Post #14 Happy Holidays!!! • News O Matic • Blubr • Quozio

Happy Holidays!  Here are 3 "huge" recommendations for your holiday leisure time that you can subscribe to and brush up on so you will be ready to go in January.  

App of the week:  Newsomatic - Grade levels 1-2, 3-4, 5 & more.  

• Remember Newsela - what a great web resource for grades 4 & up.  Great non-fictional current media articles that are lexile rated and have assessments associated with them.  Well here's another great way to reach kids with a different twist.  

News-O-Matic is the daily newspaper for kids on iOs and Android, an exciting and engaging nonfiction experience, and a fantastic modern educational tool. It gives young readers a window into the world — and a reason to love reading news for kids. Whether the stories are about India’s election, the World Cup, or the moons of Saturn, they provide students opportunities to make connections in meaningful ways and inspire children every day.
Students can react to the news, either by writing or drawing; their words and art may reach their peers around the world.

• Kids vote for their favorite articles.
• Students talk to astronauts, athletes, congressmen, and artists: They are the ones who come up with questions during interviews! 
• Interactive maps that locate the story relative to the student – with integrated geography and math facts
• In-app audio playback of complete articles via a Read-to-Me function
• Definitions and pronunciation support for difficult words
• Games that relate to the news of the day
• Translations to Spanish – with Spanish language audio – at the tap of a button
• Classrooms can pick the news and design a News-O-Matic edition through the Junior Editor-In-Chief program!
• Daily Teacher’s Guide available, with lesson plans and additional resources for the classroom

Web Resource#1 - Blubbr
Blubbr - A interactive assessment tool that allows you to create multiple choice questions based on short video clips.
Using Blubbr you can create interactive quizzes that are based on YouTube clips. Your quizzes can be about anything of your choosing. The structure of the quizzes has a viewer watch a short clip then answer a multiple choice question about the clip. Viewers know right away if they chose the correct answer or not.

Web Resource#2
Quozio - Allows you to make your own quotes.

What is Quozio?

Quozio turns meaningful words into beautiful images in seconds. Then share 'em on Facebook, Pinterest, email and more!

How do I use Quozio?

Just visit quozio.com and fill in your quote. Or, even faster, get the bookmarklet which lets you instantly create an image out of any text you highlight on a web page.

After you provide your quote, scroll through the various styles and find the one that best matches it. Then the best part - share with your friends!

Here's a sample: