Webliography
Amy Strom
EDU 504
Storyline Online is a website created by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. It features celebrities who will read picture books aloud to students. Every book contains activities and lesson guides. Reading disabled students will benefit from listening to the story and then completing the activities. All students will enjoy hearing their favorite celebrities read books aloud!
BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. provide short animated videos that are entertaining for students, but curriculum-based for teachers. BrainPop has expanded to include videos in Spanish, French, and Chinese. BrainPop ESL is another branch that provides videos that help English language learners. All sections of BrainPop include literature links, writing activities, and other games.
This website has lots of different math games for elementary students. One of the games called Lemonade Stand, offers a real life application for using money. Students must operate Lemonade Stand and decide how to price and control inventory. The Coffee Shop game also provides a real-life simulation, which is valuable for all students.
PBS for Teachers is loaded with activities, videos, and lessons for students of all ages. Teachers will find this site valuable as it contains lesson guides and videos, which can be used for instruction. Students will enjoy playing some of the educational games. For example, under the reading category, students can play a game about suffixes and how the suffix changes the meaning of the word.
Funbrain is a website that has free educational games, online books, and comics for children. Students will enjoy reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid comic or might practice basic number and operations with the math arcade. There are many games that will help students develop vocabulary and grammar skills as well.
National Geographic for Kids is an excellent site for teachers and students. The website has ideas for hands-on science experiments along with tons of videos on different subjects. National Geographic also provides some videos in Spanish.
Starfall is a website dedicated to help children learn how to read with phonics instruction. This site might be helpful for early elementary students or for students who are learning English. The site contains different genres for reading including nonfiction, plays, and comics.
I have used the Scholastic website every year to help teach slavery. They have an interactive video that takes the students through the experience of using the Underground Railroad. There is an abundance of videos and interactive games for every subject.
I was really impressed with the spelling component to this website. Students can take their list of spelling words and the Kids Know It site will create games to help students study their spelling words! This site also has a large number of educational songs that students can learn to help them with different subject areas like math or history.
This site, which came from the assistive technology chapter, provides some interactive games that will help students read analogue clocks. You can download the free trial or buy the full version. The math flight game will also help students with their basic facts while flying an airplane.
The National Center for Learning Disabilities is a wonderful site for teachers, students, and parents who are dealing with learning disabilities. There is a special section for teachers that provide effective teaching strategies for learning disabled children along with other articles and blogs. Parents can find support and tips for helping their children at home.
LD Online is another great tool to help teachers, parents, and students better understand learning disabilities. The site features videos that explain particular learning disabilities, articles from scholarly journals, and a specialized glossary for LD terms. There is also a suggested book list for students who are trying to understand their disability.
Kidspiration and Inspiration are software programs that help students who need visuals. Kidspiration allows students to create graphic organizers, diagrams, and thinking maps to visually represent information learned. Students with ADHD will especially find this software helpful as it breaks down large chunks of information into smaller, more manageable pieces.
This site offers a speech recognition program that will type the words you speak. This type of assistive technology is a wonderful tool for students with writing difficulties. You can even use your voice to control the mouse or send emails.
CHADD is a website dedicated to children and adults with attention deficit disorder. Parents will find articles and legal rights for their children. Teachers are able to use this site to find interventions for students with ADHD. You must become a member to gain access to full areas of the site.
The Don Johnston website hosts a number of assistive technology pieces that can be used in the classroom. The Co-Writer is one tool that I found to be especially helpful. This program will read aloud the words typed in the program. Text readers and computer books are other software programs offered on the site.
Literactive is a free site that provides online reading material for early elementary students. Literactive includes e-books, learning activities, and ESL resources. The leveled texts provided are especially helpful for guided reading groups.
This website is an online collection of animated, talking picture books. Tumblebooks provides support for students who are lacking necessary skills for independent reading. There are puzzles and games that accompany the books. The collection includes titles in Spanish and French as well as some bilingual books.
The Think Green program includes valuable classroom resources for science. This site gives ideas for hands-on instruction and science experiments. There are also worksheets, puzzles, and quizzes that students can use to better understand recycling and earth sciences.
The History Channel offers videos that include primary sources along with games for students. While aimed at middle and high school students, teachers can find study guides and webcasts that could be used in the classroom. There is also a biography section which could be used for ELA integration.
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