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 Using technology to promote reading

 Using technology to promote reading | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Greg Kessler shares one online resource and one versatile tool to help you develop your English language learners' reading skills ..."

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Six of the best apps for annotating PDFs

Six of the best apps for annotating PDFs | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Annotating is a key reading skill that enables you to actively and critically engage with text. Besides using it to comment on and capture your thoughts as you read, annotation can also be used as an instructional tool with your students ..."

  1. Adobe Acrobat Reader
  2. PDFelement
  3. Foxit
  4. Notability
  5. iAnnotate4
  6. PDF Expert
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Twelve great digital storytelling apps for young learners

Twelve great digital storytelling apps for young learners | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
 
"Below are some good iPad apps you can use with young learners to create and share digital stories. Digital storytelling is an effective way to enhance students writing, reading and speaking skills ..."
  1. Story Dice - ideas for writers
  2. Kid in Story Book Maker
  3. Tell About This
  4. Pictello
  5. Little Bird Tales
  6. ChatterPix Kids
  7.  StoryKit
  8.  
    Story Creator
  9. Little Story Maker
  10. Shadow Puppet Edu
  11. My Story Book Creator School Edition
  12.  Tellagami
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FREEPhonics Home

FREEPhonics Home | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"FREEPhonics is a free e-book from Primary Concepts with 82 lessons designed to help pre-K students build vocabulary and reading skills. The curriculum also comes with materials to support instruction, such as a teacher app and reproducible pages with letter tiles, word-building mats and sorting journals ..."

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Free e-book. No registration required. 

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Practical steps to foster 21st century skills with your young students — Emerging Education Technologies

Practical steps to foster 21st century skills with your young students — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Unleash student creativity and develop writing skills With the fun WriteReader web App As an educator, I’m always looking for tools to support students reading and writing skills ..."

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Nine amazing iPad apps for teaching kids phonemic awareness ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Nine amazing iPad apps for teaching kids phonemic awareness ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The importance of phonemic awareness instruction to the development of early reading skills has been highlighted in several research papers (see references below) ..."

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Reading skills damaged by teaching fad says academic - Herald Scotland

Reading skills damaged by teaching fad says academic - Herald Scotland | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A leading academic has criticised Scotland's obsession with a teaching technique credited with transforming the reading skills of primary pupils..."

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How video games can teach reading just as well as books | EdSurge News

How video games can teach reading just as well as books | EdSurge News | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"High school English teacher John Fallon is what you might call an early adopter. His tech of choice: video games—specifically narrative-based digital ..."

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Five good iPad storybook apps to enhance kids reading skills 

Five good iPad storybook apps to enhance kids reading skills  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"This is an updated version of the list we published in the past featuring some good iPad storybook apps to use with kids to help them nurture a love for reading and develop strong reading skills ..." '

  1. The Cat in the Hat
  2. Wee You-Things
  3. FarFaria Stories
  4. Fox Tales Story Book for Kids
  5. Dragon Brush
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Six great iPad apps teachers can use to annotate and edit PDF documents 

Six great iPad apps teachers can use to annotate and edit PDF documents  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Annotating is a key reading skill that enables you to actively and critically engage with text. Besides using it to comment on and capture your thoughts as you read, annotation can also be used as an instructional tool with your students ..."

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Six techniques for building reading skills—in any subject

Six techniques for building reading skills—in any subject | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Students need good reading skills not just in English but in all classes. Here are some ways you can help them develop those skills ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: ABCD Wordie analyzes text and creates vocabulary lists

Free Technology for Teachers: ABCD Wordie analyzes text and creates vocabulary lists | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"ABCD Wordie is a handy tool for evaluating the level of the vocabulary in a passage of text. To use ABCD Wordie you simply paste a chunk of text into the ABCD Wordie site and then choose one of nine levels that describe the reading skills of your students ..."

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Lost in a sea of yellow: Teaching students a better way to highlight

Lost in a sea of yellow: Teaching students a better way to highlight | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A lot of students are in love with their highlighters, sometimes using them to underline whole pages of text. But that's not how to tease out key concepts ..."

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