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Many of the interactive resources below can also be shared with the students to improve their English / other language comprehension,  Presentation on WHY use technology? and resources for ESL  http://www.slideshare.net/skrajicek/integrating-techesl BLOGGING Every Student has a  blog  from years Little Ducks to Year 9. Please let Jon or Simon know if you are interested in having students blog in your subject. Here is an example of a Year 8 blog. The student is currently blogging in Science and ICT. After surveying the students 80% preferred blogging in place of using their exercise book. http://christinajan.blogspot.com/ Why blog?  http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/3721 How to blog?  http://suewaters.com/2013/02/11/getting-more-out-of-student-blogging/ APPS / WEB 2.0 Great looking resource for older students  www.fluentu.com Duolingo & Memrise will remind students if they haven’...

A site that allows English teachers to flip their grammar instruction. Rather than marking papers with common writing errors, teachers can now give them a link to a page that has a video that teaches students to identify and resolve the error. Students may also take a short quiz on the topic to earn a badge. The site will continue to grow throughout the year. http://grmr.me/

Visual Storytelling for Primary Level Students Sign up as a Teacher and you can have students can work individually or collaboratively to create visual stories. You can also embed student work into blogs, sites etc.

Google Drive / Docs in the Classroom     TIP If collaborating, get kids to pick a colour and write their name in it at the start (a key)... then you know which student has done what.    

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