{"id":106,"date":"2015-11-24T21:06:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T02:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/?p=106"},"modified":"2015-11-24T21:06:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T02:06:53","slug":"online-tools-for-homework-and-study-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/2015\/11\/24\/online-tools-for-homework-and-study-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Tools for Homework and Study Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a\u00a0New York Times article, Tara Parker-Pope recommends a series of online homework and study aids:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easybib.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.Easybib.com<\/a> \u2013 Students can type in a website or source name and Easybib will automatically generate a citation in whatever style format the teacher requires.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prezi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.Prezi.com<\/a> \u2013 A cloud-based presentation tool that allows for zooming and panning and can make presentations more dynamic and fun.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quizlet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.Quizlet.com<\/a> \u2013 Students can create flashcards and study guides to review material online or on a mobile device. Created by high-school students in 2007, the site has more than 40 million study sets generated by users.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storybird.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.Storybird.com<\/a> \u2013 This site helps students create a story or poem or present material using a variety of illustrations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.Sparknotes.com<\/a> \u2013 Summaries of literary works with analyses of important quotes, key facts, study questions, essay topics, and quizzes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howlongtoreadthis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.HowLongToReadThis.com<\/a> \u2013 Students enter the name of a written work, a timer determines their reading speed as they read a sample paragraph, and they\u2019re told how long it will take to finish the book.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.KhanAcademy.org<\/a> \u2013 Brief tutorials on a wide array of topics and grade levels.<\/li>\n<li>Kindle books \u2013 Features include highlighting, vocabulary help, and being able to search a long book for a key passage.<\/li>\n<li>Google Docs \u2013 A group of students can create, edit, collaborate on, and store documents, which can be opened on any computer with an Internet connection. Teachers can add notes and comment on drafts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cHelp with Homework, Pixel by Pixel\u201d by Tara Parker-Pope in The New York Times, November 17, 2015,<a href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/1XaaOM2\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nyti.ms\/1XaaOM2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a\u00a0New York Times article, Tara Parker-Pope recommends a series of online homework and study aids: www.Easybib.com \u2013 Students can type in a website or source name and Easybib will automatically generate a citation in whatever style format the teacher &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/2015\/11\/24\/online-tools-for-homework-and-study-skills\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/shannonpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}