Digitally Enhanced Learning Speed Learning Session Lin Carver & Lauren Pantoja

Planning & Assessment Apps Popplet Lite- Capture & organize ideas. Add pictures and text. Free version. Kahoot- Game-based learning platform. Introduction, assessment or discussion tool. Padlet- Interactive and collaborative paper for your screen. Once others add to it, the page will update in real time. Quizlet- Create your own flashcards or choose from millions created by others on thousands of subjects. Post-It Plus- Capture an image. Organize the digital images. Share your organized board and send to other applications.

Reading Skills ABC Phonics Word Family-Games for 56 word families practicing short, long, & combination vowels. $2.99. AutoRap-Turns student read passages into a rap. Word to Word Association-Match a word to a synonym, antonym, or compound word. Vocabulary.com- Games with word lists, pictures, and contextual support. Inference Ace- Game that builds inferencing skills using in a step-by-step approach.

Vocabulary & Comprehension Free Rice- Improve vocabulary and donate to the World Food Programme. Quizizz- Players see questions and answer options on their own device. Question order is randomized and players work at their own pace. Lit Analysis - Reference tool for literature, rhetoric, and writing. Clickable interface wheels provide detailed definitions, examples, questions, & an example paragraph for literary terms. Tween Tribune - Free Smithsonian site for K-12 teachers and students. Includes daily news, text, photos, graphics, audio and/or video materials about current events, history, art, culture and science. Lessons, instructional and assessment tools provided. Newsela - Unlimited access to 100s of news and Common Core aligned articles with quizzes. Choose the area, strand, and reading level.

Writing & Spelling Dragon Dictation – Supports writing process and encoding. The student will need to proof his work and add punctuation. Pop up keyboard allows for easy editing. Information can be copied and pasted into other applications or emailed to others. App is free! Poetreat- Student decides rhyming pattern and types the first line. Program tells the number of syllables per line and provides a list of rhyming words. Poem can be copied and pasted into a different program. Downloads free. Word Mover - Word cards are used to create poetry. Topical word cards in six categories provided additional words can be added. Poems are private, but can be shared via email. App is free.

Presentation Apps Make Beliefs - Construct comic strips. Choose your background, characters, and emotions. Add speech and thought bubbles. Save a copy and email it to others. Free version Tellagami - Create and share a quick animated video. Pick a single character and setting. Narration can be dictated or typed. App is free. PowToon - Online presentation software that allows students to create animated videos.