Websites and Apps
Grammar and Writing
Quill - tools to help students become better writers. Free and simple to use. Assign skills to students based on their needs and check progress from an easy to read dashboard.
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Write About - writing based on picture prompts with a large community for connecting your students with an audience.
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Content
Listenwise - public radio stories in a variety of categories including Language Arts, social studies and science.
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Newsela - non-fiction articles from real new sources on different reading levels.
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Create/Adapt Media:
EDpuzzle - edit videos and embed questions from a variety of sources including YouTube, Khan Academy. (web)
Screencastify - create screencasts and automatically save them to Google Drive (web, Chrome)
Doodlecast Pro - my favorite screencasting app because it allows students to create multiple page screencasts and you can save work and return to it another day in order to add more. (iPad)
Jing - free screencasting software for your computer (Windows or Mac)
Screencastify - create screencasts and automatically save them to Google Drive (web, Chrome)
Doodlecast Pro - my favorite screencasting app because it allows students to create multiple page screencasts and you can save work and return to it another day in order to add more. (iPad)
Jing - free screencasting software for your computer (Windows or Mac)
Other:
The Great Language Game - listen to a sound file and choose which language is being spoken.
Smarty Pins - a trivia game based in Google Maps, you answer questions by clicking a location. (web)
GeoGuessr - also uses Google Maps, the game puts you in street view and challenges determine your location in the world the physical clues around you. (web)
Room Escape Maker - use problem-solving skills (and sometimes luck) to collect clues in order to escape a room. Build your own also. (web)
Smarty Pins - a trivia game based in Google Maps, you answer questions by clicking a location. (web)
GeoGuessr - also uses Google Maps, the game puts you in street view and challenges determine your location in the world the physical clues around you. (web)
Room Escape Maker - use problem-solving skills (and sometimes luck) to collect clues in order to escape a room. Build your own also. (web)