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Unleash Students’ Inner Writer with Storybird

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I don’t know about you but for me, writing is hard. Nothing is more stressful than staring at that blank page waiting for the words in my head to organize themselves enough for me to write them down. I bet you have a few students who feel the same way. Storybird is a beautiful website … Read more

Save the World While You Learn to Code: Dystopia 2153

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Who doesn’t love a good dystopian graphic novel? I know I sure do. Give me an online one that also teaches coding and you just made my day. Dystopia 2153, is exactly that. A web-based graphic novel where you solve coding puzzles as you move through the story. Dystopia 2153 was created by TEACH Magazine. I … Read more

Book Creator for Google Chrome

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Book Creator has been around for a very long time. I almost didn’t write about it because for many teachers it is not new. However, it is one of those tools you need to rediscover now and then. Overview With Book Creator, you can create interactive books using your iPad or your Chrome device. For … Read more

Make your classroom eLibrary Epic! – Epic! Books for Kids

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This post goes out to all you bibliophiles out there who can’t seem to get enough books for your classroom. Epic! is a digital library with, according to the website, “over 25,000 books, videos, quizzes, and more!” Build Your eLibrary Anyone can create an account and start reading some of today’s most popular picture books … Read more

STEM Read Podcast – Episode 2

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In case you missed it, episode 2 of the STEM Read Podcast dropped last week. In this episode, we ask the question “What if?” with Hugo award-winning editor,  co-producer and editor of Uncanny Magazine, and all around cool person, Lynne M. Thomas and amazing author Aaron Starmer. Gillian and I did our best to not go completely crazy fangirl over Aaron. … Read more