Kayışdağı Middle School

  Lit2Go  is an online literacy platform created by Florida Center for Instructional Technology to promote the availability of reading materials in education. Although the tool does not have complex tools such as assignment creation and sharing tools related to the material presented, the good thing about this website is that it includes authentic reading sources and audio  files with for all of the reading materials.  To use the website is extremely simple, there are no log in or sign up processes. One only has to click on the website and look for the suitable reading material from the catalogue. These materials are listed through authors, categories, genres and reading grade. One can access the audio and the text on the website or download them if the instructor wants so. An interesting detail for those who want to use this tool is that the level of the reading material is calculated through an equiation called Flesch-Kinclair grade formula which would present a sc...

  Wordwall is an online language tool for those who want to specialize in vocabulary instruction. It has a free version along with a paid version. The free version covers most of the templates to create games for students. You can create an account with your e-mail or sign up with a Google account. There are many templates to choose from but I especially liked the "Crossword" template and will show you how to create fun crosswords using Wordwall. I liked the fact that this tool automatically creates crosswords with only the words provided by the instructor. This is the website for the tool that you can log in or sign up to access to the templates. When you log in and click on the "Create Activity" button, this is the window where you can choose what kind of activity you can prepare for the students. I chose the "Crossword" option here. Then the tool asks for us to enter words and clues that will be used in the crossword, you can add up to 28 words for you...