A guide to learning English. Edutopia | K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work. 50+Ways - home. WebTools4u2use - home. 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers (organised by subject) Three Ways to Create a Digital Classroom Library for Your Students. Walk into an English teacher’s classroom, and you might be able to guess how long they’ve been there. Take a look at the classroom library. It takes time to collect hundreds of books for your kids to read, and veteran teachers have worked for years to amass those giant collections. Luckily, modern technology gives us an alternative: extend your classroom library with free eBooks. There are literally thousands of free eBooks available for your students to read, and with free apps your students can turn their smartphones or tablets into eReaders. The biggest logistical problem is turning that vast digital catalog into something more personal.
You need to use a tool to collect a small number of books that you think your students will be interested in, and then put those books in front of them. Today, we’ll look at three methods for creating and sharing a digital classroom library with your students. Option 1: Create a Simple List with Linkli.st You can create a list right from the homepage. 21st Century Icebreakers: 13 Ways To Get To Know Your Students with Technology. In honor of the start of a new school year, I am sharing one of my popular posts again with you with a couple of new additions! On Monday I will begin my new job. As I’ve mentioned before, I will be working as a Technology Resource Specialist as well as teaching a couple of classes. As always, I am nervous and excited for the first day of school, and eager to meet a new group of students.
As an educator, I often find myself repeating the same icebreakers each year, trying to quickly get to know my students through “Two Truths and a Lie” or a “Getting To Know You” fact sheet. In an effort to bring my own classroom to the present, I’ve put together a list of 13 icebreakers that use technology and fit with 21st century students: Have students create a Pinterest board with 10 pins that summarizes them.Ask students to create a 30 second podcast that introduces themselves. Have any other 21st century icebreakers? Like this: Like Loading... Home - Real Classroom Ideas. My Story Maker | Miss Lock's Corner! My Story Maker. Posted by admin | Posted in Fun & Games, Interactive book, Interactive Whiteboard, Language Arts, Primary Elementary, Secondary Elementary, web tools, Websites | Posted on 15-06-2009 Tags: create, Interactive book, my story maker, reading, reading comprehension, story, story elements, tenkely, writing What it is: My Story Maker is an amazing interactive website created for the Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh.
My Story Maker is an interactive story book where students are in charge of creating a story. Students choose characters, and a genre and then begin telling a story. The students create the story by dragging and dropping characters, objects, and backgrounds into their story. The characters can have emotions and perform actions with the different objects and interact with each other. As students drag different elements to the story book, a story is written for them based on what is happening in the pictures. Tips: I learned about this site from Kevin Jarrett‘s excellent blog.
Teach them English. Teacher's notebook.