eText Resources
Finding, Adapting and Using Digital Text
Use
these resources to create digital libraries of
electronic supplementary or alternative materials.
Below are links to some of the best places to find
good, searchable digital text. Use the links under
the heading eText Support to create materials with
scaffolds to learning built in.
eText
Collections
Internet Public
Library
Links
to picture books, short stories, poetry, myths,
fables, magazines and info about authors. Lots and
lots of great electronic text – don’t miss this
one!!! Use an advanced search and GROK IT!
Project Gutenberg
Light
literature (such as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan,
or Aesop's Fables), heavy literature (such as Moby
Dick or Paradise Lost), and references (such as
almanacs, encyclopedias, or dictionaries) in
downloadable formats
Accessible Books
Collection
A
wonderful site that houses hundreds of high
interest low reading level fiction in html format.
Subscription for a school is $49.95 for the year!
NetTrekker
through Learnport
Learnport
is a state of Michigan portal for educators. Join
and log in for access to free resources. Under the
resource tab, locate NetTrekker. NetTrekker is
aneasy to use database of quality material
available with Lexile leveled texts AND text to
speech built in.
eTheme
eThemes is a
database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources
organized around specific themes. These resources
are created for educators to use in their
classrooms.
On
line Magazines and Newspapers
Scholastic
News
National Geographic Kids
Magazine
Sports Illustrated for
Kids
Time
People
New York
Times
Detroit Free
Press
Detroit
News
Leveled
Reading Sites
Window on the
Universe
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government
for Kids
eText
supports
Diigo
Use
this tool to annotate, highlight, share and
bookmark websites.
Vocabulary Support: On-line
pop-up Dictionary
Download
this tool to check definitions, find related words
and images related to the word. Works only when
connected to the internet.
Babel Fish
Translation
Can
be used to translate small amounts of text or
websites. Some caution should be used as it often
overlooks the nuances of language
translation.
Spark
Notes
On
line cliff notes. Text and now mp3.
Text
to Speech
Natural
Reader
Have
all of your electronic documents read out loud.
With Read Naturally, you use the “Miniboard” to
read right on the Internet or in any other
document. Natural Readers comes with several
voices.
Read
Please
Read
Please is another free text to speech program. Cut
and paste any document into the Read Please window
and you can turn your text into talking text. Read
Please provides a few voice options, adjustable
font size and highlights the words while it
reads.
Click N
Speak
Read
websites out loud in Mozilla's Firefox with this
free download.
Audio and Video Supports for Text
Lit2Go
Lit2Go is a free
online collection of stories and poems in Mp3
(audiobook) format.
Librivox
(compliments of Dana P.)
Learn Out
Loud
RocketBooks
Rocketbooks are
video study guides that provide summaries and
detailed analyses of literary works.
Adapting Text
Learning from
Text
Dave
Edyburn's article about the dilemma we face in
deciding between remediation and compensation. He
explores helpful ways to look at, find, use and
adapt electronic text.
