SpellingCity

SpellingCity is easily one of the best sites around for Spelling & Vocabulary.  This is a site used by educators around the world looking to help students learn their vocabulary and spelling words.  This is done by teachers using word lists to help enforce skills.  These lists can be custom made and even imported into educational games to help reinforce learning.  Also, there is an educational portal (i.e. student tracking, etc) and mobile app that allows students to learn on the go.

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity by clicking here!!!

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Phrasalstein

Phrasalstein is a free iPad app after my own heart.  This app designed by Cambridge University Press, is a fantastic app that helps students learn vocabulary and phrases in a fun mid-evil/horror setting.  The way this works is a user selects a verb and a preposition and then watch as an animation occurs.  Also, there are definitions, examples, and exercises that students can complete to help reinforce their Language Arts skills.

I highly recommend checking out Phrasalstein by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Educational iOS Apps click here.

Bluster

Bluster is a nice free iPad app for Game Based Learning that focuses on Vocabulary skills for El Ed aged kids.  This is a fun multiplayer game that can be played in teams or against an appointment as students try to build vocabulary skills while focusing on such aspects as: rhyming, prefixes, synonyms, and more.  There are over 800 vocabulary words to start w/ as students try to match words.

I highly recommend checking out Bluster by clicking here!!!

For a more detailed review check out Graphite.
For my Pinterest board on Game Based Learning click here.

SpellingCity

SpellingCity w/out a doubt is my favorite site for Spelling and Vocabulary.  This is a great site w/ educational portal that allows educators to create word lists that can be incorporated into educational games.  These games are not only fun but highly engaging and help students learn their "words".  Also, an educator can track students, find an abundance of resources/videos, and even use it for mobile learning w/ a free mobile app  (iOS/Android).

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity by clicking here!!!

*iOS 8 compatible

Below is a brief demo of the free mobile app...



*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

WordWriter

WordWriter is a fantastic new learning tool brought to you by the award winning Web 2.0 Collaborative Writing site,BoomWriter.  WordWriter is a amazingly simple tool to use that uses BoomWriter's innovative collaborative process to help students learn, develop, and enhance their writing/reading and vocabulary skills.

The way this works is a teacher signs in (using the free BoomWriter portal for creating/managing student accounts) and selects the WordWriter tab.  The educator then creates a WW project and selects which students to assign the project to.  After that, a word bank is developed (batch upload feature still to come) by typing in a word that a teacher wants to reinforce and develop for those students.  From there, teachers can type instructions to help guide students on their learning.  Students then login and using the very friendly user-interface create short stories or sentences that best use those words.

That's it!!

The innovative BoomWriter technology highlights the words used so a student doesn't have to keep track of the ones they use.  Also, teachers through the educational portal can assess students and see which projects are waiting to be approved or revised w/ the ability to leave comments.

Finally, students through using assigned vocab words and completing the assignment as well as through BoomWriter's collaborative voting process can earn "Boomer Bucks" to modify their avatar/Boomer. This makes it highly motivating for students as they can develop their character and track how many times their projects have been voted on. 

WordWriter is an ideal tool for helping w/ vocabulary, developing reading and writing skills, as well as easy to integrate into any subject or curriculum.

I highly recommend checking out WordWriter by clicking here!!!

For more on WordWriter check out their press release here.

SpellingCity

SpellingCity simply put is the best site around for all Vocabulary and Spelling needs.  It even has an educational portal that allows for student tracking and educators to add assignments/word lists to their students.  Also, there is a free mobile (iOS, Android, Kindle) that interacts w/ the web portal to allow mobile learning for students.  SC also has a wide variety of resources and videos, but allows teachers to create their own customized word lists and integrate them into educational games for their students.

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity by clicking here!!!

*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

BoomWriter

BoomWriter is a fantastic free online educational tool (ideal for grades 3rd-8th) that schools everywhere are using to help their students Reading/Writing skills.  This is done through an innovative collaborative writing process where students create a digital story and build it by writing chapter by chapter and voting on which one should be included in the finished product.  Best of all, is the educational portal where teachers create/manage student accounts and receive a free published copy of their class's first book/story.

I highly recommend checking out BoomWriter by clicking here!!!

Check out WordWriter for ways to introduce and help students build their Vocabulary skills.

*BoomWriter is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

SpellingCity

SpellingCity w/out a doubt is my favorite site for Spelling and Vocabulary.  This is a great site w/ educational portal that allows educators to create word lists that can be incorporated into educational games.  These games are not only fun but highly engaging and help students learn their "words".  Also, an educator can track students, find an abundance of resources/videos, and even use it for mobile learning w/ a free mobile app  (iOS/Android).

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo of the free mobile app...



*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

WordWriter

WordWriter is a fantastic new learning tool brought to you by the award winning Web 2.0 Collaborative Writing site, BoomWriter.  WordWriter is a amazingly simple tool to use that uses BoomWriter's innovative collaborative process to help students learn, develop, and enhance their writing/reading and vocabulary skills.

