Content Literacy

Great data and science site. I like the nice real world connections for the data. Also, great science site. Science content using interactivity and data (gotta get math involved).

Lots of different 'games' to play to reinforce vocabulary for all kinds of subjects. If a student/teacher just wants to create a list of study cards this can do it. If there is a station in your class for vocabulary development you can use this site in lots of different ways to have students practice vocabulary skills. I dare you to try the space race. It's tough!

Creates a graphic of words based on several criteria, can be used to create a graphic of vocabulary from a chapter or a graphic of tags from a class delicious account. Not an end all site, but great way for students/teachers to present a list of topics in a unique way during a presentation. I can see using this to help create a word wall activity using the interactive whiteboard.

Not necessarily literacy, but if you are looking for some theoretical framework to justify instructional practice or rationale to support routine development in your classroom, here are many of the learning theories discussed in 'short' articles.

250 free ebooks. If you have students who are not reading for whatever reason, it's a great place to get started. Rather than not letting them experience the text, let them experience it. Get the process of appreciating storytelling even if it is audio.

FTC publishing. Greate ideas for the classroom and possibly the next generation of publishing for new authors.

If you want to be more proactive about the use of web 2.0 apps in your work, here is a nice, easy to use explanation on how to embed 'stuff' into your work. Again, easy to read, pretty easy to follow, and useful.

I'm always looking for an easy to read, easy to implement list of web2.0 applications and Wes Fryer has created another one. I encourage you to find one application/resource and explore it. Don't look at all the possibilities but don't ignore them because it is overwhelming. find one, explore and look for ways to incorporate into your instruction. If you need help, simply ask!

Text to video

OK, I'm not an artist but I SEE this as a tool for writing to learn and writing to publish. I think it would allow students to express their understandings in different ways and then be able to share to a wide audience. If you have a pentab computer this would be an awesome tool to use with kids, because it's easier to export than microsoft journal drawings.

Another plagarism detection tool. I don't like to promote this from a negative perspective, but it does help teachers educate students about the needs to give credit to other people about their ideas, and to help students learn how to paraphrase.

The pronunciation guide. All the words in the world pronounced by native speakers

If you can't find an article about inclusion of educational technology here then you aren't looking very hard.

Create matching, hangman, crossword, word search, word scramble and flash cards