Reading and Writing

Digital Librarian's Survival Toolkit and the Epic Ebook of Web Tools and Apps

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#BeTheBitmoji - How to Insert a Video of Yourself to Google Slides

How to Make Personalized Digital Feedback Stickers with Your Real Self [FREE STICKER TEMPLATE 👇]

If you have any questions, you can reach out to me on <a href="http://twitter.com/mrsParkShine">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mrsparkshine">Instagram</a>, or my <a href="http://mrspark.org/">website</a>.

By: <a href="https://twitter.com/MrsParkShine">Esther Park </a>@MrsParkShine

Take a short 3-4 seconds video using your phone. It can be a hand wave, pointing at something, or a big smile!

Go to <a href="http://www.unscreen.com">www.unscreen.com</a>. Upload your video using your phone or your computer to remove the background.

Wait until it removes the background of the video. Once it's ready, click download as GIF.

Your animated GIF file is downloaded to your computer. Insert your GIF to any online document.

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Amanda Jones - Wakelet for Book lists and Book Talks

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Let's look at some amazing options of using WordPress to teach reading and writing...

Students use the "Follow" magazine that is a part of WordPress to search for blogs/articles on a subject of their interest or given by the teacher. They can then review the blog, comment or create their own blog using the lessons from class.

The teacher creates a blog and can choose to add the best works of students - documents, pdfs, pictures, stories, poems and reports. It can be done as a class project and to inspire the students. Then the "write-site" can be published on the last day with a ceremony! Yay!

'Blog-a-port' is a sort of a blog and report that can be shared or commented upon by others. Students use what they have learnt to write a blog-a-port on a topic given by the teacher. They can work individually or collaborate for a group WordPress blog.

"YOU CAN WRITE A HOW TO BOOK" (with a bonus makerspace project!) BY KRISTINA A. HOLZWEISS

Your students will enjoy learning about my process of writing two series of makerspace books for Scholastic. Then they will use Book Creator to write their own "how to" book. The book on the left is written in English with English audio recorded by me. The book on the right has been translated into Spanish by Paola Glassman with audio recorded by me. Included is a bonus makerspace project that they can create in school or at home. Here is a link to my makerspace books: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kristina-A-Holzweiss/e/B072WGM13T?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_7&amp;qid=1598556037&amp;sr=8-7">https://www.amazon.com/Kristina-A-Holzweiss/e/B072WGM13T?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_7&amp;qid=1598556037&amp;sr=8-7</a>

You Can Write a How To Book - English

You Can Write a How To Book - Spanish

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Creating a virtual space where students feel safe and familiar was one of my priorities when our schools closed abruptly in March, 2020. Ever since then, Bitmoji classroom became an interactive and welcoming space. But my Bitmoji avatar doesn't really look like me? My bitmoji won't bring any "familiarity" to the new students I'll meet in the fall who have no clue what I look like in real person! Here's a quick and easy way to replace your Bitmoji with your real self.

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Shakespeare on the Common: Encores 2020

Performing Shakespeare - Google Arts & Culture

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9 Virtual Tours of Shakespearean Spots - Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts and Culture tour of shakespeare spots!

Click here for actors reciting their favorite soliloquies

Shakespeare Unlimited Podcast

Study Guides | Shakespeare in the Ruins

podcasts on all sorts of Bard topics... pick one to share with your students!&#160;

great study guides from winnipeg! Read these with your Canadian accent,&#160; don't ya know...&#160; &#160;

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Sara Malchow - Stop Motion and Green Screen

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Christina Nording - Bloxels for Personal Stories and Narratives

Mary Ledford - Chatterpix Persuasive Video

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Avital Aharon (<a href="https://twitter.com/AvitalAharon">@avitalaharon</a>) is the Director of Educational Technology at TanenbaumCHAT in Toronto, Canada. She holds a B.A, B.Ed and an M.Ed, Special Education certification and Principals’ Qualifications. Avital is passionate about technology integration, the world of Ed Tech, is a self proclaimed EduGeek, a committed coach, a mentor and a change agent.

H.S. ENL/ELA teacher. TEFL adjunct instructor. Passionate about integrating Edtech to promote literacy for ALL learners. Connect with me on Twitter/Instragram <a href="https://twitter.com/MrsParkShine">@MrsParkShine</a> or visit my website for free resources. <a href="http://mrspark.org/">mrspark.org</a>

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Here are some variations and ideas of how you can use animated GIF in your classroom.

❤️️ virtual replica of you ❤️️ sense of familiarity ❤️️ build connection ❤️️ lower anxiety ❤️️ increase virtual teacher presence ❤️️ and much more!

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Playlists, Hyperdocs, &amp; Choice Boards . . . What’s the difference? Playlists are a series of activities focused on specific content and matched to student needs. The intent of playlist-based instruction is to differentiate instruction while providing students control over various aspects of learning, including path, pace, or modality.&nbsp; Hyperdocs are digital documents—such as a Google Doc—where all components of a learning cycle have been pulled together into one central hub. Within a single document, students are provided with hyperlinks to all of the resources they need to complete that learning cycle. Choice Boards or Learning menus as <a href="https://shakeuplearning.com/">Kasey Bell of Shake Up Learning</a> defines “are a form of differentiated learning that gives students a menu or choice of learning activities. It is simply a menu of choices from which students can choose. Student choice is the big idea behind learning menus and choice boards.”

