Tips and Tools for the Classroom
From guest writer Lori Franz:
www.thinkfinity.org – A web site of educational content created by organizations that are experts in their field. All content areas are included.
Santa Maria-Bonita School District website – Listed are grade level ideas, focus walls, etc. for Houghton-Mifflin Reading.
ReadingRockets – Reading strategies, lessons, interventions for struggling readers.
www.kidsknowit.com – Kids learning website. Educational games, etc.
Now that the cursory iTunes introduction is out of the way, I can tell you about some great, free content available for download. The University of Southern Florida offers hundreds of children’s stories and classic literature in the form of audiobooks through the Lit2Go service. From Beatrix Potter to Charles Dickens and more, you can find audio files and printable versions for use in independent reading, small group or whole group instruction.
You can find the files in FSU’s iTunes U section in the iTunes store.
Tags are a great way to “file” a blog post. A post can have a virtually unlimited tags that allow anyone to reference its information. Teacher’s Bag tags are designed to make posts searchable by topic or grade level, or any other category you might think of.
