This blog will be dedicated to sharing all the great technology tools and teaching strategies that can be used in any classroom. I will share with you the web tools that the AHS Social Media class explores this semester as well as others I find. I am constantly searching for web tools to share with students and staff - so have fun exploring!
Computer Essentials 2013
Finding, Exploring, Collecting, and Sharing Web Tools!
Rewordify
Rewordify
Rewordify is a great web tool that you can use with your students and kids to help them read difficult passages. Rewordify simplifies complex passages and render them reader-friendly. Students can paste in difficult sentences, paragraphs, or whole chapters and then click on "Rewordify text". They will then get a paraphrased version of their text with a simpler and easier vocabulary.The reworded words are highlighted which means that students can click on them to hear and learn the origin harder words. Rewordify also allows you to obtain a simplified version of any web page. Just paste in the URL of the webpage you want to read in the yellow box and hit 'Rewordify'. Watch the video below to learn more about how Rewordify works.
Rewordify is a great web tool that you can use with your students and kids to help them read difficult passages. Rewordify simplifies complex passages and render them reader-friendly. Students can paste in difficult sentences, paragraphs, or whole chapters and then click on "Rewordify text". They will then get a paraphrased version of their text with a simpler and easier vocabulary.The reworded words are highlighted which means that students can click on them to hear and learn the origin harder words. Rewordify also allows you to obtain a simplified version of any web page. Just paste in the URL of the webpage you want to read in the yellow box and hit 'Rewordify'. Watch the video below to learn more about how Rewordify works.
information taken from: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/11/excellent-tool-to-enhance-students.html
NearPod
Nearpod – iPad teachers
know that Nearpod is synonymous with engaging, interactive
presentations. In fact, some would say they wrote the book on it.
However, it is no longer just for the iPad because you can use it on
Android, Nooks, Chromebooks and Macs or PCs via the web. Top features
include the ability to add quiz tools, videos, photo slideshows, drawing
tools, a PDF viewer and even a live Twitter stream.
CodeAcademy
Visit CodeAcademy here! To start coding!
Other sites:
Tynker
Scratch
Code HS
Alice
Kandu
Dash
Touch Develop
Code.org
Editey
Snap
iPad Coding Aps
Other sites:
Tynker
Scratch
Code HS
Alice
Kandu
Dash
Touch Develop
Code.org
Editey
Snap
iPad Coding Aps
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