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Unite for Literacy is a project that provides online books that include audio in multiple languages and ASL videos, celebrating different cultures and providing language support for English Language Learners. Wonderful project!

This is a great looking e-book site. View thousands of titles and read them online and on your portable device. You can also make notes on the pages. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/english

A good site to find online ebooks of classic titles. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

A good collection of online books for young readers. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

New blog from Jim Burke, author of many books, englishcompanion.com, englishcompanion.ning.com

"Please turn on your textbooks and upload your homework..." In five years (three? two?!) I will not ask my high school students to open the 6.5 pound textbooks that currently sit on the floor under the desks. Nor will I bemoan their reluctance to look up words or mark up the text as they read. I will not wonder how to meet the needs of the 35% of my class who have learning disorders, most of which are language processing disorders of one form or another. Instead, I will ask them to get out their digital textbooks (what will we call them: DBooks? DBs? ETexts? Readers?) and "read the assigned story." Here is what will be different:

A great set of video of classic book titles, such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Green Ham and Eggs. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

This site has a great set of downloadable PDF books and resources to help emergent readers with phonics. Free sign up is required. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English