Archive for the ‘Reading’ Category

FREE Writing Resources

4th January 2010 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Online writing resources
Grades: Middle school & up, Nonprofits, Business, Marketing
With so many resources out there, it’s hard to decide what’s really useful. Here’s some updated links that provide a wide variety of writing resources.
LInk to: Writing Workshop.
Good luck, and let me know of others that may be helpful.

Don Johnston Distributes Intel Reader

12th November 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Reading Mobile Devices converting text to digital text, special education, ESL,
Grades: All levels
Don Johnston just announced partnering with Intel to distribute the new Intel Reader. The reader allows over 55 million people having trouble reading to convert printed text to digital text.

FREE – Internet Public Library

11th November 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Public internet library for students, teachers and researchers
Grades: Upper school students, teachers, administration, research, college, universities
What’s Internet Public Library?
If you’re looking for a trusted research source, consider the Internet Public Library. Since 1995, IPL.org has provided vetted resources for students, teachers, librarians, and academia. It is a public learning technology service [...]

FREE: How to Use Adobe Products in Schools

9th November 2009 by LisaHill 4 Comments

Subject Matter: Adobe Digital School Collection, Using Technology in School classrooms, Media Technology, Marketing, Story Telling
Grades: K-12
Adobe Offers More Than Great Software
Every day, new media products come online providing students and teachers different tools to excel. When paper and pencils were introduced, these tools were a breakthrough in technology. Now, today’s schools incorporate [...]

FREE: New York Times Learning Network

29th October 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: New York Times Daily Lessons For Teachers and Students
Grades: Middle School & Up
Offering Current Events, Articles, Photos & Videos As Lessons
The New York Times offers free educational material using current news.
“Our mission is to offer rich and imaginative materials for teaching and learning using New York Times content.”

Co:Writer 6 – Helping Autistic Students

27th October 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Autism, teaching students to write, Speech Pathology, word recognition
Grades: Elementary to college
Co:Writer & Email Help Autistic Students & Beginning Writers
Don Johnston produces an interesting software called Co:Writer. I reviewed this product earlier (Solo Literacy Suite). FromĀ  a recent email, the company rep informed me how Co:Writer assists autistic students and beginning writers [...]

FREE – Reading with Starfall.com

12th October 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Reading
Grades: PreK to Early Elementary, ESL, ESOL, Learning English for nonnative speakers
Colorful Phonetic Learning
For a free program to learn how to read, www.starfall.com is pretty sophisticated, colorful and fun. This free online program only requires internet access, a computer, and a web browser.

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