LINKS
LISTENING
- The Exploratorium (exploratorium.edu/listen/lg_intro.php)
- The Utah Education Network Listening Page (uen.org/k-2interactives/listening.shtml)
- MED-EL Listening Games (medel.com/us/soundscape)
PODCASTS
- Eleanor Amplified (tiny.cc/i2yawy)
- The Show About Science (soundcloud.com/the-show-about-science)
- Brains On (brainson.org)
- Short and Curly (abc.net.au/radio/programs/shortandcurly)
- Book Club for Kids (bookclubforkids.org)
- Tumble (sciencepodcastforkids.com)
- The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd (doctorfloyd.com)
- Listenwise (listenwise.com)
- Freakonomics Radio (freakonomics.com/archive)
- StarTalk (startalkradio.net)
- The Allusionist (theallusionist.org)
- Stuff You Missed in History Class (missedinhistory.com/podcasts)
- Radiolab (wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab)
- Criminal (thisiscriminal.com)
- Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History (revisionisthistory.com/seasons)
- This American Life (thisamericanlife.org)
- Youth Radio (youthradio.org)
- This I Believe (npr.org/series/4538138/this-i-believe)
POETRY FOR LISTENING
- Poetry Archive (poetryarchive.org)
- Poetry Out Loud (poetryoutloud.org)
- Open Culture (openculture.com/audio_books_poetry)
- Lit2Go (etc.usf.edu/lit2go/search/?q=poetry)
- Library of Congress Web Guide for Poetry Audio Recordings: A Guide to Online Resources (loc.gov/rr/program/bib/poetryaudio)
AUDIO STORIES
- Loyal Books (loyalbooks.com/genre/Teen_Young_adult)
- Unite for Literacy (uniteforliteracy.com)
- Storynory (storynory.com)
- Online Audio Stories (onlineaudiostories.com/category/all_stories/audio_stories)
- Robert Munsch (robertmunsch.com/books)
- Light Up Your Brain! (lightupyourbrain.com/stories)
- Aesop’s Fables (aesopfables.com)
- Lit2Go (etc.usf.edu/lit2go)
- Digital Book (digitalbook.io)
- The Blueford Series (bluford.org/audiobooks)
- Sync (audiobooksync.com)
WRITING
KEYBOARDING
- One-Hand Typing (aboutonehandtyping.com/introduction.html)
- Dance Mat Typing (bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr)
- Sense-Lang (games.sense-lang.org)
- Super Hyper Spider Typer (hoodamath.com/games/superhyperspidertyper.html)
- Learn2Type for schools (learn2type.com/schools/whatis.cfm)
- Teaching Channel email etiquette (teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-email-etiquette)
- ePals (epals.com)
WORD PROCESSING
Writing Poetry
- Poetry Soup (poetrysoup.com)
Reading Support
- Whooo’s Reading (whooosreading.org)
Journals
- Penzu (penzu.com)
Content Reports
- CAST Science Writer (tiny.cc/zizawy)
Global Peer Revision
- ePals (epals.com)
BLOGGING
VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: Nicole M. Zumpano
- Audioboom (https://audioboom.com/, which at the time was free, but now has a cost)
- PicCollage (https://pic-collage.com/)
- TodaysMeet.com (now defunct; Backchannel Chat http://backchannelchat.com/ is an alternative)
- Teaching about Feedback (zumpanotechlab.blogspot.mx/2014/02/teaching-students-how-to-give-strong.html) AND zumpanotechlab.blogspot.com/2014/12/student-feedback-part-ii.html)
BLOGS
- Comments4Kids (comments4kids.blogspot.com) — “How to Compose a Quality Comment”
- “How to Get Your Students Blogging” by Pernille Ripp (tiny.cc/r25cwy)
ELEMENTARY BLOGGING
- Weebly for Education (education.weebly.com)
- Edublogs (edublogs.org)
- KidBlog (kidblog.org)
- KidzBlog (kidzblog.en.softonic.com)
- Seesaw (web.seesaw.me)
SECONDARY BLOGGING
- “Blogging with Middle Schoolers: Front-loading and First Steps” by Heather Wolpert-Gawron (tiny.cc/755cwy)
- WordPress (wordpress.com)
- Weebly (weebly.com)
- Weebly for Education (education.weebly.com)
- Tumblr (tumblr.com)
- Edmodo (edmodo.com)
- Schoology (schoology.com/k-12)
WIKIS
- Wikidot in Education (wikidot.com/education)
- PBworks Basic Edition for Education (pbworks.com)
VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: Sheri Edwards
- TeachersFirst OK2Ask (teachersfirst.com/ok2ask)
AUTHORING BOOKS
- Book Creator (bookcreator.com)
- FlipSnack Edu (flipsnackedu.com)
- TikaTok (tikatok.com/starters/details/title/blank-book)
- My StoryMaker (carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker)
- StoryJumper (storyjumper.com/main/classroom)
- Bookemon for Educators (bookemon.com/edcenter-home)
- Studentreasures (studentreasures.com)
- Read, Write, Think (readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/flipbook)
WRITING FOR PUBLICATION
- List of publication outlets Stone Soup (stonesoup.com/where-to-publish-writing-by-kids)
- My Hero (myhero.com)
- Cyberkids (cyberkids.com/he/html/submit.html)
- Stone Soup (stonesoup.com)
- Amazing Kids! (mag.amazing-kids.org/get-involved/write-for-us)
- Launch Pad (launchpadmag.com/write)
- Magic Dragon (magicdragonmagazine.com)
- KidLit (kid-lit.net)
AUDIO RECORDERS
- Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net/download)