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Date:  June 2, 2011  The National Academies Press Makes All PDF Books Free to Download; More Than 4,000 Titles Now Available Free to All Readers WASHINGTON -- As of today all PDF versions of books published by the National Academies Press will be downloadable to anyone free of charge.  This includes a current catalog of more than 4,000 books plus future reports produced by the Press.  The mission of the National Academies Press (NAP) -- publisher for the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council -- is to disseminate the institutions' content as widely as possible while maintaining financial sustainability.  To that end, NAP began offering free content online in 1994.  Before today's announcement, all PDFs were free to download in developing countries, and 65 percent of them were available for free to any user.

Weekly webinars on web 20 classrooms  -- except July

Bernie Dodge: wonderPoint mlearning

Tara Richardson's wiki for ASCD 2011 conference

Tara Richardson's wiki on infovisualization info graphics

analyzing data; how to create an infographic -- critical reading and writing

Livebinder -- all you need to know about iPads in the classroom by Mike Fischer

Twitter Chats

TeachersFirst offers this model for elementary (or middle) schools to build skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening systematically in a schoolwide model including students, teachers, and parents. The free web 2.0 tools suggested here are by no means the only tools that might work. These exemplary tools were chosen by the TeachersFirst Editors for ease of use and versatility in classroom and home use, and could easily be implemented at grade levels other than those suggested here. As students and teachers master a new tool at each grade level, they develop rich literacy skills and vital technology skills, all in the context of reading, writing, speaking and listening across the curriculum.

Tricks -- especially punctuation

Tricks -- especially punctuation

News Scoop it by SamGilksman

News Scoop it by SamGilksman

Apps for iPad Wes Fryer Prinicpal's Workshop

Apps separated for elementary, middle, and high school