I checked out three very cool websites today that would be
really helpful in the classroom or the library.
Click on the picture or the link to check out each site.
The first website that I enjoyed was BiblioNasium. This was is a site that is similar to the
Good Reads website that we are currently using.
However, this allows students to be in contact with one another in a
safe forum. They can link to their
teacher, librarian, principal, and parents to really show a community of
readers. This would be a great tool for
a child growing up to keep track of all of the books that they have read in
their life and to see how they have grown as a reader. This is something that I always wanted to
do. This is also a great tool for teachers
and librarians to use to make suggestions to students to broaden a student’s reading.
The second site that I checked out was Socrative. This is a site where you can have students use
their own devices or school devices to interact in the classroom or the library
in real time. Rather than having to ask
students what they are thinking individually, you can get everyone’s response
all at once. This would be a great help
in the classroom as you can constantly monitor understanding to help build remediation
groups. In the library, this would also
be helpful during lessons to easily present to all students directly at their
tables rather than having to move groups to see your projection area.
The final site that I looked at is one that I am already planning
on using this coming school year. Smore
is a site that makes newsletters.
However, these are not your traditional classroom or school
newsletter. Smore creates newsletters
that embed links, audio, video, and so many more things. When sending out your newsletters it works on
smartphones, tablets, and facebook. This
site really opens up the world of digital communication to your community at
large.
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