ED638-41: Teaching with the Internet - Fall Intersession 2021

Belinda Lynn Welles ED638 fall 2022 Dr. M. Rivera Effective Literacy Website Review # 7 Reading Rockets For my #7 Effective Literacy Review, I reviewed Reading Rocket https://www.readingrockets.org. Reading Rocket is an excellent resource site for anyone who helping a Struggling reader toward success. Reading Rockets is a national public media literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. Reading Rockets project received the David M. Rubenstein Prize in 2016. The project is made up of leading researchers and experts in the field of reading. It is also recognized as the top honor in the Library of Congress Literacy Awards program. Reading Rockets' mission is to take that research-based and best-practice information and make it available to as many people as possible through the power and reach of television and the Internet. Launched in 2001, Reading Rockets is an edu...

Belinda Lynn Welles ED638 fall 2022 Dr. M. Rivera Effective Literacy Website Review #6 The Story Place My #6 Effective Literacy Website review is on this site called Story Place https://www.storyplace.org/. Story Place is a place where children and their families have enjoyed attending story times for years. This site allows kid to interact in games and activities and join Charlotte Mecklenburg program in various locations. If you’re a teach or parent looking for stories for your little ones, Story Place is the place for you. It is full of great activities for learners to explore. Just choose a theme by clicking the icons in the home page to start the fun. My little two-year-old loves to play who am? Story place was first launched in 2000 and has been newly designed to present favorite stories and activities in a format compatible with desktop and mobile devices. This site also includes early literacy information for parents and caregivers. Story Place is a Kid friendly environment...

Belinda Lynn Welles ED638 fall 2022 Dr. M. Rivera Effective Literacy Website Review #5 My Story Book My fifth literacy website review is on my story book https://www.mystorybook.com/. My story book is easy-to-use book creator and book-sharing app. It allows students and teachers to create books using photos, typed content, voice recordings, and drawings created on the app. The drawing option offers many creation choices including 20 colors, multiple tools, and different sizes for each tool. To start your creation of a book, choose to create a new book, and follow the written directions that will instruct you along the way. There is also a tutoring video available if you need help. Kids these days enjoy games where they can create their own avatar or character. With my story book, students can create the story character and choose the detail looks for their character. Teachers who want to introduce students to digital story creation for the very first time, I recommend mystorybook.c...

Belinda Lynn Welles ED638 fall 2022 Dr. M. Rivera Effective Literacy Website Review #4 Starfall Starfall https://www.starfall.com/h/index-kindergarten.php started in September 2002. It has been a free public service to teach children to read. The home page provides two tabs into activities for Kindergarten and pre-k, and the other one for grades 1, 2, and 3. Since its open, it has grown to include language arts and mathematics for preschool to third grade. Starfall focuses on phonemic awareness, systematic sequential phonics, and common sight words in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity and it has proven to have effective resources for teaching emergent readers. The parent- teacher center on the menu bar has multiple free printout activities and lesson plans for grades 1-3 math that are also free. I especially like that Starfall activities are align with the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics. I have shared to several friends of mine about th...

Belinda Lynn Welles ED638 fall 2022 Dr. M. Rivera Effective Literacy Website Review #3 My third Literacy Website review is on the Roy the Zebra. Roy the zebra is a free resource that’s all about supporting emerging readers with their literacy skills. It is used at schools and at home. This site has great introduction literacy resources ranging from reading, spelling, and punctuation games, as well as guided reading story readings totally free. This site aims for those who are just starting to read and those who aren’t progressing as expected in reading. Roy the Zebra guarantee readers with interesting and fun activities that will build confidence both in reading and spelling. Readers will have fun reading the tale of the Singing Zebra called Roy. Trying to escape the horrible zoo he is trapped in, Roy tries to escape with the help of his friends. This guided reading of Roy the Zebra is packed with adventure, suspense and humor. Those who are in need of help. The resources found in Roy...

Belinda Lynn Welles ED638 fall 2022 Dr. M. Rivera Effective Literacy Website #2 Busy Teacher https://busyteacher.org is another great, great resource site. It has 17,300 free printable worksheets and lesson plans for Language Arts teachers. It’s been said that Busy Teacher is a favorite for many ESL teachers on the go. No matter if you teach kids or adults, beginners or advanced students; BusyTeacher will have what you need. It was so easy to me to go through the website and I know using this resource will save me hours in preparation time. Best of all, no registration required. It has many worksheets and lesson plans for the busy teacher. Because the site is well organized, it is easy to explore all the grammar, vocabulary, speaking, reading, listening, writing and pronunciation worksheets available to print or download. In addition to being able to download materials, users can upload their worksheets to the website and share them with thousands of other English teachers by clic...

Thank you, Dr. Rivera for the patience and guidance. I really appreciate it. ED638 has taught me how to integrate technology in the classroom in fun and creative ways. I will surely take the knowledge, tools and resources I gained from this course into my classroom whenever I can. I look forward to seeing the impacts it will have on my students. I am sure they will enjoy it just as much as I did. To my classmates, we have reached the end of the course. It was surely not easy with assignments due on the daily, but I am glad we were all able to work hard and keep pushing. It has been a pleasure working with you all again. May we continue to become better in our craft and never stop learning. Good luck to everyone! Wishing you all the best! Until next time, Maria