Maricon Reyes
Ed638-40 Fall Intersession 2020
Dr. M.Rivera
IRA Newsletter Weekly Project: Effective Literacy Website #2: Epic- Kid’s Books and Educational Reading Library
Epic (https://www.getepic.com/) is one of the leading digital reading platforms where thousands of high-quality interactive and curated books are easily accessed by children ages 12 and under. This interactive tool has all reading levels and provides a wide variety of book types to include audio enabled read-to-me books, audiobooks, picture books, chapter books, comic books, books for early readers, storybooks and children’s bedtime stories, nonfiction titles, graphic novels, Spanish, Chinese, and French books, educational books, games, and quizzes. Epic has so many interesting features to start with free access to teachers and librarians. It is creatively designed for web and mobile use providing children with a personal library on-demand made appealing by the fun-game components that are readily available anytime and anywhere. Additionally, it is a very user-friendly virtual learning resource that can be used both in the classroom and for at-home learning.
Offering 40,000 books from leading publishers such as Harper Collins, Macmillan, Smithsonian, National Geographic, Epic provides access to known books and series to include Clifford, Fancy Nancy, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Disney books, Goosebumps, Goodnight Moon, Big Nate, Flat Stanley, Warriors, Biscuit and National Geographic Kids.
There are two versions available of epic which are Epic for Educators and Epic for Home. Epic for Educators account is completely of no charge to librarians and teachers. Teachers can access numerous and varied book types. This platform allows teachers to create personalized student profiles with book recommendations based on students’ reading levels and interests. Epic has a feature that allows teachers to track student’s growth and reading progress. On the other hand, the Epic for Home account allows up to four individual customized child profiles. Thousands of different book types and resources can be accessed by students online or offline on any device. One interesting feature is the reading log tracker that records students’ progress and made available to parents on a weekly basis via email.
Below are some tutorial videos on how to set up accounts, use epic, and assign books.
1. Epic! is an Amazing FREE Tool for Teachers
2. Epic Books for Kids
3. How to Use Epic Books
4. Assigning Books in Epic
Epic is a great platform where students, teachers, and families can all benefit through accessing quality books, enjoy reading while making progress, growing appreciation, and love for it.
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