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This article discusses a collaborative project between the School of LIbrary and Information Science and College of Education at the University of South FLorida and an elementary school in Tampa, Florida. Students were exposed to different cultural versions of the "cinderella" story. Students became increasingly interested in other cultures as a result

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.

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..

With enough passion and practice, becoming a slam poet is within your reach. Explore a distant memory on paper, then read it out loud. Edit. Try reading it out loud again, and add your finishing touches. Gayle Danley offers five steps to being a slam poet -- while being downright poetic in the process.

Seems like this could be a good resource to incorporate Blooms Taxonomy, ZPD, and many other theories we've been learning in EDUC 334. "This video-based course is an exploration of learning theory - appropriate for grades K-12 and all subject areas - for the training of preservice teachers and the professional development of inservice teachers. Hosted by Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, the 13 half-hour programs illustrate a variety of learning theories with applications to classroom practice. A Web site and print guide supplement the videos, with background readings, questions for discussion, and ongoing assignments that bring theory into practice."

Seems like this could be a good resource to incorporate Blooms Taxonomy, ZPD, and many other theories we've been learning in EDUC 334. "This video-based course is an exploration of learning theory - appropriate for grades K-12 and all subject areas - for the training of preservice teachers and the professional development of inservice teachers. Hosted by Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, the 13 half-hour programs illustrate a variety of learning theories with applications to classroom practice. A Web site and print guide supplement the videos, with background readings, questions for discussion, and ongoing assignments that bring theory into practice."

This website provides news articles written for students in grades 2-8. Articles are about current events in news, entertainment, science technology-environment-animals-health, arts, sports and politics. These articles are great resources for students to read with educators in the classroom and parents at home.

This article talks about the role of vocabulary in predicting reading comprehension for Spanish-English bilingual children and English monolingual children

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.

"eeks and months to follow. "

Documentary Series displaying a variety of social movements involving Mexican-Americans (Chicanos) in a variety of settings such as the farm worker movement and the student walkouts.

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

A fun site for kids to practice reading comprehension with explinations of the skills practiced in each game and a breakdown of which games would be relevant to each grade level.

Great go to chart for teaching fluency in the classroom. Includes links to other sources.

Poetry for kids website. Fill in the blank poems, poetry theater, poetry class, word games.

Site for teachers with free printable worksheets. All different subjects in language arts and vocabulary. You can also make your own worksheets

Op Ed article about the role of educational games in the classroom.

NPR news article examines pros and cons of Common Core Standards in English.  (radio recording and transcript)

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.

Students don't come to us as blank slates. Our job as teachers is to anticipate when faulty mental models are likely to be in play when a student is having trouble and to help them correct the misconceptions they have built in their minds around academic concepts.

toolkit to inspire children of all ages to Dream In Color. Students will discover the works of important African-American poets, classroom activities designed to encourage them to develop their own poetic voices, discussion guides, bibliographies and links to engaging online poetry resources.