Presentation for READ San Diego Tutor Conference, June 2015.

1. READ San Diego Tutor Conference 2015
Language and Literacy Developmentwith Simple Tech Tools that Motivate
See http://goo.gl/2wmhs3 for step-by-step instructions to download
Presented by Kristi Reyes, kreyes@miracosta.edu
Web site Uses Similar /
Alternative Sites
Spelling City
www.spellingcity.com
Enter a word list; site makes spelling exercises and games with audio.
Listening,spelling,dictation,pronunciation,vocabulary
Visual Thesaurus
Spelling Bee
Quizlet
www.quizlet.com
Create flashcards with images or text definitions, audio, games,
quizzes.
Listening,spelling,vocabulary learning.
Flashcard Stash
Memrise (with app)
STUDY BLUE
Study Stack
Wrds
Voki
www.voki.com
Make a customized avatar that speaks with text-to-speech (type in a
limited number ofcharacters) or with your own voice (upload an audio
file, record with a USB microphone,or record by phone),
asynchronous "conversations"with commenting.Share by
email/linking or embedding.
Any language skill / practice / assessment -- listening, speaking, pronunciation,
writing,vocabulary, grammar
Students can introduce themselves to classmates,answer question prompts,use
target vocabulary or grammar structures
Avachara
Tellagami (app)
MakeBeliefsComix
www.makebeliefscomix.com
Make comic strips with 2 – 4 panels,a variety of characters,
backgrounds,props,speech and thoughtbubbles;comics can be
emailed or printed.
Tutors: introduce a topic for a class reading,spark a discussion,or pose a question
or a problem to solve.
Students:write dialogs using targetgrammar structure or vocabulary words or
idioms,show do’s and don’ts for a given scenario or problem,debate,respond to a
reading or a class discussion topic,make news reports or give opinions on current
events or political issues,make commercials or a movie review, tell jokes or stories
or write the dialog for a shortstory or the ending of an open-ended story.
BitStrips
Comic Life
StoryboardThat
ToonDoo
Dvolver
www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/make.html
Make animated cartoon films.One or two of 33 characters per scene;
up to three scenes;up to six lines of text per scene,maximum 100 text
characters per line of dialog;text in speech bubbles;choose
background and sky, plot, title design,optional music.No registration
necessary.Saving and sharing by email (URL link) or html code
embedded on a Web page.
DigitalFilms
GoAnimate
Moovly
Plotagon (app)
PowToon
Xtranormal
Zimmer Twins

2. Web site Uses Similar /
Alternative Sites
Padlet
padlet.com
Make a multimedia bulletin board.Contributors can posttext (max. 160
characters per post),images,video,audio/music,hyperlinks to Web
sites.
Tutors: posta question for students to respond to as pre-reading activity or for
discussion or as post-reading reflection,provide class information/announcements,
take suggestions or evaluate an activity, studentself-evaluation or peer review, use
discussion board for a given topic or debate,documentlearning goals for the class.
Students:postintroductions, shortbiographical or autobiographical sketches,about
their jobs,holidayor familytraditions,educational or career goals,poetry, book or
movie review, things to do and see where we live, recommend bestrestaurants,
stores,coffee shops,places to study, write aboutthe place of their birth or where
they live now, create timelines.
Lino It (with app)
Pinside
Spaaze
Stormboard
Piclits
www.piclits.com
Choose from a variety of interesting and beautiful images and drag
and drop provided words to create shortcompositions or type in their
own words.PicLit is saved online once an accountis created, has its
own URL, is saved in the site's online gallery,and can be shared via
email or on a blog,Facebook, or other social networking site or Web
site.
Students:many types of writing tasks - one-sentence description or story aboutan
image;a favorite proverb; personal motto or creed; shortstory; a goal,dream,plan
for the future; summary/interpretation/paraphrase ofa class reading;one-sentence
picture caption; write about a chosen picture using a certain number ofnouns,
verbs, adjectives,and adverbs; put words in correct order to form sentences or
paragraphs.
Sites above +
Big Huge Labs (see
Motivator, Movie
Poster,Magazine
Cover, and Billboard)
Bubblr
Message Hop
Phrase It
Quozio
Recite This
Tackk