Young Mensan Magazine
Young Mensan Magazine is a quality digital publication that will appeal to many students.
Reading
Podcast Resources from GZM Classroom
Podcast Resources from GZM Classroom give educators free materials to use with engaging podcasts for students in grades 3-8.
Storytime + Tinkering
Visit this collaboration between the Exploratorium and Mr. Limata’s Storytime to access a wealth of ideas joining literature with making. Mr. Limata is an elementary school teacher who shares read-alouds which have been paired with creative activities he has used with his second grade class. From balancing sculptures to imaginative ideas for creating with shadows, … Read more
Levaraging the Immersive Reader tool during Virtual Learning
For one of my current consulting jobs I am making short how-to videos for different technology tools that are helpful in distance learning. One of the recent ones that I have been recommending to teachers has been the Immersive Reader tool from Microsoft, which can be used within many of the company’s own products, like … Read more
We Are All Ears
When my daughter was younger, she would often plop on the floor next to our golden retriever, Mia, and read to her. I would have suspected that Mia was just being a good sport, but her additional voluntary presence during our nightly bedtime stories seemed to suggest that she actually enjoyed read alouds. Each evening, … Read more
Support for Diverse Readers and Speakers
There are many tools out there for students who struggle with reading. There were several I gathered at TCEA 2019 this year, and I have been meaning to share a curated list. Here is a quick rundown (a big thanks to Leslie Fisher, who demonstrated these in her multiple sessions): Immersive Reader – Microsoft offers … Read more