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Educational Technology Resources
Books ❖ Burke, J. (2013). The English teacher’s companion: A completely new guide to
classroom, curriculum, and the profession (4th ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Burke is outstanding when it comes to understanding his students’ needs and finding innovative
ways to meet them. This edition contains a section entitled “Who We Teach: Understanding and Teaching the Next Generation,” which is useful in better understanding our techsavvy students. The section does not necessarily contain ed tech tips, but it can help one think about ed tech and the need to change our methods for the new generation.
❖ Kahn, S. (2012). The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. New York: Twelve. Salman Kahn, creator of Khan Academy, reveals his story and vision for education in this book.
He discusses the evolving role of technology in education and why it is important to embrace this change. Khan’s goal is to give all children a worldclass education.
Article ❖ Veira, A. K., Leacock, C. J., & Warrican, S. J. (2014). Learning outside the walls of the
classroom: Engaging the digital natives. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 30(2), 227244. This study analyzes the response of teachers and students to the use of educational technology to
support learning outside of the classroom. Biology students in 10th and 11th grade were asked to use Google and Facebook discussion groups in relation to their class. After an initial reluctance, students eventually found that the groups were useful. However, they preferred Facebook to Google due to its familiarity.
Websites and Apps (All Free!) ❖ NearPod http://nearpod.com/
A presentation tool to engage every student! NearPod allows you to create and upload presentations that include interactive slides to check student learning. When using NearPod, each student views the presentation on their own device (computer, tablet, phone, etc.) and can respond to polls, quizzes, and more. (Website and app)
❖ Google Classroom https://classroom.google.com Think Facebook, but for education. Classroom creates an online space for your class to share
ideas and documents, submit work, and keep up with the class schedule. This is a great tool to support students outside of school. (Website and app)
❖ Read&Write for Google Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readwriteforgooglechro/inoeonmfapjbbkmdafoankkfajkcphgd?hl=enUS This extension offers support for students with learning disabilities, dyslexia, and English
Language Learners. It turns web pages and web documents into interactive dictionaries, allowing the student to define, translate, and listen to the text on the page. (Website)
❖ Class Dojo https://www.classdojo.com/ This app allows you to keep track of behavior and attendance quickly and efficiently. Simply
transfer your roster to Class Dojo and print out invite codes for your students. You can award positive points as well as negative for various classroom behaviors, making it a great tool for accountability. Students and their parents can log on to view the points and send messages to you. This app is particularly appealing to students in middle school, but I have had success with it in high school (sophomores and juniors) as well. The key to making it work for you is consistency. (Website and app)
❖ Achieve the Core http://achievethecore.org/ & http://achievethecore.org/academicwordfinder/ This website contains free content for ELA and math, all aligned to Common Core. If you can
dream it, Achieve the Core most likely has it! My favorite aspect of the site is the academic word finder, which identifies and defines academic vocabulary on, below, and above grade level in any chunk of text. (Website)
❖ Haiku Deck https://www.haikudeck.com/ This website is similar to PowerPoint and Prezi in that it is a tool to create a presentation.
However, Haiku Deck has its own image database and a simplified format, making it easier and quicker to create sleek presentations. This is great for having students create short presentations to share with peers during a class jigsaw. (Website)
❖ Touchcast http://www.touchcast.com/ Touchcast is an intuitive videomaking tool that allows students to make professionallevel
videos all for free. The website also includes easy to follow tutorial videos for all aspects of their website. (Website and iOS app)
● News ELA https://newsela.com/ An awesome site that includes thousands of articles about the current issues that are appropriate
for our students. This site also allows you to differentiate reading levels at the touch of a button for your various students and also includes a quiz for each reading level! (Website)
