Tag: literacy
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Comprehension & Pixar Shorts
The internet has no end to amazing innovations to enhance students’ learning both in online and face to face classroom settings. I wish to introduce you to the use of Pixar Shorts as a means by which you can stir high interest in comprehension activities among your students both in emote and face to face…
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Fun Tech
On this lovely ‘Humpday’, are you looking for some lightweight tech tools to aid your classroom management or just to insert some fun? Take a look at our quick list of 3 fun edu-tech tools below. Let us never forget the power of FUN in our students’ learning. Sparkle Box School (2021) lists 12 reasons…
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April Fools’ & Digital Literacy
Did the image above get you? 🙂 Harmless pranks like this a great for a good laugh but perhaps you are wondering how on earth could the two concepts in the title of this post ever have a connection? Well, as April Fool’s Day is in full swing I invite you to think about it…
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Scholastic Story Starters
Our mini post series on digital writing tools continues by featuring ‘Scholastic Story Starters‘. This platform is sure to encourage creativity and fun among your students. Designed to appear as a virtual machine, this tool provides students with randomly selected themes for writing tasks or assignments. Navigating through the tools is easy with sound effects…
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Digital Footprints
One’s digital foot print “refers to the trail of data you leave when using the internet. It includes websites you visit, emails you send, and information you submit online. A digital footprint can be used to track a person’s online activities and devices. Internet users create their digital footprint either actively or passively.” (Kaspersky, 2022)…
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ToyTheatre.com – Spotlight #1
We begin our spotlight features with a fun and interactive platform which is sure to be a favorite in any classroom! This website features a collection of free interactive educational games for children ages 5 though 10. Though this site has so many amazing things to offer we wish to draw your attention to the…
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The-vices? (say it slowly)
Electronic devices seem to still carry a stigma when it comes to education and literacy. Some argue that they are the bane of the modern world in some respects. “All he wants to do is play on the gaming console”, “She is always on social media”, “I really wish they would just unplug, put down…
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