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Free for teachers. Helps children engage in their writing. Interactive workbooks that allow children to be empowered by creating their own book.

I wrote this for Early Ed Watch yesterday as an explainer of RTL, but also to highlight the research that is underway. Thought that the members of this group might find it useful. There is a desperate need for good research (with sound methodology from independent evaluators), and RTL isn't enough. But at least it's something and we should be paying attention to what this program can tell us so far.

This website has many videos for teachers. These videos are easy to share with multiple people.

TeacherTube is a website for teachers and parents to visit to find videos on various topics. Users can search for video's based on subject and the video's are often rated on their quality.

TeacherTube is a site for teachers to upload instructional videos for other teachers to view or for home learners. Members of this site are encouraged to make constructive comments, as if they were in a classroom listening to a lesson or in a meeting listening to a proposal. I thought it would be an effective way to use this website in a child-life setting. For instance, if a child was very ill and was contained to a hospital room, he/she could prevent from getting far behind in school by watching his lessons being taught online. This is a site I would recommend to all teachers, and the best part - it's free!

K-2 students using technology. Podcasts, video slides and more...all done by the students.

Yonkly is a resource very similar to Twitter. To quote from its website it "allows you to create a white-label microblog community that is fully customizable". This resource would allow someone to keep up with the user of Yonkly. It's extremely easy to navigate, and while complicated when you read into all the technical aspects of it (like I did), it really is a good alternative tool for social networking.

Art Junction serves as a way for students and teachers to further their artistic abilities through the activities, projects, and resources offered on the site. It also allows for students, teachers, or other professionals to not only share their art but also their experiences in creating it. It offers ways for communities to work together for a certain cause, such as thinking of creative ways to help the environment. The blog is also up to date, informative, and full of good ideas.