Source: Teacher Appreciation — Vooks Via: TEACHERS: Get a FREE YEAR of animated storybooks ? with Vooks Vooks are animated picture books that read to the student, along with added sound effects and music. What’s nice about Vooks is the TV aspect. The service is supported for use on TVs through a Roku, Chromecast, or…
Source: Duolingo ABC – Learn to Read on the App Store Duolingo is known for it’s line of language learning apps, and now they are getting into the learning to read arena. Due to the numerous school closures, Duolingo is making the reading app available early. The app has no ads or in-app purchases and is…
Source: inkle blog – inklewriter lives again! I posted about Inklewriter way back in 2016. It is a tool much like Twine for creating interactive stories. Inklewriter is now back, and free to use on the web. There are several new features, but the biggest is that Iinklewriter is now open source. That means your…
The resulting paper begins: “Symbols are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. The Green Light Situated at the end of Daisy’s East Egg dock and barely visible from Gatsby’s West Egg lawn, the green light represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future.” That’s not A+ work by any…
Source: Epic!: Read Amazing Children’s Books Online – Unlimited Access to the Best Books and Learning Videos For Kids 12 and Under I stumbled upon Epic! when I read about their free activity calendars. Although the service has a price for families, it is free to use in your classroom. Their quickstart guide is available…
Source: [AI Dungeon 2 is here!](https://www.aidungeon.io/2019/12/aidungeon2-is-here.html) AI DUNGEON 2 is the sequel to AI DUNGEON, an interactive text adventure game. What makes this game different from interactive text adventures is that the responses are not pre-programmed. The computer creates the game as you play, based on what you enter. This game would be great for…
Source: SAS Writing Reviser – G Suite Marketplace The SAS Writing Reviser is a suite of tools to help you or your students identify weaknesses in their writing. Unlike conventional grammar checkers, SAS Writing Reviser has the user select the component of writing, such as passive voice, in the writing to be analyzed. Users of…
Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What’s more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve…
Source: One Page Dungeon by watabou One Page Dungeon is exactly what the title says, it creates a dungeon map all on one page. The dungeon is created with a random name, subtitle, and various objects placed in the rooms. This tool could be used as a starting point for stories. For example, in picture…
Source: Change Case – Google Docs add-on When I stumbled upon this add-on, I was thinking, “Doesn’t Google Docs offer a change case tool?”. Apparently, it doesn’t, but with this add-on, it can! This is great to use when you are trying to CORRECT SOMEONE WHO HAS DECIDED TO YELL THROUGHOUT YOUR DOCUMENT.