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Infographics for You to Use: Writing and Grammar

Want to use infographics in your space, but don’t have the time to create your own from scratch?  Well, thanks to A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet, we have infographics of all kinds – this week, five infographics on writing!  Click on the links to see the full infographics.

 verbs 15 Most Useful Phrasal Verbs
 Punctuation The 15 Punctuation Marks
 research paper Guide for Your Research Paper
 mistakes The Most-Annoying Writing Mistakes
 Writing process The Writing Process

More Infographics for You to Use: Reading and its Benefits, Libraries and Librarians, Books and eBooks, Information Literacy, Copyright, Attribution, and Plagiarism, Digital Citizens, Press and Visuals, and Fun Ones!

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Recommended Ed Tech Tool: FunBrain

In browsing the top 50 e-learning sites, FunBrain is a very simple website with both content and games for grade school children.  The information is divided into basic categories for viewing books where you can sample a chapter or two online, follow comic strips and select from a variety of skill building games. It is just another tool that can be used to continue to facilitate learning. As a component of the Family Education Network, Pearson Education, it is a free  resource that does not require registering a user name and password to access the online information.

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Recommended App: Grammar Jammers Primary Edition

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Pearson Education, Inc. has developed a kid-friendly app for learning grammar usage and mechanics. The primary edition of this app promises “catchy animated songs and rhymes [to] make English language arts exciting!”  Grammar Jammers Primary Edition includes unique animations and quiz questions on the following topics: adjectives, contractions, nouns, pronouns, punctuation, sentences, and verbs. The app is free and is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later.

Check out this YouTube video for a nice sampling of what’s available on the app. I absolutely love the music and imagine that both kids and adults (parents & teachers) could enjoy listening to it (unlike some cartoon/kids music!).

Grammar Jammers is also available in Elementary and Middle Editions. However, these editions of the app typically cost around $2.99.