The way this works is a teacher signs in (using the free BoomWriter portal for creating/managing student accounts) and selects the WordWriter tab.  The educator then creates a WW project and selects which students to assign the project to.  After that, a word bank is developed (batch upload feature still to come) by typing in a word that a teacher wants to reinforce and develop for those students.  From there, teachers can type instructions to help guide students on their learning.  Students then login and using the very friendly user-interface create short stories or sentences that best use those words.

That's it!!

The innovative BoomWriter technology highlights the words used so a student doesn't have to keep track of the ones they use.  Also, teachers through the educational portal can assess students and see which projects are waiting to be approved or revised w/ the ability to leave comments.

Finally, students through using assigned vocab words and completing the assignment as well as through BoomWriter's collaborative voting process can earn "Boomer Bucks" to modify their avatar/Boomer. This makes it highly motivating for students as they can develop their character and track how many times their projects have been voted on.

WordWriter is an ideal tool for helping w/ vocabulary, developing reading and writing skills, as well as easy to integrate into any subject or curriculum.

I highly recommend checking out WordWriter by clicking here!!!

For more on WordWriter check out their press release here.

Flashcard Monkey

Learning Vocabulary with Cartoons

Flashcard Monkey lets students who are taking the SAT and GRE tests to memorize vocabulary using pictures. Before, students would spend hours pouring over boring word lists. With Flashcard Monkey, students can memorize with visual cues. The cartoons stimulate visual learning and higher retention rate.

You can use the website to look at 507 most common SAT words for free. 800 GRE vocabulary pictures will be put up by september 2014.

VocabMonk

VocabMonk is an interesting new site that I found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's excellent blog.  This site uses a social network approach to help users build their vocabulary.  The networking aspect makes it a great site for Social Learning, as well as being able to search forums, challenge others, and more.  Also, this is a nice place to create a virtual "class" to help students learn via a easy to use word search engine.

I recommend checking out VocabMonk by clicking here!!!

SpellingCity

SpellingCity is probably the most robust and popular site around for Vocabulary/Spelling.  This is a tool that educators are using in classrooms of all grade levels to help improve student's skills.  Best of all educators can find or create their own word lists and then integrate them into over 26 different games.  This is a great and fun way to help students practice their Spelling & Vocab skills while learning at the same time.  Also, SC has lots of resources for teachers to use as well as a free mobile app (i.e. Kindle, iOS, Amazon) that integrates w/ the site for mobile learning.

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo of their mobile app...



*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

SpellingCity Summer Program

SpellingCity the popular site for all things Spelling & Vocabulary related is launching an inexpensive online Summer Program to help students grades 1st-12th prevent summer learning loss.  This is a very fun and engaging program that not only works on the web but any one of their free mobile devices.  Also, it is self-paced, has over 40 customizable assignments, and allows users to review or advance on to the next level.  This is ideal for strengthen Literacy and Spelling/Vocab skills this summer.

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity's Summer Program by clicking here!!!

Click here to view SpellingCity.

Below is a brief demo video...



*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

SpellingCity

SpellingCity the number one site around for Spelling and Vocabulary.  This excellent site allows educators to find or create their own word lists and then integrate them into educational games to motivate student learning.  Also, there is an educational portal for tracking students as well as lots of references for teachers.

Right now they are offering 15% off for Teachers, Parents, and Homeschoolers through 3-31-14.  Just use the code 150ffSpring.

For more info on SpellingCity click here!!!

*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Zammer

Zammer is a innovative site/app (iOS) for students working on Multiplication & Vocabulary skills.  This is done through an interactive game that can be played either: solo, against a friend, or random.  The game has students trying to answer questions as fast as possible to earn zollars/badges used to customize their avatar and theme.  Best of all is the teacher web interface that allows them to manage their class and track student progress to assess them.

*Keep in mind this app is for UK/US and does allow for students to add/request friends (this should always be done under adult/parent approval.)

I highly recommend checking out Zammer by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Educational iOS Apps click here.
For my Edshelf collection on Educational iOS Apps click here.

Gadzookery

Gadzookery is a wonderful free iOS app that helps students build their Writing and Vocabulary skills.  This can be done by either playing one player or against random opponents where a person tries to create a sentence from a given word.  What makes this nice for educators is that the game comes w/ a built in dictionary/thesaurus to help kids create their sentences.  Scoring is done by each letter and a person can challenge another person (to eliminate their opponent's score) for misspelled/made up words.

I highly recommend checking out Gadzookery by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Educational iOS Apps click here.
For my Edshelf collection on Educational iOS Apps click here.

SpellingCity

SpellingCity is one of the most popular and my favorite site around for all things Vocabulary & Spelling.  This is an excellent place for educators to browse or create word lists and even incorporate them into educational games.  Also, there is a free mobile app (iOS/Android) that integrates w/ the site for practicing Spelling/Vocab.

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity by clicking here!!!

*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

SpellingCity

SpellingCity is one of if not the best site around for educators teaching Vocabulary & Spelling.  This site allows educators to browse through or create their own word lists and then incorporate them into educational games.  Also, through an educational portal teachers can track student progress and even use them w/ a free mobile app (iOS/Android) for mobile learning.

Right now SpellingCity is offering through Jan 31st a free 3 month upgrade to a Premium Membership w/ this code... 3FORFREE

I highly recommend checking out SpellingCity by clicking here!!!

*SpellingCity is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.