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This is a website that features some very important materials and resources on teaching kids and students about digital citizenship. Digital Citizenship resource is prepared and owned by NSW Department of Education and Communities (Australia) and is available for for free but under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Australia Licence.

Now, there is more bad news: The real magnitude of that reading achievement gap may be greater than previously believed, because educators and researchers have not adequately accounted for the different skills that are required to successfully read online, as opposed to in print.

New research supports blended approach to computer learning

Alternatives to text/Leveled Text YouTube Teacher Tube Newsela Current events and a variety of reading levels. Digital Text Text in a digital format that you can read on your computer or transform into audio Read Please Reads any text you see on your screen - all purpose text-to-speech software. Natural Reader"

"Educators need to be aware of the terminology, learning theory, resources available, and tools that can be used in the classroom to differentiate instruction and support diverse learners. Learn about some of the FREE tools available to support a variety of learning styles."

Great example of an elemetary flipped classroom

"HOW DIGITAL LITERATURE CIRCLES HELP READERS CREATE, COMPOSE AND CONNECT"

Links to resources for coding for all ages of students

This could be a great tool. I want to explore it some more. I think it will make using Diigo an even better experience.

I agree. I will be exploring it too.

New book by Yong Zhao from MSU. Looks like and interesting read.

"Privacy Concerns for ClassDojo and Other Tracking Apps for Schoolchildren" Interesting article by the NY Times.

Reading website for emerging readers. Free reading games, ideal for interactive whiteboards. Online guided reading stories and teaching resources with lesson plans.

A teacher sharing resources for a flipped math classroom.

Student and teacher feedback on online assessment 

Visual notetaking is a process of representing ideas non-linguistically. (That's a fancy of way of saying, "drawing pictures.") Visual notetaking can include concept mapping, but also more artistic ways of visually capturing and representing ideas. On the simpler side of the visual notetaking continuum, visual notes can be used to create narrated art. On the complex end of the spectrum, some visual notetaking applications support the creation of whiteboard animation videos which include audio narration synchronized to screencasts of drawings. Visual or graphic facilitation can be used at meetings to summarize presentations and guide discussions. Whether simple or complex, visual