MyStorybook.com is an amazing website that allows teachers, students, and anyone in between to join a writing community where you can create your own stories and storybooks. You can try your first storybook creation for free and the cost to print storybooks are low, around $5.00. You are able to add text, scenes, items, and even draw on your storybook to make it as creative as possible. There is a tutorial available if you get lost or confused, or you can free style and work on your own. THis is an excellent tool for students to use in the classroom. A student can create their own storybook on their summer vacation, or goals they want to achieve in their current grade. They can create a book report on a book they have just read and put their own spin on it. Best of all, they can create their own book and story with the stories they have created within their minds. This is a creative tool that differs from the traditional pencil and paper and students will really enjoy this website.
Flip Quiz
Flipquiz.com is a quiz type website where educators can create a quiz show type of study guide for their students. This is like a giant board game for the classroom! Teachers create a free account for the website and then create a quiz board on whatever topic they are trying to review and quiz their students on. This could be used for English, Math, Social Studies, and even Science notes. The teachers can create the quiz boards but it was reported on the website that teachers often allow the students to create the quiz questions and they have different classes battle one another using this study tool. Librarians can use this great website as well. For the new book arrivals to the library, the librarian can use these quiz boards to intrigue students to read the new books by having facts and trivia from the book. Having clicked on the make an account button, I saw that very general information is needed so even parents can use this tool to help their students study at home.
Bookopolis
Bookopolis,com is a vast site filled with a variety of reading sources for Elementary and Middle School students. The website gives book recommendations per grade level along with reviews for the books. There is a summer reading section where a student can win a book for reading 1000 minutes for the summer as well as other summer activities for students to use. The website is easy for students to use and teachers and parents can sign up for it as well. Teachers can use this resource to find summer reading books for their students or even books for their classroom set. Parents can use this resource to keep track of what their child is reading by creating a bookshelf, and the student can add to this as they read.
The Adventures of Library Girl
The Adventures of Library Girl is a blog run by Jennifer LaGarde that covers every topic a librarian could think of. She has a page dedicated to her professional presentations, and her blogs are current and relevant to both librarians and teachers. I really like this blog because of the fact that it is kept current with the times that are surrounding us as teachers and librarians. This last post was about reaching students living in poverty and meeting their needs as librarians. What an amazing topic! Another great blog she posted back at the beginning of the year was tips on how to get students to tell their own stories. This blog is really relatable and I will make sure to continue to follow it.
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The Adventures of Library Girl. (n.d.). Retrieved July 20, 2016, from http://www.librarygirl.net/search?updated-max=2016-03-04T09:30:00-05:00
I liked the Adventures of Library Girl blog as well! Her blog provides relevant and current information for librarians that is useful in most school libraries.
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