Day 5 Graphing Technology & Digital Reading, e-Magazines, and Newsource

Stylus and draw pad (e.g. Bamboo for mac), then use on:

• http://drawonthe.net/

where you insert a URL, or by dragging a javascript onto bookmark and start drawing on anywhere on a page.

Dicussion of reading

• L2 reading: some people claims that there should be 90% or 95% of functional reading level, or students will get frustrated
• If that lacks challenge, find something students find interesting (contents) but challenging (language level)

eBooks and eReadings and how to make them or access them

• archive.orgarchive.org - it aims to archive everything that has been published on the Internet (google's doodles?)
• Waybackmachine - find pages that have been taken down that they could have crawled 
• We Give Books, Oxford Owl - picture books for primary-aged students
• Tumblebooks - 30 days free trial. Includes Spanish books read out (in a South American accent) [speak to teacher-librarians to find out if the school district has a subscription - they might!] or access through vpl.ca here !

To convert an article or website into a epub / mobi (Kindle) format (instead of looking at the ads, or even pdf which is a captured picture)

• dotEpub

eMagazines

• Readability bookmarklet, or "reader" which is automatic on the right hand side of the URL (can be used on any website without the "print version" button, to clean up all the jazz including ads and formatting)
• Wow!!!!! Links to semi-authentic magazines in Spanish through EBSCO 
• 24Hours in Spanish hola24h
• Today's newspaper front page from all around the world: Newseum

*To convert different ebook formats to adjust to proprietary devices*

• Calibre is a free downloadable software