EduTecher Reflection

Today in class we learned about a new website called EduTecher.

This website has a lot of great resources for teachers. The first awesome resource I found on here is the website Books Should Be Free. I loved this website immediately. You can download a lot of free audio books on here. There aren't very many new books available, but there are some classic books on here, which is great for teaching. A lot of times English teachers need to teach the more "classic" literature, so this website would be good for students who are better auditory learners. They can listen to the books.

Another resource I found was Breaking News English Lesson. This website is more for ESL/ELL teachers, but I think it could be very useful. It helps ESL students learn English by working with current events and news. That is where I come in - Journalism content! If I had an ESL student in a journalism class: this website would be great! They can use their ESL skills and also be working with news in a journalism setting.

Another resource I liked was Got Brainy. It is used for vocabulary words, but in a fun way. Students or teachers can make or view vocabulary words that are paired with ironic or sarcastic pictures. I think this is perfect way to get students to remember vocabulary words, and it also helps for a student who is a visual learner.

Then I checked out the "teacher tools" on the EduTech website.

One of the websites under the teacher tools category that I loved was 21st Century Literacy. It is a journalism website that you can use to teach your students writing/reading skills using journalistic methods and digital tools. I like that it is used in journalism style, that way I can use it in my classroom.

Another website I liked under the "teacher tools" was 60 Second Recap. This gives you 60 second video recaps of classic literature (and other books as well). The point is to engage the students in wanting to read the books, and to make the information relevant and easy to understand. I can see myself using this website to introduce a new book to the class.

EduTecher has a lot of interesting resources, so you should check it out when you have some time!