Other Technology

This is a sample of other forms of technology that we have utilized in our classroom:

• Raz Kids

Raz Kids is an online website (and ipad app!) that gives students access to hundreds of leveled texts or all genres. Students can read the stories, listen to them be read aloud, record themselves read the story to practice fluency, and show what they know with comprehension quizzes. I use this program as a reading center and out of class resources for home (parents can access the account, too!

• Go Noodle
  • Need a brain break? Movement break? Indoor Recess Games? Dance party? Go noodle is your one stop shop for all things movement and learning! Earn points for your time movin’ and groovin’ and create fun emojis the kids will love!

• iPhone
  • If you have a smart phone, you have an instant fluency monitor. I use my iPhone to record students reading to instantly play the recording back to them to reflect on how they sounded.
• Audacity
  • Audacity is a free audio recorder/editor/mixer. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings.
  • I use this application to record reading passages for common reading assessments. The reading passages for common assessments are always on grade level, and for many students who are not reading on grade level, these passages are more challenges to access. Students can use these recordings to listen to the reading passages as many times as they need to complete the assessment.
• Class Dojo
  • Class Dojo is an interactive classroom management system providing opportunities for skill and culture building. Students can gain and lose dojo points for various learning behaviors and the integration of technology allows for the involvement of parents as well.

• Epic
  • Epic is a website and ipad application that offers hundreds of stories. Students can read stories independently or listen to books. We use this app during our literacy centers where the students listen to stories and demonstrate various comprehension skills post reading.