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@teachingfactor Middle School ELA teacher in New York and adjunct professor of literacy. An ISTE author of Personalized Reading and New Realms for Writing. Check out <a href="http://theteachingfactor.com">http://theteachingfactor.com</a> for more resources to support student learning with edtech.

Professor, artist, musician and author with a Ph. D in English and a curiosity for adventure. Creator of <a href="https://farzanasrnmc.wordpress.com/">https://farzanasrnmc.wordpress.com/</a> - a blog that offers free teaching-learning resources. Believer of the "Explore to Educate" principle. Also a bookworm.

Sharon Swanke High School Librarian in North Carolina and Shakespeare enthusiast, I have been to the marketplace in fair Verona(blazing hot) where Tybalt's blood was shed, and the crypt beneath-the-altar (cooler, but creepy) where Romeo and Juliet were wed. New travel goal: Stratford-on-Avon! @sswanke2

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CREATING A NEWSLETTER OR LITERARY ART MAGAZINE WITH WAKELET BY KRISTINA A. HOLZWEISS

Save time and use Wakelet to create a free newsletter each month!&nbsp; With Immersive Reader technology by Microsoft, your newsletters will automatically be read aloud and even translated.&nbsp;Embed the newsletters on your website, and share them through email, social media, or Remind.&nbsp;Remember...this is just a template to get you started.&nbsp;Have fun and be creative by adding your own images, videos, links, tweets, PDF files, and Google Docs. BONUS: Empower your students to write articles for your class newsletter. They can even create a schoolwide multimedia literary art magazine. Directions: 1. Make a copy of this newsletter at <a href="https://wke.lt/w/s/Gn9Vgm">https://wke.lt/w/s/Gn9Vgm</a> 2. Edit it by deleting, adding, and modifying information.&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Then share it with your students, their families, and your colleagues. 4. Each month you can copy, create, and title a new newsletter. 5. Don't forget to delete these instructions before you make it public.

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SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER NEWSLETTER - TEMPLATE - Wakelet

Learn about library newsletters with Wakelet...

Remote Learning for Librarians (Wakelet Webinar)

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Digital Reading Journals With Wakelet Newsletter/Literary Art Magazine With Wakelet

Mote&nbsp;is a chrome extension and an 'add on' for Google Classroom, Docs, Slides and Sheets. Mote allows teachers to create voice note comments and feedback that is fast, auditory and easy to use.

Have you ever wanted a website of your own to flaunt your creativity? Well, we all have our creativity drives and WordPress offers a place for just that. This amazing tool can be used by teachers to show off their profiles or as an open source educational website for all their resources. And the fun part? Teachers can use WordPress to test their students's reading and writing skills. WordPress can be the student's newsletter, journal, vlog or just a spot for sharing stories and pics. Just visualize book reviews, projects, reports, personal stories, school magazines, poems, videos of favorite book readings, audio recordings of students' reading and much more in a single website-like blog. All it takes is imagination!

Go Creative with Wordpress! by Fathima Farzana

It's that easy to sign in with your Google/Apple account and start designing. 

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Class Planning with CommonCurriculum by Fathima Farzana

Teachers have got to keep track of all that reading and writing projects, discussions and books. Common Curriculum is an organizer that allows teachers to design their planbooks. In here, you can note down what you have taught, the objectives of the reading/writing, methodology and other details like books discussed or writing projects. This tool gives room for collaboration among teachers. You can also use this for brainstorming. 

So, that's it. I'm going to conclude with a few bonus links for reading addicts like me. Here are some fun websites that offer plenty of free books for learners of all ages. 1. <a href="https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/">https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/</a> - a great website for children's books, especially for phonics as some of the books have a "read to me" feature. 2. <a href="https://freekidsbooks.org/">https://freekidsbooks.org/</a> - this site is best for picture books for all age groups 3. <a href="https://www.freebooksy.com/read/genre/childrens/">https://www.freebooksy.com/read/genre/childrens/</a> - a good place to download directly to your kindle 4. <a href="https://www.planetebook.com/">https://www.planetebook.com/</a> - my favourite website for free ebooks that I share with my college students. There are just 80 books but they are the best. And the books fit screens of mobile devices, making reading comfortable. 5. <a href="https://manybooks.net/">https://manybooks.net/</a> - a bulk of free ebooks in all genres and for all ages. However, teachers must carefully select the books to be downloaded.

This one is for the reading club...and this for the read-a-thon

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Avital Aharon - Mote Chrome Extension/Google Read Write

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When I explained that clan colors in Macbeth's Scotland would show alliances my students quickly grasped the significance. Here are two of my students decked out in kilts and ready to recite their memorized lines.

