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Eclectic Technology
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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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Beth Dichter
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Beth Dichter's insight:
How important it is to read aloud to young ones 15 minutes per day? To get the answer to this question explore the infographic published by ReadAloud, a non -profit organization. Although geared to parents this infographic would be great for teachers to see (and refer to in parent meetings). Perhaps it comes as no surprise that "reading aloud is the single most important thing a parent or caregiver can do to improve a child’s readiness to read and learn" according to this infographic. 
Sirenetta Leoni's curator insight,
November 23, 2013 6:40 PM
All voice actors should be reading aloud for 15 minutes daily for practice anyway, so if you're not doing this already with your kids, you really need to make the time to do it. It also happens to be a great way to test out and practice dialects and characters; your kids are usually more forgiving than the reviewers on Audible and Amazon. If your grandchildren, nieces or nephews live far away, there's no reason why you can't Skype-read to them...or spend 15 minutes daily recording a book that you can send them when it's completed. And if you don't have kids in your life, your local library or school would probably love to have a professional voice actor come in and read to students. Here are tips from the SAG Foundations BookPals for reading aloud: http://bookpals.net/ten-tips-for-reading-aloud/ ...and they all lived happily ever after! 
ozziegontang's curator insight,
November 25, 2013 10:28 PM
The proof is in the reading. And making it a daily practice. 
Jan Watts's curator insight,
November 26, 2013 5:09 PM
We know this, but it bears repeating, and repeating and repeating!!!! |
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All my favorite ebooks! Some of the ebooks are from YouTube. I use Safeshare to remove the ads and suggested videos from YouTube. Read more about Safeshare.tv here. The newest e-book webmix: Ebook ...
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post will lead you to five Symbaloo's (a website that allows you to create webmixes that are all active links). There you will find eBooks geared to younger readers (or listeners). The topics of the Symmbaloo's are: * Read to Me - a webmix of 16 read aloud * National Geographic Kids - 37 non-fiction magazines for kids. Audio available and will read the words to the kids * B&N Storytime Online - 16 Classic Books read by the author of the book * Ebook #1 - 23 Books read by actors * Ebook Set 2 - 35 online books from various sites * Starfall Books - 42 themed books from Starfall Each of the webmixes are linked to Symbaloo. These mixes are great to use at school with students or to send home so parents would be able to use them with their children.
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
January 22, 2014 2:16 PM
A series of Symbaloo sets which link to a variety of ebooks. I will be looking into this with our ipads :) 
Teresa Pearl's curator insight,
January 30, 2014 6:20 PM
As a special ed teacher, I am constantly looking for ebooks that will read to my lower readers. This is a great article with links for 5 other pages with ebooks. 
Brette Ridings Callaway's curator insight,
June 2, 2015 10:03 PM
This is a great site that with links to eBooks. I especially like how the author provides information about each site, how he uses it, and what the eBooks can do. This is very user friendly for teachers to explore and learn more about eBooks available on the web.
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As mobile devices become more popular, education leaders differ on when and if devices like iPads should be integrated into K-12 curricula.
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If you work with younger students and you have access to digital devices that access the Internet head over to National Geographic Young Explorer. You will find issues from October 2009 through April 2014. The great thing about these magazines is that the student may have the text read to them, and each word is highlighted as it is read. The site also states that it continues to add new magazines during the school year, so more should be coming soon.
Along with the Listen and Read feature, there are two Teacher Guides for each issue that you may print out. One guide is for Kindergarten and the other is for first grade. The guides include lesson plans, discussion questions, ready-to-copy worksheets and more." There is also a projectable issue available that you may use to present the information to your class as a whole.
This is a great resource to introduce students to science and to informational text (as required by Common Core). For teachers of young students who may not have a science background this website will provide you with a wealth of resources. Have fun sharing this with students and their families.