Indiana Reading Association Presentation Resources

IRA Literacy Web Tools (and others) - Resources

Resources shared in the IRA Presentation 3/12

Into the Book Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies

AdLit.org – Resources and instructional guidance for adolescent literacy, Grades 4-8

Newseum Almost 900 Front pages from newspapers from around the country and world

Art of Storytelling A terrific website that allows students to build their own story using an interactive scenes and props.

http://kidblog.org/home/ Safe. Simple Blogs for your classroom. Also see my Prezi presentation on how to get started. Blogging for Six Year Olds?!

Edmodo Central Class site for assignments, internet resources, classroom community

Howtoons Cartoon Creator

Witty Comics Comic strip creator

Bit Strips Comic Strip Creator

Center on Instruction - gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based resources on instruction.

Florida Center for Reading Research  Information about research-based practices related to literacy instruction and assessment for children in pre-school through 12th grade, & applied research that will have an immediate impact on policy and practices related to literacy instruction.

 Writing Fix .Northern Nevada Writing Project

Starfall – A classic early reading instructional resource

Storybird Site to create inspired stories with professional artwork in a story board format.

Other resources shared at previous “Tech Tuesday” sessions

Sitton Spelling – The companion site to the Sitton Spelling program

Tagxedo Word clouds with style

Animoto Free 30 second slideshows using video, photos, & music

Wordle Word clouds. See also: 51 Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom

Poll Everywhere Free student response system

Penzu Online Journal

Parts of Speech Language Arts website with activities for children. See also: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/index.html

Junoed

Obsurvey Easy to use surveys

Word Tamer Language art website for elements of a story, genre, and word use.

Bright Hub Education Blogging Platforms

Socrative See also my blog post on this site: YourKidsTeacher Blogspot

Youngzine News and more for the young.

Stich.it “Stich” together multiple websites into a compelling slideshow.

i Fake Text A fun way to simulate text messages on the computer

The Teaching Channel Tremendous source of resources

Testmoz Create online, automatically graded tests and quizzes

bubbl Brainstorming and mindmapping tool for interactive whiteboard

Wallwisher Community bulletin board that can be used for brainstorming sessions, collaborative efforts

Sign Generator Create fun, customizable, street, warning, and other signs.

ICT Magic A central Wiki for Math and English (among others) for websites for activites and instruction.

VocabularySpelling City.com – I wrote about this resource here: http://yourkidsteacher.blogspot.com/2011/07/vocabularyspellingcity.html  The post should help you get started. I love it.

http://www.peterpappas.com/

Thanks for coming, I hope you found a resource that will help your classroom instruction. Eric

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