E-books and e-literacy are small items in relation to a topic than needs to be explored
With district tech specialists, parents, students and staff
The topic must extend far beyond e-books and i-pads.
With special thanks to Paul Hamilton and your incredible teachings on the topic of Assistive Technology!
We myst talk about accessibility and the information and skills learners in the 21st century need to achieve success.
We need to look at the four ways information can be represented with digital technology:
1. Options of text in audio format
2. Reference options
3 Video options
4. Tools for Infographics
Audio Format
Books Should Be Free- http://www.loyalbooks.com
LibriVox- https://librivox.org
Lit2Go- http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
LoudLit.org- http://loudlit.org/
RobertMunch.com- http://robertmunsch.com
Storynory- http://www.storynory.com/
StoryLine Online- http://www.storylineonline.net
Reference Options
Simple English Wikipedia- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200183
Simple English Wiktionary- https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page
Kids Wordsmyth- https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/
Snappy Words- http://www.snappywords.com
Shai- http://blachan.com/shahi/
60 Second Recap- http://www.60secondrecap.com/
HippoCampus- http://hippocampus.org
Shmoop- http://www.shmoop.com
sparknotes- http://www.sparknotes.com
CliffNotes- https://www.cliffsnotes.com/
The Visual DictionaryOnline- http://visual.merriam-webster.com/
Miriam Webster- http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php
Sequence Publishing- http://www.sequencepublishing.com/1/thesage.html
Maths Dictionary for Kids- http://mathdictionaryforkids.com
Math Dictionary - http://www.webquest.hawaii.edu/kahihi/mathdictionary/
Video
Watch Know Learn- http://www.watchknowlearn.org
Knowmia- https://www.knowmia.com
Ted Ed Lessons- http://ed.ted.com/
Big Think- http://bigthink.com/videos
Clip Syndicate- http://www.clipsyndicate.com/
Discovery- http://www.discovery.com/videos/
Explore- http://explore.org/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls
FedFlix- https://archive.org/details/FedFlix
The Futures Channel- http://thefutureschannel.com/#loaded
History Channel- http://www.history.ca/
How Stuff Works- http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Kids Know It- http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/index.php
LangMedia- http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu/culturetalk-regions
Math TV- http://www.mathtv.com/videos_by_topic
Next Vista for Learning- http://www.nextvista.org/
PBS Video- http://www.pbs.org/
Reuters- http://www.reuters.com/assets/videoindex
PopTech- http://poptech.org/
School Tube- https://www.schooltube.com/
Snag Films- http://www.snagfilms.com/
Steve Spangler Science- http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/videos/#?category=5
Teacher Tube- http://www.teachertube.com/
Ted- http://www.ted.com/
Untamed Science- http://www.untamedscience.com/
USGS- Geology https://www.usgs.gov/
You Tube Channels
- wowmath.org
- https://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile
- https://www.youtube.com/user/mathwithmrv/videos?view=1
Infographics
Cool Infographics- http://www.coolinfographics.com/
News Interactives and Graphics
http://www.bbc.com/news/11628973
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/interactives/default.stm
JPL infographics- http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/
Daily Infographics- http://www.dailyinfographic.com/
The Guardian- https://www.theguardian.com/interactive