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5 Brilliant Poetry Apps for Students. Poetry is one of the areas of the curriculum in which it can be particularly challenging to engage and excite students, with teachers sometimes battling the unfounded stereotype that poems are ‘old-fashioned’ or ‘uncool’, or that it is ‘embarrassing’ or too hard to write your own. Nowhere is the influx of edtech tools more apt and invigorating than in such situations, and a wealth of exciting new apps suitable for iPads, tablets and mobile phones is bringing poetry to life for a whole new generation of students! 1. The Poetry App This brilliant free app from the Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation promises to draw students into a ‘parallel universe’ of over 100 poems explained by Hart’s essays and introductions. Its greatest feature for engaging reluctant or shy students is its collection of fantastic video and audio narrations from a group of world-class actors and performers, from Bob Geldof to Roger Moore and Dominic West.

If anything will convince them poetry isn’t outdated, this will! DragonBox+ för iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (tredje generationen), iPod touch (fjärde generationen) och iPad i iTunes App Store. IntoWords. Blog | The Magic of Learning. Remote Scavenger Hunt We are heading into our third week of social distancing, school closures and “shelter at home&... We are in the Midst of... Are you aware that we are in the middle of making history? It is March of 2020. We are living throug... #remotelearning as an ... “50 Best iPad Apps for Reading Disabilities” “50 Best iPad Apps for Reading Disabilities” Guest Blog by Rosa Ray Whether you’re the parent of a child with a reading disability or an educator that works with learning disabled students on a daily basis, you’re undoubtedly always looking for new tools to help these bright young kids meet their potential and work through their disability.

While there are numerous technologies out there that can help, perhaps one of the richest is the iPad, which offers dozens of applications designed to meet the needs of learning disabled kids and beginning readers alike. Here, we highlight just a few of the amazing apps out there that can help students with a reading disability improve their skills not only in reading, writing, and spelling, but also get a boost in confidence and learn to see school as a fun, engaging activity, not a struggle. Here are “50 Best iPad Apps for Reading Disabilities:” Helpful Tools Speak It! Fundamentals Reading Writing Spelling.