Apps for English when you don t do tech. Sparking engagement and learning with student invovled technology.

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1 Apps for English when you don t do tech Sparking engagement and learning with student invovled technology.

2 Then and now..

3 Introductions Name, school, grade level, subject Who is the best villain in literature?

4 The Digital Land Our students are digital natives, [generally] persons born or brought up during the age of digital technology and therefore familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age. (google definition) Many of us (teachers) are digital immigrants, [generally] persons born or brought up before the widespread use of digital technology. (google definition) Some of us are digital tourists, like digital immigrants, but aren t sure they want to learn the language and the customs.

5 Apps BeFunky Padlet Pinterest Students create Canva

6 Pinterest projects Free with sign-up Character Boards Setting Board Exposition Board Add characters and conflicts Theme Board

7 Pinterest: How to Create your board Name your board Add collaborators to your board

8 Pinterest: How to Two ways to add websites From your board Using the Pinterest browser button

9 Padlet projects Free with sign-up Collaborative Poster Projects Group Research Ms. Madonna s Padlet for Child Labor in Agriculture: period 4 Activating Prior Knowledge - period 6

10 Padlet: How to Create a new Padlet

11 Padlet: How to Choose a blank

12 Padlet: How to Or choose a template

13 Padlet: How to.. Name your Padlet and add a description Choose a wallpaper background Click Next

14 Padlet: How to.. Modify your Padlet Optional: choose an icon Posting: choose Attribution Posting: Comments (optional) Address: Change the address (optional) Choose Next

15 Padlet: How to.. Keep it Secret Choose access Add contributors Optional: Remake Optional: Moderation

16 Padlet: How to.. Make connections between posts Hover over the post you want to connect Pencil trashcan three dots Click three dots to get menu Choose Connect to a post Type a label for the connection Click CONNECT

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18 BeFunky projects Free with sign-up Free templates in Designer

19 BeFunky projects Students can design an invitation to Gatsby party They can create a Save the Date for Romeo and Juliet They can make a menu for a Literary Food Fair They can make Thank You Cards for or from characters They can design updated covers for novels They can create Book Brochures or Travel Brochures for settings They can design flyers for figurative language Under Blogger Resources Inforgraphic Students can create a how to for grammar or punctuation

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24 Canva projects Free with sign-up Free templates in Find Templates

25 Canva projects Free images or upload your own

26 Canva projects The sky is the limit in this app Hundreds of free templates Download finished projects CD Cover with playlist for novel Infographic to make figurative language charts Newsletters for themes Proposal for a movie treatment of a story Recipe cards for writing Introduction Invoice for the cost of damage to Verona Lesson Plan for Miss Caroline in TKM Bookmarks for annotation techniques Resume for characters Calendar for timeline Letterhead for specific characters Photo collages to demonstrate rhetorical devices

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28 A new idea you d like to try next week /ramona_pinon/ techtober17

29 Suggestions Piktochart.com Free with Infographics Kathy Schrock website. Section on how to use infographics to assess authentic learning.