Photo credit: Speechnotes Speechnotes is a free speech-to-text software which will allow students to speak into the microphone and have their conversation dictated and turned into text. Disclaimer: with this type of software, it is important to clearly say where the punctuation goes as well as where to start a new line or add a […]
Photo credit NaturalReader Natural Reader is a free text-to-speech software that can take pdfs, Word documents or text that is copied and pasted, and it will read it aloud. Disclaimer: sometimes the formatting gets skewed when the text is pasted into the box.
Photo credit: Grammarly Grammarly is a free software to help students check their usage of grammar [and plagiarism; I believe with the upgrade which costs money]. Teachers can use Grammarly for their own work, and to have students pre-check their own work, which saves teachers countless hours of time providing feedback to students about their […]
Photo credit: Newsela Newsela provides interesting articles at a variety of reading difficulties. When using articles in the classroom, this could aid students who struggle with reading text, such as students with dyslexia & ESL (English as a second language) students, while still challenging students who are reading at a more challenging level. There is […]
Photo credit: Listenwise Listenwise provides interesting podcasts for Science, Humanities, & ESL. When using articles in the classroom, this could aid students who struggle with reading text, such as students with dyslexia & ESL students. These podcasts also focus on exposing students to more complex language, vocabulary, and topics to improve their reading skills. Here […]
Photo credit: Doodler Charles Doodle Buddy is a free app that students can use to paint and stamp with their finger. This is a great art tool; however, its usefulness does not end there. I’ve seen this tool used to help early readers trace out letters, blends, and words. I’ve also seen it used for […]
Photo credit: Clarity Innovations Number Rack is a free app to help students visualize addition and subtraction. It is also color coded so that students can begin to think in sets of 5 and 10.
Photo credit: Clarity Innovations Number Line is a free app to help students visualize number sequences. It can also be used to show strategies for counting, comparing, and for arithmetic. Students can practice with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, or negative numbers. I tried to use this app briefly, and I admit that I need more […]
Photo credit: roomrecess.com Typo Tron is a fun way to practice keyboarding skills. Type the letters ahead of the robot to remove obstacles and dangers. Disclaimer: this game requires Flash. Save
Photo credit: www.edutopia.org Here is an article from Edutopia (2011) that discusses when students should be introduced to, and be able to apply various tech skills. Save