Media Literacy - 14 Apps for Kids Who Think Reading is Boring"

MaryLee Helm

IL

Common Sense Media. (2017). 14 Apps for Kids Who Think Reading is Boring. Retrieved from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/14-apps-for-kids-who-think-reading-is-boring?j=5163384&l=512_HTML&u=78020539&mid=7000332&jb=509&utm_source=072117+Default&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly#

Browse through the apps, read a short synopsis of each, and decide whether it's something that could benefit your students (or children). They are all rated and can help you determine whether it's the right one for your situation.

Since we all created a Symbaloo account and started our webmix, the apps may be possible resources to add. There's something for all grade levels, so give it a look and hopefully you'll find something that appeals to you and your students.

Zepnick, Jaclyn

IL

Ray, M. (2016). Changing the Conversation About Librarians. Retrieved from http://www.schoollibraryadvocacy.org/recent.html

This Ted Talk by Mark Ray is empowering. He discusses the idea of creating “future ready librarians” and how school librarians need to work together in order to connect and be truly transformative district leaders. Also check out his collaborative endeavor: Project Connect.

Spector, J. M., Ifenthaler, D., Sampson, D., Yang, L. (., Mukama, E., Warusavitarana, A., & ... Gibson, D. C. (2016). Technology Enhanced Formative Assessment for 21st Century Learning. Journal Of Educational Technology & Society, 19(3), 58-71.

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This article details the importance of providing formative assessments.  It discusses how formative assessments have changed over time and how now they are more important than ever. Since, these types of assessments have grown in importance they have changed a great deal in structure. This article discusses how formative assessments how grown to include 21st century learning topics or technology.  It discusses how educators have changed their assessements to reflect these new 21st century skills.

Stretch Students Logical Thinking

I always like to find fun ways to get students to think logically. I was looking for teaching strategies and I ran across these puzzles with links to more. I got them from Mind/Shift KQED News. I love this website for news and great articles.
I've always enjoyed logic puzzles. Have fun and share these with your students.

Two Puzzles to Stretch Students’ Logical Thinking