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Book reviews of children's literature. Book reviews are written for children by children. Your students could be book reviewers!

S. Downes. EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 39, No. 5. (September 2004), pp. 14-26. "I think it's the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing."-Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade studentThe bell rings, and the halls of Institut St-Joseph in Quebec City echo the clatter of the fifth- and sixth-graders. Some take their chairs in the more traditional classroom on the lower floor. Others attend to their projects in the large, open activity room upstairs, pausing perhaps to study one of the chess games hanging on the wall before meeting in groups to plan the current project. A third group steps up a half flight of stairs into the small narrow room at the front of the building, one wall lined with pictures and plastercine models of imagined aliens, the other with a bank of Apple computers. blogging education internet lit-review weblog

S. Downes. EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 39, No. 5. (September 2004), pp. 14-26. "I think it's the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing."-Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade studentThe bell rings, and the halls of Institut St-Joseph in Quebec City echo the clatter of the fifth- and sixth-graders. Some take their chairs in the more traditional classroom on the lower floor. Others attend to their projects in the large, open activity room upstairs, pausing perhaps to study one of the chess games hanging on the wall before meeting in groups to plan the current project. A third group steps up a half flight of stairs into the small narrow room at the front of the building, one wall lined with pictures and plastercine models of imagined aliens, the other with a bank of Apple computers. blogging education internet lit-review weblog

iPad App Review: Atlas by Collins Students encounter seven interactive globes arranged by theme. Themes include Energy, Communications, Population, Environment, Political, Physical and Satellite.

This site lets you review different book titles for children by age level and genre. It gives you summaries about the books and comments from authors.

"netTrekker Search makes it easier and faster for teachers and students to find and retrieve content specific to interest and grade level"

This article by Dr. David Boote and Dr. Penny Beile (UCF) describes the characteristics of a sophisticated literature review for dissertations, which is also applicable for any literature review done, and also provides a rubric. (Use your NID to log in to UCF's Federated Id for access to library services and more).

Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans& Worksheets Reviewed by Teachers

The Tennessee Board of Regents sponsors a project in "Mobilization & Emerging Technology" including the "Mobile Apps Resource Bank." Tens of thousands of mobile apps are categorized by educational function. Know a great app that isn't in the resource bank? You can add it for consideration/peer review!

Peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education.

This site allows students to rate and review books they've read and choose new books based on other students' recommendations. It also teaches digital citizenship skills

Good review for simple machines. This could also be used on a smart board as well.

Confused about which data port is best for you (cost, speed, compatibility)? Review your choices.

Research on best practices of technology use in gifted education by Sita Periathiruvadi and Anne N. Rinn

This is a very well, designed and user friendly classroom blogging tool. I have been using it with my fifth graders and it is working very well. I can review all of the content before allowing it to be posted. I can make comments and mark errors and re-submit it to the student to be corrected. I can even pull up a blog as an example and edit it in front of the class without telling them whose blog it is. Pretty cool :-)

Great website for teen readers. Book reviews, author interviews, and contests.

"The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning is a refereed, open access e-journal that disseminates original research, theory, and best practice in open and distance learning worldwide."

Find and compare Classroom Management software.

New School Technology reviews current educational technology and useful strategies to effectively integrate technology in the classroom.