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I use this online timer during independent reading- a great way to avoid students asking "how much longer"

One way to read pages later as they are stored offline. The chrome (and Firefox?) addons store the pages on your laptop etc. The phone apps also store the pages

Wayd you can save web pages onto your laptop or PC (also phone using the app) so you can read them when there is NO Internet access

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I know I've posted this site before, but for those new teachers I'm posting it again. Love this site! Leave it to the Smithsonian to make it easy to differentiate reading levels within interesting informational articles for grades K-12. Worth a look.

Sites for reading, formative assessments, and projects.

An analogy for integrating the Common Core

Novels have power and influence. Interesting look at the darker side of the author's power over the reader in an age when we insist that all reading is goodness and light. Not a call for censorship by any means--just a reflection on how truly powerful literature is.

Lots of online ebook for free!

I would like to get in touch regarding your experience with eBooks for research we are doing. Dr. Patricia Donohue, San Francisco State University, pdonohue@sfsu.edu

mattrenwick.com

How do we balance teacher expectations with student engagement?

"As you may have read, this half term we focused on the teaching of memoir. In our first week we discussed the genre using our genre-booklets and this created a buzz for the rest of the project. Focusing on the genre and why people write memoir allowed the generating of ideas to happen fairly quickly."

Nice article on reaching the less advantages and using technology to meet their needs. Teachers can engage students before they enter the classroom.

IWitness is a powerful tool in the Shoah Foundation Institute's mission to putting an end to prejudice, bigotry, and intolerance -- and the suffering they cause -- through the educational use of testimony. This resource is hands-on, constructivist, engaging, and relevant to students ages 13 and up. There are a variety of activities, including one especially for classes that read Elie Wiesel's book Night, videos that address ethical editing, a built-in online video editor, and more.

would be great site for students to learn from personal accounts, more interactive than just reading

I've recently read some articles on how physical exercise helps students learn, and thought I'd put together a related "The Best…" list. However, I only have a few resources now, and I'm sure there are plenty others out there. I'm hoping readers will contribute more (I, of course, will give you credit for ones I add to this list).

A social network where posts are translated into 36 languages and reads them out at the click of a button. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

The iPad may only be two years old, but it's already begun to change many things. Reading is one of them. Work is another. It is selling like crazy, but it will be some time before most of the people you know own a tablet.