Lynn Swannell, Librarian at Mt. Eliza Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia, assigned a Macbeth themed bulletin board display to her students. Students included decorative quotes, set idea boards, graphic novel page spreads, etc. to illustrate their favorite scenes. 

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Dr. Leanne Maunu, English Professor at Palomar College in San Marcos, California, shares <a href="https://www2.palomar.edu/pages/lmaunu/my-classes/english-250/">multiple student projects from her Shakespeare class on her website. </a> Here we see figures from the tragedies, King Lear, Hamlet, the weird sisters and Ophelia.

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Google Keep and The Art of Note-Taking by Fathima Farzana

Reading and discussion at the same time? You can, with Google Keep. All you have to do is make students into groups. They can collaborate and put up their discussions while the reading is in session. They can post their doubts and help each other too. "Picture-write" or writing captions/descriptions for pictures can also be done with Keep. And all the rough work can be imported into Google docs with just a drag because rough work is, after all tough work, and we have to respect that.

Ever wondered how to teach note-taking for research? This smart tool from Google can be used in a creative way to get students to take notes, create writing blueprints and summaries. What's more? They can add their drawings, pics, videos and audio to create amazing stories and reports before they prepare the final draft. Speaking of research, this is a compact tool/app that keeps all research notes, findings and favorite links in one place. If your students are learning how to write research projects and papers, then this is perfect. It's productive and proactive teaching!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ihT8831oUICFvVqaHORqw/videos">Finger Puppet Shakespeare</a>

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Introduce students to Shakespeare's plays with these delightful <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ihT8831oUICFvVqaHORqw/videos">finger puppet YouTube videos </a>which boil the plots down to the bare bones. Created by Clara Biesel, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota, these very brief plays allow students to become familiar with what's going to happen before they start reading in iambic pentameter. Follow on FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fingerpuppetshakespeare/">https://www.facebook.com/fingerpuppetshakespeare/</a>

"Shakespeare is so engaging!" said no teenager ever! As teachers it is our job to be the spark plugs of engagement! In the following few pages I hope you will find some resources to help you make connections between your students and the Bard!      Sharon Swanke

&gt; Focus on active learning &gt; Utilize multi modalities for learning and practicing learning &gt; Personalize for student success &gt; Consider Universal Design Learning (UDL)&nbsp; &gt; Provide Choice&nbsp;

Get To Know You Think Tac Toe

Poetry Playlist

Dystopian Playlist

Social Justice Choice Board

Three witches, three caskets, three gifts for teachers.

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Memorization is one teaching technique that remains tried and true. Ken Ludwig's book walks us through specific steps to mastering the Bard's verses.

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The Reduced Shakespeare Company's antics bring a chuckle to everyone but are even funnier when you are familiar with the Bard's plays. The second act is devoted to Hamlet and somehow leaves all other versions in the dust.  Available on DVD. Enjoy.

There are a multitude of resources on the web, but these Activity Toolkits from the Royal Shakespeare Company, are a great starting place for lesson planning and student engagement. They come with links to youtube.com videos comprising of clips from previous RSC productions.

Activity Toolkits | Royal Shakespeare Company

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Mote Extension overview

Within these pages, you will find months of hard work by some of the most amazing, dedicated, and creative educators that I know. They have volunteered to share their expertise with you through videos, text, and images. Please be respectful, and cite the individual authors when you reference their work. We hope this guide will be a "go-to" resource for you as you integrate technology in your classroom, to empower your students to become thought leaders and change makers. The future is in their hands!

With gratitude, Kristina A. Holzweiss

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Why "The Epic Book of Web Tools &#38; Apps"?

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Watch this Screencast to learn how to create epic playlists, choice boards, and hyperdocs that are thoughtful, thorough, and engaging.

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<a href="https://www.growinggradebygrade.com/2016/09/use-bloom-balls-like-boss.html">Bloom Balls </a> <a href="https://www.growinggradebygrade.com/2016/09/use-bloom-balls-like-boss.html">A final project template that can adapted for all levels, and used with any of Shakespeare's plays.... or any other literature that you are working with. Click here for instructions to make Bloom Balls use Bloom's Taxonomy to examine the elements of the literary piece</a>.

Click on the PDF for Bloom Ball directions and grading rubric. 

Bloom Ball Shakespeare Play.pdf

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Digital Reading Journals - Wakelet

DIGITAL READING JOURNALS WITH WAKELET BY KRISTINA A. HOLZWEISS

Learn about digital reading journals with Wakelet...   

Reading logs don't have to be boring lists of page numbers and times. Make reading logs fun and interactive with multimedia. And with Immersive Reader technology by Microsoft, your reading logs can be read aloud and even translated. Embed your reading log on your website, and share them through email, social media, or Remind. Remember...this is just a template to get you started. Have fun and be creative by adding your own images, videos, links, tweets, PDF files, and Google Docs.&nbsp; Directions: 1. Make a copy of this reading log template at <a href="https://wke.lt/w/s/_IKPSe">https://wke.lt/w/s/_IKPSe</a> 2. Edit it by deleting, adding, and modifying information. Add links to your digital projects. 3. Then share it with your students, their families, and your colleagues.

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