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There's no "right" way to author your about me page. Some read like resumes, and others read like fun stories. Designers have the skills to add a little (or a big) artistic flair to their blogs' autobiographies, but you don't need to be a designer to be creative. Most pages at a minimum include the author's name, purpose for creating a website, and links to the author's other online content. It's all about presentation.

NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.

Really striking images with good short texts. The images can really motivate students to want to dig deeper and read the text. From the Boston Globe "The Big Picture" web pages, collections of some of the most amazing photographs that range from natural wonders to political events. The page includes an RSS feed, a comments section, and archives are also available.

"RGB Experimental Music Laboratory / MacOSX and Windows RGB MusicLab converts RGB (Red, Green and Blue) value of an image to chromatic scale sounds. The program reads RGB value of pixels from the top left to the bottom right of an image. One pixel makes a harmony of three note of RGB value, and the length of note is determined by brightness of the pixel. RGB value 120 or 121 is the middle C, and RGB value 122 or 123 is added a half steps of the scale that is C#. Pure black that is R=0, G=0, B=0 is no sounds. It is not an impression of a painting or a photograph of a musical variation. It is not an arbitrary process. It composes a score from an image directly. It is simple and clear algorithm, and does not have any hidden or mysterious tricks. Anybody can get a same result if he/she takes same processes."

Unfortunately the site was recently pulled down. There's a note on the site explaining that apparently somebody else holds the rights for the software. I didn't get a chance to try it, but it sounded great.

Nikon's small world competition and site is an amazing array of photos. Cool photos and even cooler scientific connections. Read about everything from snowflakes to cancer to microfibers to mosquito hearts. 

You are invited to host or participate in a DigiTales Storytelling Camp . Bring your memories, experiences, images, videos, and other memorabilia along with a readiness to have great fun and learning. No techno savvy needed to join in! This is a perfect experience for beginning storytellers or technology learnersmemorable experiential event designed to give paper-trained adults of all ages an in-depth and personal immersion with the power of reading/writing multimedia communication.

So read on for 100 sources where you can find free stock images: and don't worry - they're all legal!

Frank Taylor, author of the Google Earth Blog, has put together a nice video tutorial demonstrating how to use Google's StreetView imagery within Google Earth. Frank demonstrates not only how to activate StreetView, but also how to use it in conjunction with other Google Earth elements such as the 3D buildings layer. You can watch the video below or watch the video and read the instructions on the Google Earth Blog.

A post highlighting sources of (and linking to) free stock images. You mshould read the rules and regulations for the stock at hand, being they are free. You may have to dig through some of the sites to find the free stock photos.

Minimum 5 sentences, non-fiction, photos-only, original work only . via Carla Raguseo

A quick shout tip on using image slideshows for reading and speaking practice. Theme of travel.

interesting visual, shared by Larry Ferlazzo -- have you read all of these? taught with any of these? considering teaching with any of these?

ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom.

Great site with images of abandoned man made creations. many have wonderful fascinating stories to go with them. Motivating reading material