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Readings with free activities that are lexile-leveled. It is designed for grades K-6, but there are many readings with lexiles scores of 800-1020. Also, it provides lesson plans aligned with various children's books.  You can create a free account. Rec by Karen Ault

Contains lots of good links to other resources.  Rec. by the ALSC president  Part of the about.com section on children's books.

Need to do free registration. Has nearly complete lessons that you can adapt. Rec by state DOE

Rec by PATINS project at ICE14

Rec by Annette Lamb. Interactive fact-checking game

Rec by Annette Lamb

Rec on ALA TT

Tech tools rec by Alan November

Rec by Annette Lamb. Students put themselves in the place of a reporter in order to check facts before they share information.

Rec. tools for creating videos in chrome

Naomi Bates' blog, includes tech tool recs. You might be interested in other parts of her blog.

Rec by Diana Gill in a webinar. Point students to sites like this.

Rec by Torrey Trust, although it is for higher ed

Digital tools to use to interact with the LOC curated collections. Take a look at Citizen DJ, Newspaper Navigator, Speculative Annotation, and more! (rec by Torrey Trust)

 tool that allows for quickly and easily designing posters, signs, fliers and more, allowing for a variety of customizations with backgrounds, clipart, and text, while also allowing users to upload and use their own pictures.  My own high school kids have used it to complete one page posters referred to as visual book reports.  Their end products were printed for display purposes in the library, and used for visuals for book-talks done by both the librarians and the students. We even use them in digital frames that loop through pictures at our circulation desk, and students have responded to the "book-reports" created in Poster My Wall by checking out those titles.   The site does not require an account though that is an option, and those opting to use the free version can create professional looking posters and download for printing in minutes.  My school secretary was so impressed with the site she has even used it to create fliers for events and activities at school.   The site is easy enough for even elementary school students.  Like Wordle, my collaborating teachers are finding some very interesting uses for Poster My Wall. Cons?  It is not a replacement to Glogster by any means, but a poster app none the less. (Rec by Cathy Jo Nelson)

recs from Tony Vincent

Blog recommended by noted non-fiction author Marc Aronson.

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