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A great site for reading teachers. She covers all topics and provides resources to educators. She has a special interest in reading comprehension and writing.

Use sounds to draw pictures - read the instructions or just experiment. Try this with kids and see how much fun they have. You will need to allow your mic to be connected

THE Online is the leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom.

English news lessons: Free EFL/ESL lesson plans, handouts and podcast for teaching current events and current affairs lessons, and business English. It combines reading, writing, listening and speaking - excellent for DI/UDL teaching.This is an interesting novel approach to teaching a language through current events. It is sort of a crossover between English and Social Studies, which is great. We want to move toward interdisciplinary curriculum, as opposed to isolates and disjointed content areas.

LD OnLine is the leading website on learning disabilities, learning disorders and differences. Parents and teachers of learning disabled children will find authoritative guidance on attention deficit disorder, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dysnomia, reading difficulties, speech and related disorders. LD OnLine works in association with Learning Disabilities Association of America, International Dyslexia Association, Council for Exceptional Children, Schwab Foundation for Learning, and the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities.

This is a website advertising a program that uses hip hop music and lyrics to teach children language arts, reading, science and social studies.

This issue is a bit of an obsession of mine -- but this is one of the best (and most concise) articles about the potential cultural and educational consequences of replacing books with e readers like the kindle.

Great (somewhat satirical) article on the future of long form literacy.