Tech+Tools

The major changes in the MN Literacy/LA stansrads (based on Comon Core) inlcude: digital litearacy, web publication, collaboration (local and global) and college & carrer readiness (including communication skills).

Our Matrix: Tech Tools for LA Standards purposes (http://bit.ly/lansborotechmatrix) T chart- then to now... i.e journal to blogs Group discussion to skype and online "pen pals" Higher level engagement via global collaboration

Collection of Collaborative Global Projects Lee's Summit School District Collaborative Student Projects IEARN Collaboration Center 21st Century Schools Global Projects Sampling of Sites: Tech & Ed Box of Tricks: extensive web 2.0 list Everything ESL list of sites

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Collections of Sites:
Wiki: Apps for Storytelling Read to Me, online stories ELLs & Technology Tools for (English) Learners English Language Teaching (using ICTs) Language Interaction ipad/ios Devices & ELLs Collaborative Tools online Student Engagement Comics & Cartoons http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/iPod+Apps @http://technoconstructivist.pbworks.com/w/page/20262520/FrontPage Kevin Honeycutt's Learning Tools by Category @http://www.myenglishimages.com/ Great list of tech tools by function

Collaborative Spaces & Online Sticky Boards (backchannels!)
Wallwisher Linoit Primary Wall typewith.me todaysmeet [] [|http://typewith.me] Blank notepad! Twitter [|Shakespeak] Poll Everywhere socrative

Thesauraus/Dictionary Sites:
Visual Thesaurus Visuwords Snappywords Synonym Finder

iPad Apps & Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom's ipad apps wiki Kathy Schrock's ipad apps for Bloom's Langwitches ipad apps for Bloom's

Storytelling
Story Patch- story telling app My Story app StoryTop Silly Story Maker app This is My Story app

Logging Learning
Double Entry Journals (suggestion: adapt with Google docs for a collaborative journal) More about double-entry journals Reader's Response Journals Apps & sites to use as learning logs: Zapd, Storyrobe, SonicPics, Kidblog, Edmodo, Schoology, GoAnimate, Xtranormal.. Middle School examples: using Xtranormal to summarize learning Kidblogs examples- with requests for comments!

Collab via SMARTboard
(most of site above, plus...) Wallwisher Blogs, logs and interactive Learning Journals

Professional Collaboration
Twitter Facebook Nings

create/ produce/ storytelling || interact/ respond/ expand || organize/ sequence/ || collaborate/ negotiate || content specific || listen/ language patterns || exapand vocab/ play with words || explain/ define/ paraphrase || research || networking/ conversing ||
 * ===Beginning List of websites for Language Interaction & Skills=== || compose/
 * Kidblogs.org || x || x || x || x || x ||  || x || x || x || x ||
 * Little Bird Tales- simple digital storytelling site || x ||  || x ||   ||   ||   || x || x ||   ||   ||
 * Storybird || x ||  || x ||   ||   ||   || x || x ||   || x ||
 * Zooburst || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Animoto || x ||  || x || x ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Glogster for Edu || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x || x ||
 * Wordia || x ||  ||   ||   ||   || x || x ||   || x ||   ||
 * Visual Thesaurus ||  || x || x ||   || x || x || x ||   || x ||   ||
 * http://pbskids.org/buster/ || x || x ||  ||   ||   || x || x ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 5 card flicker || x || x ||  ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Six Word Stories || x || x || x ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||   || x ||
 * Graphic Organizers & Collaborative Space || x || x ||  ||   || x ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||
 * Piclits || x || x || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Brainpop/ Brainpop ESL ||  || x ||   || x || x || x ||   ||   || x ||   ||
 * Museum Box || x || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x || x ||   ||
 * Fotobabble || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||
 * Go Animate || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||   || x ||
 * AudioBoo || x || x ||  ||   ||   || x ||   || x ||   || x ||
 * Blabberize || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Common Craft Videos || x ||  ||   ||   ||   || x || x || x || x ||   ||
 * Dabbleboard || x || x || x || x ||  ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Edmodo || x || x ||  || x ||   ||   ||   || x ||   || x ||
 * ManyThings.org || x ||  ||   || x ||   || x || x || x ||   ||   ||
 * TodaysMeet || x ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Zapd (app) || x ||  || x ||   || x ||   || x || x ||   ||   ||
 * StoryRobe (app) || x ||  || x ||   || x ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Talking News (app) || x || x || x ||  ||   || x ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Stickpick (app) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x || x || x ||   ||   ||
 * ShowMe (app) || x ||  || x ||   ||   || x ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Songify (app) ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || x || x ||   ||   ||   ||
 * SonicPics (app) || x || x || x ||  ||   || x ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * PuppetPals (app) || x ||  || x ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Toontastic (app) || x ||  || x ||   ||   ||   ||   || x ||   ||   ||
 * Shelfari ||  || x ||   || x || x ||   || x || x || x || x ||
 * Fake Facebook Walls || x || x || x || x ||  ||   ||   || x || x || x ||