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5 edtech resources that support literacy in elementary school

eSchool News

Here are are five of the best online tools I’ve found that support student discussion and help improve literacy: Epic : Epic is a digital library of online books. It has audiobooks for those beginning readers and chapter books for the more advanced. It began as a site where actors read famous children’s books.

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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

They come from sources such as the Michigan Open Book Project, Core Knowledge, CK-12, OpenStax and OER Commons. You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. Kindergarten digital textbooks. Kindergarten digital textbooks.

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MobyMax: Tablet + help differentiating instruction

iLearn Technology

One of the things that I really appreciate about MobyMax is the mix of direct instruction and the ability for students to discover learning on their own through discovery-based instruction. As a teacher, the continuous progress monitoring makes formative instruction that much easier. The MobyMax tablet is $69!! Really happy!

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Resource Review: Mentoring Minds

Ask a Tech Teacher

Materials enable differentiated instruction, student practice, and teacher evaluation of progress. Professional development is available for teachers on core concepts like differentiation in the classroom, rolling out Common Core Standards, best practices for instruction, formative assessment strategies, and more.

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169 Tech Tip #127: 12 Tips on Hard-to-teach Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

These are like the games students love and teach important to Common Core standards as well as the demands of life. In fact, any chance you have, differentiate instruction. Sub-category: Teaching, Classroom management, Pedagogy. Here are twelve ideas: Teach programming with Scratch, Alice, robotics, and Minecraft.

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Practical examples of social media in elementary school

The Innovative Educator

In addition, many also post homework assignments, calendars of events, book lists, field trip itineraries, and so forth. Using a blog hits many important curriculum areas, such as differentiating instruction as well as meeting many Common Core Standards (see here & here for examples).

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Common Core Reading Resource: Smithsonian Tween Tribune

Catlin Tucker

Interested in more technology tips to help you teach the Common Core? My book Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology will be published in June 2015 by Corwin. This differentiation challenges students at different reading levels while allowing them to access the same information.