Deb Norton Tech

eBooks are the future.  Do you have an eReader?  I personally love my Kindle Fire and read on it daily.  Today's students should also experience eReaders and digital books.    I find that my students really enjoy experiencing a story on the Internet.  My co-teacher and I use eBooks with our students during RTI (Response to Intervention) all of the time. Here are two eBook sites to share with your students. Msnucleus.org has storybooks about science.   Topics covered are: Applied science - electricity and light Universe Cycle Plate Tectonics Cycle Rock Cycle Water Cycle Life Cycle - organisms, human biology, plants and natural environment. Each eBook has animation and text.  The stories are interesting and engaging. We Give Books has award winning digital picture books for students through age 10.     There is a mix of fiction and non-fiction.   These picture books load in a very nice format that m...

We often listen to audio books during our milk break.  I'm always amazed at how good the voices of the readers can be.  The books really capture our students' attention and help them to be great listeners.   Recently I discovered a site that has free audio books in which many are classics.  Among the audio books I found the entire collection of C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia. Click here for the collection. Click here for other free audio books. Audio books and podcasts are a great way to use technology to bring rich literature into your classroom.

ArtisanCam has a picture book maker that is so much fun to use.  It is easy for elementary students to use with its click and drag options.  The finished product is really nice.  Check out the pictures below! There is no account needed, no logins and no set up.  Now that's easy to use!