How Digital Technologies can be used to Provide Learners with a Range of Effective Options for...
Engaging with learning goals, learning tasks and learning materials
Digital Books (Tar Heel Reader / Books Should be Free / LibriVox / LoudLit / Storynory / Story Online / Tumble Books / Bookflix)
Text in Audio (eTextbooks) Convert Text to Speech Tools (Google Chrome Extensions - SpeakIt!, Read&Write / Natural Reader / MS Word Plug-In - WordTalk) Vision Support Tools (Google Chrome Extensions - Readability Redux / Virtual Magnifying Glass) Vocabulary Support Tools (Google Chrome Extension - Google Dictionary / Vu-Bar ) Tools to access material (60 Second Recap / CliffsNotes / Spark Notes / HippoCampus / Shmoop) |
Representing learning materials and information to learners
Digital Books (Tar Heel Reader / Books Should be Free / LibriVox / LoudLit / Storynory / Story Online / Tumble Books / Bookflix)
Text in Audio (eTextbooks) Video (WatchKnowLearn / Knowmia / Ted Ed / Mobento / Big Think / Discovery / Explore / History Channel / How Stuff Works / MathTV / Steve Spangler Science / Snag Films / Untamed Science) Visual Representation (BBC News Interactives and Graphics / Cool Infographics / The Guardian Interactive Guides) Paper document to Digital File (Scannable / Snap Type) |
Showing and Demonstrating what has been learned
Student Created Blog (KidBlog)
Convert Speech to Text Tools (Talk Typer / Online Dictation / Dictanote / Dragon Dictation) Vocabulary/Spelling Support Tools (Google Chrome Extension - Google Dictionary / Kids Wordsmyth) Written Output Tools (Word Talk / Google Docs with Read&Write Extension or Equation Editor/ Microsoft Mathematics / Panther Math Paper for iPad / Google Chrome Extension - Daum Equation Editor) Mind Mapping (MindMup / Mindomo / SpiderScribe / Mind Meister) Comics (ToonDo / StoryboardThat / Comic Builder / Pixton / Strip Generator / Chogger) Videos (PowToon / Animoto / Photo Peach / iMovie / Adobe Spark / Seesaw / Kahoot) Digital Stories (Photo Story / Story Bird / UTellStory / Book Creator for iPad / Pictello for iPad) Posters/Infographics (GlogsterEdu / Queness / Piktochart / Easelly / infogr.am) Slide Shows (Power Point / Prezi) Art (Viscosity / Sumo Paint / Myoats / Tux Paint) Math (Geogebra) |
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