Life Feast written by Ana Marie Menezes is an excellent blog for teachers interested in using technology in elementary and middle school ELL/EFL lessons. Check out this post about using VOKI with EFL students for a sense of what you'll get by following Life Feast.

written by Kevin Hodgson is a must-read for anyone interested in the use digital storytelling and games in their language arts lessons. Kevin also regularly posts book reviews. Take a look at his recent post about using Stykz for creating stopmotion movies.

"The Natural Inquirer is a middle school science education journal! Scientists report their research in journals, which enable scientists to share information with one another. This journal, The Natural Inquirer, was created so that scientists can share their research with middle school students. Each article tells you about scientific research conducted by scientists in the USDA Forest Service. "

Nonfiction titles

With a mix of vibrant images, visual annotation and text, the modules are designed by educators to engage students in information literacy and the research process. What constitutes credible information? How does source type contribute to relevance, authority and point of view? How do I evaluate and cite born-digital images and online sources? Over twenty full modules are available, addressing source and website evaluation, digital literacy skills, plagiarism prevention and ethical writing. There are three progressive levels to choose from (Starter, Junior and Advanced) for elementary through university students.

"Graphing Stories is a new website that was developed by Dan Meyer and Buzz Math. Graphing Stories features 24 short videos that tell a story that students can graph to tell the mathematical story happening in the video. I recommend reading this post by Dan Meyer to get a full sense of how this works and where the idea came from. All of the graphing stories videos can be downloaded to use in your classroom. Graphing Stories even provides the graph paper for your students to graph the stories."

Hey! Maybe I can get those math people to visit the library!

Vizaroo looks like it could be a good way to collect anonymous responses to questions that you pose in your classroom. Services like Vizaroo gives the shy student the opportunity to have his or her opinion heard by classmates and teachers.

"Today's students are surrounded by technology. From laptops to smartphones to tablets, students use devices and apps for personal entertainment, communicating with friends and family, and even for education. Not only is technology easy for them to use, giving them a central place where everything important is located, they also enjoy using these devices. That's why when it comes to education, teachers need to listen to students."

"Masher lets you easily create a video by mixing together video clips, music tracks, and photos all for FREE! Mix... Your videos and photos, with our huge library of video clips from BBC Motion Gallery, Rip Curl and more. Mash... Your videos and photos together using our simple studio, then add some words, music and special effects. Share... Your video Mash by posting it to sites such as Facebook, MySpace, or by emailing it. "

Ronda's book and accompanying web resources

Resource from Ronda Freedom Crafter -- people that were somehow able to beat the system and buy their freedom different perspective on black experience during civil war

"Life is too short. Stop repeating yourself. Flip your classroom! "

"Science (and more) to Music music-based teaching"

"Free iPad apps are shaded in the cells below."