Building Academic Language in the 21st Century - Teaching with the Cool Tools

Resource / Link / Application / Contact
Presentation from workshop / http://docs.gocogle.com/a/henrico.k12.va.us/presenta1gfhttpscBtzxr1iW5hXxi3sRXDYmoGRWTpTlE8vJ-5e90f8Etion/d//edit#slide=id.p / Includes all information shared in presentation / Val Gooss

Polleverywhere
Free / / Great tool to get instant feedback in class. / Val Gooss

Socrative / / Allows you to poll students and get immediate feedback, collect data, administer quizzes and more. / Val Gooss

Flippity / / Students create their own flash cards through Google docs spreadsheet / Val Gooss

Flubaroo / / Grades assignments set up in a Google Form. / Val Gooss

Edmodo / / A learning management system / Val Gooss

Lefora / / Discussion board / Val Gooss

Remind 101 / / Send text messages without using your personal number / Val Gooss

Google Voice / / Students can leave messages so that you can assess speaking / Val Gooss

Google Groups / / A discussion format. Great tool for writing. / Val Gooss

Fotobabble / / Allows students to upload an image and record sound. / Val Gooss

Vocaroo / / Quick and easy way to record sound. / Val Gooss

QR Generator / / Allows you to create QR codes to any URL / Val Gooss

Audio Lingua / / Listening practice / Val Gooss

Cloze Activities with music / / Listening practice / Val Gooss

Cloze Activities with music / / Listening practice / Val Gooss

Cloze Activities with music / / Listening practice with strong activities / Val Gooss

Listening activities / / Val Gooss

Listening / / When you choose a content/concept, note that the sound file is at the bottom of the page. / Val Gooss

Listening activities / / Val Gooss

Listening with video / / The site has movie clips with activities / Val Gooss

Kerpoof / / This site lets students write a story, make a picture,or make a movie and share them on the web. / Stephanie Wright
Wordle / / This site allows students to create word clouds from text. / Stephanie Wright
Tagxedo / / This site allows students to create word clouds that have specific shapes. / Stephanie Wright
Primary Wall / / This site is a web-based sticky note. Great for brainstorming with an entire class. / Stephanie Wright
Padlet / / This site is for instant collaboration with a multi-media aspect. / Stephanie Wright
Voki / / This site creates avatars with ease. / Stephanie Wright
Blabberize / / This site takes regular pictures and you can make them appear to talk. Very fun for students to use and add information. / Stephanie Wright
ABCya Word Clouds / / This site creates very easy word clouds. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Jobs / / This is a memory listening activity to help build vocabulary with everyday jobs. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Jobs / / This is a memory listening activity to help build vocabulary with jobs such as nurse, doctor, police officer. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Month of the Year / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for the months of the year. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Natural World / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for words in the natural surrounding such as desert, waterfall, city. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Numbers 1 to 10 / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for the numbers 1 to 10. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Planets / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary of the planets. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Signs and Places / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for common environmental signs such as no smoking, no dogs. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Toys / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for common toys such as balloon, teddy bear, ball. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Weather / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for weather. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Zoo Animals / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for zoo animals. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games School Supplies / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for school supplies such as pencil, glue, notebook. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games Numbers 10 to 20 / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for the numbers 10 to 20. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games My Pets / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for the animals such as rabbit, bird, dog, turtle. / Stephanie Wright
ESL Games School Items / / This is a memory activity to help build vocabulary for the school items such as ruler, crayons, book. / Stephanie Wright
Learning Chocolate Vocabulary Learning Platform / / This site has multiple links to help students with vocabulary. There are multiple categories. / Stephanie Wright
Read and Write App / / This app is located in the Google Chrome store. It reads text to students and helps predict while they are writing. / Stephanie Wright