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A comprehensive site on illustration - media, style, design - and picture books including page to screen, banned books, parodies as well as teacher resources..

The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas. Includes using Google Earth and Maps, Google docs and forms, devices such as ipads, ipods, IWBs and mobile phones and audio and visual tools

The site does not appear to be maintained but the archives are well worth exploring to delve into picture book illustration. From the author: My intention is to discuss picturebooks, in particular the pictures in them! Why? Because, in ELT we tend to select picturebooks because they contain words our students might know. I plan to write something a couple of times a month, sharing what I discover in my readings; describe new titles I come across; discuss particular illustrators and their styles and generally promote the picture in picture books.

Free time line creation software. No teachers account options, must be over 13 to use and paid accounts improve service and remove adverts.

Lots of images to support this historical overview

"Concept mapping and mind mapping are used in the classroom in any number of ways. This page will provide the rationale for their use, links to samples and a list of tools to use to create them."

"This first step into doodling for learning has opened up an extensive new classroom practice for Freedman. She's been encouraging students to take visual notes for only a little over a year, but she's seen it help some students tremendously. Now she dedicates about five minutes a day for a month to sketchnote practice. She gives students lots of choices in how they want to do it -- on a whiteboard, on a digital tablet, or with paper and pencils. The point is to give them dedicated time to familiarize themselves with how they might express themselves visually."

"The visual guides work best when learning goals drive the design and students are engaged in their creation."

Educational infographics and other visuals to enhance learning.