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This list is comprised of websites that include lessons that can be used in my Reading Applications classroom.

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Use two fun Web 2.0 sites: LibraryThing and Goodreads. Both are fantastic book-oriented and library-oriented social-networking pages focused on something simple -- the books you love to read. Students can use sites to share book recommendations with one another.

This study focuses on the relationship between the informal writing that teens participate in through text messages, IM, and email and the formal writing skills required in school or the business world. T

Southern California's San Fernando Education Technology Team focuses on learning by doing and speaks to students' fascination with technology and all things digital. Students use multimedia tools to create a variety of projects.

Marc Prensky focuses on the importance of listening and getting input from students on ways to improve schools. When he talks with them he hears about how bored they are in school, how they hate lectures, and they really don't like being talked at. He also listens to the way that students view technology.

This online book is a collection of articles that focuses on the Net Generation. The articles include "Technology and Learning Expectations of the Net Generation" and "Using Technology as a Leaning Toold, Not Just the Cool New Thing."

A site based on The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease, 6th edition, copyright 2006, focused on children's reading, children's literature, and the benefits of reading aloud to children of all ages; its goal is to create lifetime readers instead of just schooltime readers."

This article focuses on the teen internet accessibility, the relationship between the internet and schools, and how the internet has affected cheating. It also looks at ways that students use the internet such as instant messaging and searching for colleges.