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From the reading rocket site I also came acros a list of what they believe are the 12 best reading apps. The games seem great, and this site really has a lot to offer. Here is the direct link to the names of the applications.

Many wonderful free children's books are available to read at Children's Storybooks Online. Stories span age ranges from preschool, young children, teens, through young adult.

Use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons. You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch based on any video from YouTube.

There’s a world of writers out there, and in this lesson students discover them as they listen to presentations from local writers and learn about what, why, and how they write in their day-to-day lives..

Storyline Online contains many different books that are read to students. Students watch a video of someone reading these books. They can pick from various genres .

Pathways to the Common Core: Videos from Inside Classrooms features almost 40 clips of Common-Core aligned teaching and learning. Captured scenes of classroom teaching in an effort to help you imagine methods of teaching that can support students in moving towards the ambitious standards set by the Common Core.

Digital books from around the world 

Spellerz is an application in which users can practice their spelling and typing. Users must save the world from invading "spellerz" by using their typing skills to type the words that flash on the screen. The user can choose from eleven different word lists and select the number of words to be included in the game.

The Mission Statement: The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation (ICDL Foundation) is to support the world's children in becoming effective members of the global community - who exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge. The Foundation pursues its vision by building a digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world and supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology designed in close partnership with children for children.

Animoto is a web application that produces videos from photos, video clips and music. Animoto analyzes the provided photos, video clips and music to generate a video similar to a trailer.

Choose from pre-made cards or make your own. This site is great for sight words and vocabulary.

We don't all live in the area but this site reviews schools and provides information from parents on tutors, therapy, events (education related), schools, and much more.

A great site for ELL students, parents, and educators. Can even be displayed in English or Spanish.

A book list from the National Association for Multicultural Education of award winning multicultural books for children and educators.

A comprehensive core reading program for Grades K to 2 aligned to the Common Core State Standards

A magazine that offers books on topics from social skills to multicultural differences and likeness

Traditionally, human cognition has been seen and studied as existing solely "inside" a person, irrelevant to the social, physical, and artifactual context in which cognition takes place.