TECH TIP: TextingStory App
TextingStory could be a fun project with your students. It is an iPhone app that allows you to create a story told through text messages. It will then turn it into a video of the messages scrolling through. This could be used as a free write assignments, a conversation through two book characters, or even between two historical figures.
BOOK TIP: New York Public Library Top Checkouts of All Time
The New York Public Library turns 125 this year. In honor of that anniversary, they released yesterday their top 10 checkouts of all time. How many of these books have you read? I've read all but one (any guesses which one?)
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats: 485,583 checkouts
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss: 469,650 checkouts
- 1984 by George Orwell: 441,770 checkouts
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak: 436,016 checkouts
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: 422,912 checkouts
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White: 337,948 checkouts
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: 316,404 checkouts
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie: 284,524 checkouts
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling: 231,022 checkouts
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle: 189,550 checkouts
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