This digital facsimile presents every page of a small, delicate maquette that Jean de Brunhoff created in 1930 or 1931 as he drafted the first book in the Babar series. The maquette, an extraordinary handmade booklet complete with cover and endpapers, text and illustrations, is the prototype for Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant.
The images in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection are among the most famous documentary photographs ever produced. Created by a group of U.S. government photographers, the images show Americans in every part of the nation. In the early years, the project emphasized rural life and the negative impact of the Great Depression, farm mechanization, and the Dust Bowl. In later years, the photographers turned their attention to the mobilization effort for World War II.
RealeBooks.com is your gateway to a bounty of free online family-friendly RealeBooks ("Really Books") - striking picture books, written and designed by students, teachers, and parents from around the world with RealeWriter ("Really Writer") software so ea
This wiki was created to support a 20 minute CUE Tips session at the 2008 CUE conference and was updated for CUE 2009. Blogs, Wikis, and Google Docs can be powerful and easy to use tools for educators, but their features are overlapping and it can sometimes be difficult to know which one is right to meet a given need. This session is an effort to help sort that out.
An amazing collection of info related to archetypes. I think it was originally created for gamers but it is a fascinating wiki a student of mine turned me on to.
Important site for ELA teachers as we work to redefine and clarify our discipline in light of changing demands from the world of work. NCTE is partnering with P21 to create an ELA framework. Many states have begun to adopt and adapt the P21 standards to t
Created by Andrew Zukerman as a book of interviews and accompanying DVD (with some sample interviews online). Asks people we mostly know to share what they know after all their years. Compelling.
An outstanding take on Google Forms by David Wees. Great use of the format of creating multiple pages to make a choose-your-own-ending story. Will be sharing this one.
Create a Gladinet Drive to seamlessly access multiple cloud storage services using the familiar Windows® Explorer interface. Drag and drop folders or an entire drive to quickly transfer thousands of files. Access and manipulate cloud files with local applications.