Showing posts with label Tech Tools to Try. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tech Tools to Try. Show all posts

Saturday, November 1, 2014

StoryboardThat.com

I came across this resource on Sharemylesson.com - it's all about using storyboards in the ELA classroom.  This particular site featured is StoryboardThat.com and while checking it out I found a ton of free resources for many of the works I know you read with classes.  They have a free version, as well as a discounted version for educators. Even if you don't use this particular tool, we can do similar things in Comic Life and other free resources but the pedagogy behind it and free resources I thought would interest you all.

Here are a few resources you can explore: 
And here is a list of all of StoryboardThat's free resources including narrative structures, literary elements, characters, etc.  Click on the blue titles to go to the page with the resources for that topic.

Teacher Guides 

Narrative Structures

Literary Elements 

Characters 

Parts of Speech & Grammar 

Sunday, April 27, 2014

FT4T: Dozens of Virtual Tours and Webcams On One Google Map

This post originally appeared on Free Technology for Teachers



Dozens of Virtual Tours and Webcams On One Google Map Through her blog Angela has shared some great ideas and resources for teaching history, civics, and geography. One of the neat resources that Angela shared a few years ago that I still revisit from time to time is a Google Map containing placemarks for dozens of webcams and virtual tours. Click any placemark on the map to find a link to a virtual tour or webcam for that location. [...]
Source: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/dozens-of-virtual-tours-and-webcams-on.html#.U123t8bVSEw