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NEWSELA
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Newsela offers an amazing variety of text sets at the elementary level covering science & social studies topics as well as the latest current events. Each text is availabe at 4-5 different reading levels with accompanying quizzes.
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Read&Write Extension
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Wonderfully intuitive and easy-to-use, Read&Write for Google Chrome™ provides personalized support to make documents, web pages and common file types in Google Drive (including: Google Docs & PDFs) more accessible. It’s designed to help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits his/her abilities and learning styles. Tools include:
Text-to-speech Text and picture dictionaries Speech-to-text Word prediction Create and listen to voice notes Simplify and summarize text on web pages |
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ED PUZZLE
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Ed Puzzle provides a great way to track student understanding of videos they watch. You can insert mulitple choice or short answer questions as well as your own voice. Use premade videos from YouTube or Khan Academy or upload your own!
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GOOGLE CLASSROOM
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Have you posted your first assignment to Google Classroom? Now is the time! Start with an announcement to get a discussion going or have students visit a particular website. Then create an assignment in Google Drive, push it out to each of your students and see the excitement on their faces when they click that "Turn In" button!
Maybe you're ready to add "topics" or assign different projects to small groups. Start where you are comfortable and be ready to grow! |
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GOOGLE DRAWING
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Google Draw allows you to easily combine text and visuals on one "paper". You can change the paper size, group and layer objects, color the background and more... Click HERE to make a copy of the Google Draw Tutorial and earn a Black Belt in Google Drawing. To earn a GOLD badge, use a Google Drawing to make a digital handout or assignment for your class or have the kids create something in Google Draw. |
GOOGLE FORMS
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There are countless ways to use Google Forms. Administer a spelling quiz and Google will automatically correct it and create a spreadsheet with the students' grades. Tired of correcting those 50 facts quizzes? Use a google form as an answering platform, combined with a Google slideshow and correcting facts will be at thing of the past! |
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PADLET
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Padlet is like a virtual bulletin board where students can post many different kinds of content. Think of it as a way to stick Post-It Notes on your virtual whiteboard. have students brainstorm ideas, share images, respond to a story starter or send a Peacebuilder message to a classmate!
Set one up for your class today! |
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DO INK - Green Screen
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The Do Ink App allows you to film students in front of a green screen background and then superimpose them onto the moon, into a weather forecast (Hint, Hint 3rd & 5th Grade) or back in time to the Colonial Days! They could even fly over different continents (2nd grade) or regions of the US. (4th grade)
Imagine the possibilties! |
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KAHOOT!
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Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform. You can make a series of multiple choice questions or try a Jumble. The format and number of questions are entirely up to you and you can add videos, images and diagrams to your questions. Players answer the questions on their own devices, while games are displayed on a shared screen. Besides creating your own kahoots, you can search among millions of existing games. Credits - Kahoot.com |
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BOOK CREATOR
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CREATE. READ. PUBLISH.
Book Creator - the digital notebook for the 21st century - lets you combine text, images, audio and video to create Interactive stories, digital portfolios, poetry books, science reports, instruction manuals, "About Me" books, comics and more. Start your publishing adventures here! |
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CLASS DOJO
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Class Dojo connects teachers with students and parents to build amazing classroom communities.
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