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"Students at Asher Public School, Asher, Oklahoma, are currently collaborating with students in Illinois, Indiana, and Washington using a global platform that consists of the project Ning, Wiki, and Skype. The Ning is located at: http:dontextandrive.ning.com/. Membership into the Ning is representative of their pledge not to text and drive. The Ning sufficiently addresses current research, data, laws, and even legislation through active blogging and forum discussion exchanges. We are interested in collaborating with schools from within the United States to outside. This is a global issue and deserves global attention. We want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Please join us."

Ning network to communicate about the dangers of texting while driving.

"Learn about the danger of driving while distracted (DWD) and cell phone use while driving with helpful information from Nationwide Insurance to help prevent driving while texting accidents when you're behind the wheel. "

"Texting And Driving Worse Than Drinking and Driving"

"People have been using Poll Everywhere to make word clouds and tag clouds for years. Now, we've made it even easier with a simple two-step process for our favorite word cloud services: Wordle, Tagxedo, and Tagul. You'll find a new view called "Word cloud" on your Free Text Polls."

" A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. Free. "

Shared today on the listserv.

"MailBliss is a free email service that allows you to get an email address for your phone. Any emails sent to your new mailbliss email address will be forwarded to your phone as a text message."

"Lexile measures are powerful, versatile tools that educators can use to help their students grow as readers. When you use both Lexile reader measures and Lexile text measures, you can treat each student as an individual learner, rather than as below-grade, on-grade or above-grade. Site includes a "find a book" feature which allows you to search a book by title or author and find out the lexile level. There is a conversion chart on the site which will give you a guide to the approximate grade level equivalents as well. Here are some classroom ideas and applications to help you differentiate instruction for all readers in various situations."

Easy way to collaborate and share text on the web

The full text of almost every single selection from the textbook Holt Elements of Literature Fourth Course.

not sure how this one's legal, but my 10th grade English teachers LOVE it!

Audio Recordings and Texts of Robert Frost Poetry

Set up a poll that collects results via text

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The Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of about 21,000 public domain and open access documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.

A very easy mind mapping tool. Fun, easy, and free.

Allstate insurance resources and no texting pledge.

Live Text Document Collaboration

"The "No Phone Zone" lesson plan will educate students on the dangers associated with distracted driving (texting while driving, talking on the phone while driving)."