Online Tools to Help Personalize Learning
There are many online tools that can help teachers differentiate instruction and personalize learning. A few of my recent favorites are:
Storyjumper- help kids create and publish their own story book : http://www.storyjumper.com/
Storybird- Collaborative storytelling/publishing online http://storybird.com/
Glogster- allows students to create digital posters- my high school sophomore is using this now: http://edu.glogster.com/
Graphic organizers for brainstorming and ordering information: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/ Adds audio and conversations to pictures, slides
There are a bunch of other ideas here as well:
http://theapple.monster.com/benefits/articles/8529-10-technology-enhance...
What kind of online tools do you use in your classroom or would you consider using?
Have you considered adding blogging or wikis into your classroom to help students create a personal learning profile/collection of their work that they can share with others?
What kind of things have you found most helpful as web-based tools?
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Wikis
I use a class wiki where every student has an individual page. As I speak with a student about their work, say a research project, I take notes on the kid's page as I speak. That way they later can see what I've said if I've sent them in a different direction from the rest of the class. I can also post individual resources on the fly. Then as they are working, I can "drop in" and see their drafts as they are doing the rather than waiting to collect the finished products only to discover, "Darn, little Johnny went off in a random direction."
<a href="http://www.tinascraft.com">TinasCraft.com</a>
TinasCraft.com is an online educational platform for kids between 3 and 7 years old. I've recently subscribed and my son just loved it. Huge variety of crafts with instructions and photos, encyclopedic information about all the animals and the environment, music, videos, naration fairy tales and so much more. The content of this website is amazing. But it's not only suitable for parents but for educators as well. A friend of mine is a kindergarten teacher and uses TinasCraft.com to monitor her little students activities and performance because the site provides statistics and analytics of each kids performance. I find really useful. One can discover his kids strengths and weaknesses concerning its learning skills. I highly recommend it!
Cutting edge reading software that personalizes learning!
Hi Whitney,
Thanks for setting up this thread! Very informative! I hope that my post is just as helpful to you and other readers--
At Actively Learn, we are developing the best web-based reading environment for students. Like you, we want students to get more out of reading. Based on our experience as teachers, we have designed software (optimized for iPads) that makes it possible for you to teach your students to become advanced readers. You can ask questions, add comments, and embed multimedia links in the classic English and history texts you already assign.
Perhaps most importantly, and most pertinent to this thread, is the opportunity to personalize learning using Actively. Our software allows you to bring your own questions and content into the text to make it relevant to your students--regardless of their levels. Teachers can also provide in-line, real time feedback to their students! Finally, the data collected using the software helps inform teachers of their students' strengths and areas of growth.
Please visit www.ActivelyLearn.com for an invite to use the software in your classes. We would love your feedback on your experience using the software with classic English and history texts, and any texts you are licensed to use from the internet.
Best,
Joe