Interactive Graphic Resources for the Classroom

The integration of digital tools in students' academic life is paramount to advancing the use of ICT in schools. Here's a site that facilitates this approach, offering both tools and lesson plans.

The ReadWriteThink site is a great resource pool. It provides access to a set of graphical tools that can be used to produce various educational products.

The Interactive Tools

The "Student interaction" section is particularly successful as it allows one to generate various documents online that can then be printed and saved. One can search for an application by keyword, topic, learning objective, or activity type. This makes it easy to create crossword puzzles (Puzzle Maker) or timelines.

Graphic Organizers

Students also have the option of creating Venn diagrams on this same site. They can choose between the 2-circle version and the 3-circle element version. They can also use the so-called "persuasion map" (persuasion map) to prepare their argument in a debate. For their literary studies, they will be able to use the literary elements map (Literary elements map).

Each of the descriptive sheets of the various applications proposed includes a pedagogical accompaniment (printable documents, lesson plan, evaluation sheet, material...). Although the interface is in English many of these tools can be used and adapted in contexts other than language discipline sessions.

Each application is accompanied by lesson plans for all grade levels, from kindergarten to the end of high school (the famous Anglo-Saxon K-12). There is also a section for parents who want to accompany their children after school.

Book Cover Creator

The site also offers fun resources. The Book Cover Creator app makes it easy to create a book cover or jacket with just a few simple steps. A limited choice of templates is offered as well as some editing tools ( background color, font size, and color). This additional tool will usefully accompany the readings in the students' program.

ReadWriteThink is particularly interesting insofar as it can be used in disciplines that are a priori less invested in ICT than science or mathematics. Of course, we regret that it is an Anglo-Saxon website, with no equivalence in French to our knowledge... Although it is sufficient to have a basic understanding of English to use the tools available on ReadWriteThink, we would want to see similar projects developed in French. If you know of any, don't hesitate to let us know!

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