Booktrack Classroom

Booktrack Classroom is a innovative free site for adding a soundtrack or sound effects to a story/book.  This is a great way to generate and boost student creativity in the classroom as well as help w/ reading comprehension.  Classrooms are using this for project based learning and for gaining student interest in the process of Reading and Writing.  Also, there is a free iOS/Android app for reading published Booktrack "books".

I highly recommend checking out Booktrack Classroom by clicking here!!!

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Rhythm Friends

Rhythm Friends is a fun iOS for young kids wanting to explore music or work on their musicality.  The way this work is a child taps their finger to the beat on their iOS device to play notes in this musical timing game.  Notes will scroll across a screen a person must tap it as the note hits the line.  Good timing will draw flies to their frog (Earl or Pearl), bad notes will make the flies go away.  The goal is to collect as many flies as possible.

I highly recommend checking out Rhythm Friends by clicking here!!!

Booktrack Classroom

Booktrack Classroom is a new site/app that I just found out about from Richard Byrne's blog.  This is an interesting tool that allows students or teachers to add a soundtrack to their writing.

Here's a list of ways Booktrack Classroom is being used in education...

• Narrative Writing – Students add music and audio to their original stories.
• Informative and Explanatory Writing – Students compose essays and articles selecting suitable audio to accompany their text.
• Literature Study – Students gain insight and increased understanding of the text by creating their own soundtracks for novels, stories, and plays they are reading in class.
• Read-Alouds – Teacher and student led read-alouds are enhanced through the addition of sound and music to the chapter or act being presented.

Also, BC has a nice selection of free lesson plans to search through and is aligned to Common Core standards.

Below is a brief demo...

I highly recommend checking out Booktrack Classroom by clicking here!!!