Differentiating content is something that takes effort on the part of the teacher and student. By the middle school grades, students can be taught to search for the materials they respond best to and to evaluate those materials for validity and reliability. For younger students, allowing them to have access to sites such as National Geographic for Kids lets them learn basic searching skills while they are in the confines of a safe site.
The following sites are websites that contain links to many videos. You may want to use them to find materials yourself or consider asking students to use them
WatchKnowLearn has a huge collection of videos all free to use. You can set the age range and then search by topic.
Schooltube is another site that has many student created videos.
Discovery Education is another site that offers step by step tutorials and other videos.
MediaBurn is a site for lesson plans that include some unique videos
Teachers Bag of Tricks is a site for teacher use that has links to videos and other multimedia resources
Edudemic has a website called 100 Best Video Sites with many links to other large collections.
For some students, reading is an issue either because of a skill deficit or just a learning preference for auditory learning. There are many new tools that will read text aloud to students.
Google offers an add-on Google Text to Speech is one of those tools that can be added to any computer and reads to the students as they follow along with text.
Natural Reader is another free text to speech program.
The Best Text to Speech website provides links to many free text to speech options.
Another option is a program like this software that converts text to MP3 files. Students can take any text document and convert them to MP3 files. Once converted the students can play the file on their phone, MP3 players, or other devices. This can be helpful for students who have difficulty studying. They can listen while riding the school bus or anywhere they go.
The following sites are websites that contain links to many videos. You may want to use them to find materials yourself or consider asking students to use them
WatchKnowLearn has a huge collection of videos all free to use. You can set the age range and then search by topic.
Schooltube is another site that has many student created videos.
Discovery Education is another site that offers step by step tutorials and other videos.
MediaBurn is a site for lesson plans that include some unique videos
Teachers Bag of Tricks is a site for teacher use that has links to videos and other multimedia resources
Edudemic has a website called 100 Best Video Sites with many links to other large collections.
For some students, reading is an issue either because of a skill deficit or just a learning preference for auditory learning. There are many new tools that will read text aloud to students.
Google offers an add-on Google Text to Speech is one of those tools that can be added to any computer and reads to the students as they follow along with text.
Natural Reader is another free text to speech program.
The Best Text to Speech website provides links to many free text to speech options.
Another option is a program like this software that converts text to MP3 files. Students can take any text document and convert them to MP3 files. Once converted the students can play the file on their phone, MP3 players, or other devices. This can be helpful for students who have difficulty studying. They can listen while riding the school bus or anywhere they go.