American Archive

http://americanarchive.org
"Historic programs of publicly funded radio and television across America.

Classroom idea:   This is a great  resource for  studying history, and can of course enhance  the study of literature set in a time/place. The curated exhibits are ready made lessons.

Adobe Slate

 Adobe Slate.   
A good app from Adobe that combines photos and images with a minimum amount of text, allowing one to create digital narratives with  the emphasis on the visual.   I found this on Richard Bryne's blog.

Classroom idea.   This could be used as a way to illustrate creative writing, or give step by step instructions.

Microsoft Sway

Sway https://sway.com/ 

If, like me, you are thinking student presentations work so much better if you encourage story telling as the basis of the presentation than I think you should look at Sway, a presentation/digital narrative tool from Microsoft

 

Classroom idea: Chemistry students take an elemnt and tell its story!

IFTTT

IFTTT  If This Then That.   https://ifttt.com 


If you use social media often, or just like reminders,create workflow connections between your activity with  IFTTT 

Classroom idea:  Simplify tasks on your iPad.

GeoGuesser

 http://www.geoguessr.com/  

A game that invites you to guess the location in the world based on a Google Street View 


Classroom idea:  As a way to expose students to looking for viual clues for context, this is a fun game.

HSTRY

https://www.hstry.co/

A timeline tool that is fairly simple and intuituve.. Saw this on Free Tech for Teachers

Classroom idea.  Timelines are an oft requested student project, and I like to have several tools for creating  in my toolbox.

JSTOR Understanding Shakespeare

 http://labs.jstor.org/shakespeare/
The Shakespeare Wars  by Ron Rosenbaum   was a turning point for me.  I loved the passion  with he described Shakespeare, and the passionate people who delve into the details of Shakespeare .  This   tool  gives student a glimpse into that passion  by allowing a search of  the JSTOR database  play   line by play line.I am so glad I am catching up on to Joyce Valenza's  blog!

Classroom idea :  As an introduction to the  art of literary criticism and exploration, assign each student a research project on the intricacies of their favorite line.