My previous post on Literacy Center Change Ups was so popular, I decided to expand on it! These simple change up's will help increase engagement, peak interest, provide differentiation, and teach 21st century skills. Open Mic Choose reading passages or fluency work Students must practice their work (x) times, then they can sign up to read into the mic Use Clyp.it to record their reading Post the recording to Schoology Puppet Pals / Telegami / iMovie Have students re-teach a concept, a lesson, or retell a story Record this using the Puppet Pals, iMovie or Telegami app Post the video to Schoology Global Google Form Create a form for your students for assessment VS a paper test Share this form through social media (I can help) Compare your data with that of participants outside of PLSAS Get fancy and input the data on My Maps Pro Post the link to Schoology Google Forms Create a generic form asking two or three questions
Create a schedule so each student fills out this form on a regular basis The spreadsheet you get out of this is a reading log you can track and show parents! ThingLink Use this for any subject! Social Studies EX. Create your own state Have students draw a state Take a picture of the state in the ThinkLink app Record the student giving a message to the states people as if they were the governor and upload it to YouTube Overlay this link onto the picture of their state Have them draw three more features and overlay them onto their state to create an interactive image Post the images to Schoology Flippity This website gives you the opportunity to create digital flashcards Create custom decks for each subject, include images Integrates with Google Post resources to Schoology Google Drive Create a folder called Literacy Center Work Change the permissions to be Public, Anyone with the link can view Create a QR code to this folder Put PDF’s, audio recordings, or readings in this folder Students scan the QR code, then they can open the PDF worksheets or readings and get to it (paperless) SMART Board Games Here are some links to a warehouse of fun, educational games that work on your SMART Board http://interactivesites.weebly.com/ http://www.fun4thebrain.com/ http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/ Write About This This cool app gives you prompts for your little readers to be inspired by Simple user interface with login options to record journals over time For PreK-1 kiddos, there is a talk about this app as well Use Headings Google Docs provides a linking option within the document to create an ongoing set of posts Either create bookmarks within the document or change the text type to a heading to create a link Embed a table of contents at the top to create your on-going document Use this for daily journaling or ongoing comprehension checks Popplet Create a mind map of a concept or visualize a topic Use for all subjects Export the image and upload it to Schoology Lego Movie Maker Use Legos to teach about what you know This is a stop motion animation app that students will love Create claymation, Lego animation or your own type of visualization of any educational topic Upload the video to YouTube or post it to Schoology Educreations Have students teach a concept using this tool, make them the teacher for a lesson Recording can stop and pause if needed Upload the video when you are done and post it to Schoology |
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