This free and easy-to-use classroom management tool allows you to create an online classroom environment where you can manage writing, facilitate discussions and even distribute and mark assignments – all within a secure environment. Online class discussions are great for ensuring engagement and participation from...
This great site gives you access to an application which allows you to produce attractive and professional-looking books out of student work like research reports/presentations or creative writing, along with graphics and pictures. These can then be shared on social media, or emailed to friends and parents. FLIP...
TAKING THE AGE-OLD BOOK REVIEW INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, THIS WEBSITE PROVIDES FREE ELECTRONIC BOOKS TO STUDENTS IN BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF A BOOK CRITIC … LITPICK which promotes preteen and teen reading and writing, was recognized by the American Association of School...
INKLEWRITER is the perfect site for both budding and reluctant writers to create new stories, using the interactive fiction model, where readers get to ‘choose your own adventure’. What makes this site unique is that Inklewriter handles the branching story paths while the author concentrates on the writing itself....
A GREAT EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY WEBSITE FOR TEACHERS AND LEARNERS. EDUDEMIC offers an array of forums, articles, ideas and resources on everything to do with technology, and includes a great search facility that allows you to source selected topics and videos, as well as what is trending in educational technology. You...
A great new site for online publishing of learning content – by both teachers and learners – Theme-efy can be used for lessons, assignments and projects, web research, presentations, sharing of knowledge and social discussions. Themeefy.com (pronounced ‘theme-ify’) is a free web-based platform for publishing learning...
The Daring Librarian, otherwise known as Gwyneth Anne Jones, who works as a teacher-librarian and writes The Daring Librarian blog, on which this post appeared. She is also on the board of directors of the International Society for Technology in Education. The link to the Nature magazine article can be found below as...
We are often made aware of the fact that technology offers both an enormous potential for learning, but also a corresponding capacity for distraction, bad judgment and inappropriate behaviour. Because many parents lack the relevant knowledge and experience in dealing with technology, guidance is often not available...