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Technology in the Classroom

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Apps & Website We Love

Must have apps and websites to support diverse learners & promote creativity, collaboration and critical thinking.
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Digital & Media Literacy

We live in a media-saturated world. Help kids navigate it with these tips and tools.
Check Them out

Literate

When it comes to apps for reading and writing, I like simple ones that make life easier for kids and teachers.

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Epic Books
Why I love it:
  • Great collection of high-quality commercially available books that have been digitized
  • Easy to create and manage classroom accounts
  • Read to Me, audiobooks and informational videos
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Natural Reader
Why I love it:
  • Choice of many different reading voices for text to speech
  • Snap a photo of any text and have it read to you
  • enter a URL and have websites read to you
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Sora,  by Overdrive
Why I love it:
  • designed with kids in mind, it makes signing e- and audiobooks out of the library a breeze
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Storybird

Why I love it:
  • Supports creative writing with beautiful ready-to-use artwork
  • Lots of examples to help students along the way
  • Students can comment and review other's work
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Google Docs
Why I love:
  • Auto save is key for students with ADHD & EF difficulties
  • Voice typing is built right in. Simply click Tools -> Voice Typing
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Mindomo

Why I love it:
  • Easy to use mindmapping
  • Templates for essays, story maps, presentations and more
  • Flips to a writing outline at the touch of a button
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ReadWrite by TextHelp

Why I love it:
  • Easy access to a variety of assistive technology tools incl. simplifying text on a page, text reader, screen mask, vocabulary list creator & more
  • Full suite of tools is free for educators
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Audible

Why I love it:
  • Huge selection of high-quality audiobooks read by professionals
  • No worries about copyright
  • A wide variety of plans makes it easy to get new books

Numerate

Support mathematical thinking and problem solving.

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Why I love it: Didax offers an amazing array of virtual manipulatives.
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Curious & creative

Perfect for those looking to learn new things and share their work in creative ways.

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Kind & Collaborative

Enable kids to work together constructively.

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  • Welcome
  • About Me
  • Blog
  • For Teachers
    • Start Here >
      • Literate
      • Numerate
      • Curious
      • Kind
      • Healthy
      • Technology in the Classroom >
        • Digital & Media Literacy
  • For Parents
    • Learning At Home
    • Great Apps & Websites
    • Help! My Child is Struggling in School >
      • First Steps to Take When Your Child is Struggling
  • Book Reviews