick-A-Path or Choose Your Own Adventure stories. SpellingStudy Ladder - can sign up your class and personalise tasks
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Presentation AppsGoogle Slides - part of your Google Apps suite. If you want to narrate over your presentation you can use Screencastify.
To connect these apps open your Drive go to New and More then scroll to the bottom and Connect More Apps then search for the app you want. Powtoon - a presentation app in cartoon format, includes animations. An introduction to Powtoon Pear Deck Canva ReadingNews Sites - Kid-friendly news articles and activities. Combine with a strategy like Newsboard.
The Literacy Shed - literacy resources, ideas and sources of motivation. One of the best literacy sites around. Some free content. School Journal resources - pdf files, teacher resource materials and audio files of School Journals on TKI eBooks GetEpic.Com - Free for educators when you sign up with a school email address. 1000s of titles. Tumble Books- accessed through may local Libraries - needs a library card number. Children's Library - includes a few New Zealand titles and books in te reo Children's Storybooks Online - list of online book sites Unite for Literacy - mostly junior books. Some suitable for older students at lower reading levels. With narration Videos of Stories Ready to Read videos on YouTube Storyline Online - videos of actors reading stories - includes The Rainbow Fish Youtube has many videos of stories, search for a title or author eg Dr Seuss |