Miss Bee's Books

I recently got the chance to visit a local elementary school's Literacy Night.  Students rotated through a series of literacy-themed stations: a book tasting, the local library, 2 real-live children's authors (!), and Flipgrid book reviews.  Before this night, I had heard about Flipgrid, but hadn't seen it in action.  Students sat at computers and browsed book recommendations their peers had made using Flipgrid.  The effect was both charming and incredibly engaging.  Students were delighted to see videos made by their friends and to show their own video to their families.   https://www.pexels.com/photo/boy-watching-video-using-laptop-821948/ by Bruce Mars Flipgrid is accessible online at  flipgrid.com .  Flipgrid is free to use.  Educators need only sign-up, then provide their students with a Flip Code.  After entering the Flip Code, students can make a short video based on a prompt recorded by the teacher. Much like popul...

Universal Design for Learning argues for flexible learning environments to support a variety of learners. Students may have learning disabilities, be learning in a non-fluent language, or have a different learning style, but all will benefit from Universal Design. Snap&Read provides flexibility for web-reading and note-taking. Snap&Read is an assistive technology created by Don Johnston. Once purchased it can be installed as a Google Chrome Extension and used with any website or PDF opened in the browser. Many of its features are also available via the iPad app. Finally, 3.2 million Amazon Kindle books and the Bookshare library are compatible as well (2019). The Snap&Read product page provides video demos for many of its functions. An individual subscription to Snap&Read costs $4.99/month, though schools or districts can sign-up for $0.50-$2.00 per student annually. To subscribe go to https://learningtools.donjohnston.com/product/snap-read/ and select Prici...