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Easily create videos in the classroom! Students as young as five can make videos to tell stories, explain ideas, or document their learning. Similar to the Explain Everything app, Shadow Puppet EDU lets you put together photos, images, and videos into one neat video (up to 30 minutes) where you can overlay text, add audio or music, and other annotations. Did I mention that it’s completely free?

Check out some ways that teachers are using it and see lesson plans and ideas: http://get-puppet.co/

Get the app here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shadow-puppet-edu/id888504640?mt=8

Got a science question? Ask Dr. Universe! A fun science website for kids from Dr. Wendy Sue Universe and her friends at Washington State University.

This website provides different science topics for students to explore and provides an avenue to ask scientists at WSU questions. They post answers to all sorts of questions students have asked — for example, 

“Make learning fun with TES Teach with Blendspace, the free and easy edtech tool teachers love for lessons, projects, presentations, and more.”

TES Teach with Blendspace is a free online tool designed to help you create digital lessons in minutes! Build lessons by dragging and dropping content into the storyboard. You can include videos, websites, slides, quizzes and so much more, and make sure they align to Common Core State Standards. Don’t feel like creating a lesson? Don’t worry! Blendspace also has a library of lessons that you can browse through and use in your classroom!

A few resources that you might find useful from Kamehameha Publishing:

Kumukahi has lots of multimedia resources that are available in both English and ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi. Another great feature is that the entire website can be changed into ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi. 

Lau Nehenehe has ebooks available in both English and ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi. Some of the books have been turned into real-aloud videos that are also read in both English and ‘Ōlelo Hawaiʻi.

Another resource of interest is the interactive Princess Pauahi online storybook. Click here or on the image below to see the book.

Epic! is an e-book library that includes lots of books sorted by age group and genre. A few of the titles are actually read alongs so students can go through these stories on their own. They even have books related to Hawaiʻi and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. This is an approved KS tool and you can share these stories with the keiki from your computer or your iPad — they have an app!  Click here to sign up for your free educator account (you can sign in using your KS Google account).

Here are a few examples of the books they carry:

     

Mahalo Wendy for sharing this resource!