Literacy+Tools

This page is designed to provide you access to a wide variety of web 2.0 tools to support literacy to the diverse population of struggling readers and writers we all work with. Take some time to wonder around on this page and check out the "scaffolded" readers that cover all the academic content.

Let me know if you have some other great and tested resources to get these kids engaged in the gen ed curriculum in traditional classroom settings.

Enjoy Michael

Shadow Puppet EDU
**Shadow Puppet Edu**


 * What it’s like**: Using Shadow Puppet Edu, students can create video slideshows, adding their own narration and text. Videos can be up to 30 minutes long and can include up to 100 images, free for classroom use. A video tutorial demonstrates how to make a video, and several sample videos are included as well. To create a new video, students tap the Create New icon and choose their images from the several resources included: the camera roll, other app libraries on the device, The Library of Congress, Maps, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The British Library, NASA, and NOAA, as well as from Web searches that can be done within the app.


 * Price**: Free


 * Grades**: 2-5

The instant gratification of micro-literature
Digital microstories are based on short fiction pieces that might be as few as six words to 140 characters — or a couple of sentences or short paragraphs. The emphasis is on brevity, certainly, but also on a student’s ability to make connections and inferences based on the few words they read (or write themselves), then extending those connections and inferences to a visualization using a teacher- or student-selected web tool

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 * Six Word Stories:**

Here is a sampling of tools – both cloud-based and device-based applications – that we think would be extremely useful for digital micro-storytelling:
 * [|Animoto]
 * [|Prezi]
 * [|iMovie] / [|Moviemaker]
 * [|Storybird]
 * [|ToonDoo] / [|Comic Life]
 * [|Pic Collage]
 * [|StoryKit]
 * [|DoInk]
 * [|Glogster]



> [|Home] =[|Tar Heel Reader]= Books for beginning readers of all ages

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Welcome to the Tar Heel Reader, a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches. [|Click here to learn more about alternative access methods]. Learn about the [|Favorites] page as a way to present your students with reading choices that you approve.
 * Warning**: There are books that are intended for teenagers who are just learning to read. You may find some books that are inappropriate for your students; don’t use those.

Ready to get started? Just click and go [|Books by Topic] (25878) [|Alphabet] (525) [|Fiction] (1295) [|Foods] (900) [|Health] (633) [|History] (511) [|Holidays] (754) [|Math and Science] (1303) [|Nursery Rhymes] (143) [|People and Places] (3576) [|Poetry] (274) [|Recreation and Leisure] (2311) [|Sports] (835) [|Books by Audience Rating] (12774) [|Animals and Nature] (4336 [|Art and Music] (580) [|Biographies] (501) [|Fairy and Folk Tales] (432)



> An online, instructional literacy program for adolescent and adult beginning readers. Based on research-proven pedagogical methods,
 * ==Route 66 Literacy==
 * [|www.route66literacy.org].
 * Route 66 pairs beginning readers side-by-side with more literate teacher-tutors who guide the interaction with the computer. Key benefits:
 * Reading, writing, and word study in a flexible, dynamic, internet-based instructional program.
 * Content that is appropriate to your student's age, interest, and ability.
 * You do not need special training to teach literacy.

Sign up for FREE and access Route 66 Literacy’s introductory content. Want more? You can also sign up for full access to the entire instructional content! > media type="youtube" key="iZDkMKi8PPw" height="205" width="277" align="center"



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