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tracking reading goals
Self-directed learning 

Setting & tracking reading goals

April 20, 2020February 11, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 4 Comments digital literacy, digital literacy tools, goal-setting, literacy, reading logs

I am NOT a fan of mandatory reading logs. I am, however, a huge fan of reading for pleasure. Stories,

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Tools We Like 

Using audiobooks for Universal Design for Learning

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 Emily Wood 2 Comments audiobooks, digital literacy tools, Moretown Elementary School, reading, sustained silent reading, Universal Design for Learning

Expanding student access to reading As a school librarian, I needed to think how I could adopt Universal Design for

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3 tools for making hidden object games with students
Edugaming 

2 tools for building hidden object games with students

February 12, 2015December 12, 2019 Audrey Homan 3 Comments coding, digital literacy tools, hidden object games

Tie video game authorship to language learning Last time we looked at how hidden object games can support language learning,

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Using a Google Form for a reading log
Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Using Google Forms for a reading log for middle school

March 13, 2014December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 1 Comment digital literacy tools, Google Forms, lexile scores, literacy, reading, reading log

As part of their celebration of Digital Learning Day, students at Edmunds Middle School hosted a “speed-geeking” session: they each

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