No matter what content any teacher is responsible for delivering, literacy is universal. This week on Twitter, I located an article that tells how Google Classroom can help students read in an interactive environment. There are several tools within Google Classroom that help students improve in reading while being engaged. The first tool recommended withing Google Classroom by Matthew Lynch is Newsela. Mr. Lynch talks about how the topic and subject areas covered through Newsela are of a great variety. The next tool recommended is Read&Write. This tool includes features across many learning styles. Next, Actively Learn helps teachers find supportive documents for their lessons to better help readers with literacy skills. Then there is PBS Learning Media which is a tool that is compatible with Google Classroom. Lastly, the author talks about Story Shares. This tool is geared toward teens and young adults.
Personally, I have never used Google Classroom, but I am interested to see how it can help my students improve their reading skills. Since I teach business courses, I would be most interested in Newsela since it extends across many topics and subjects. I also like that most of the tools are free. What Google Classroom tools do you think would be most helpful in your classroom?
Resource:
Lynch, M. (2018, September 25). Interactive Reading for the Google Classroom. Retrieved October 29, 2018, from https://www.thetechedvocate.org/interactive-reading-for-the-google-classroom
Reading and writing support each other greatly. For this reason, I chose to do a Google search on a writing platform for students. This week’s Google search produced a writing publishing, and critiquing tool called Teen Ink. This tool is good for students between the eighth and twelfth grade. Teen Ink even hosts writing contests. For my classroom, I would like to have students use Teen Ink for help on writing small projects in which they could later type in keyboarding class. A challenge that I can foresee is that some of the high school writers have published material that may not be appropriate for some of the younger students to read.
You may find more information about Teen Ink here.
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