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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.

The findings show that classes using the game had significantly higher means than those classes that did not use the game. There were no significant differences between male or female scores, regardless of game play, while both genders scored significantly higher with game play than without. There were no significant differences between ethnic groups, while all ethnic groups scored significantly higher with game play. Lastly, students ages 40 and under scored significantly higher with game play, whereas students age 41 and up did not.

The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age. When students create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their story, learning becomes personal. With digital storytelling, students can: * Improve their writing. * Show creativity. * Have a voice. Digital storytelling projects lend themselves well to portfolio assessment.

Teaching history and the concept of propaganda by having students create images

This is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images on these pages for instructional use only.

This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology in engaging ways to help students develop higher level thinking skills.

Ronnie Burt writes "to dispel a few myths and pull together a complete list of resources for teachers and students to use when blogging and working with content online" (2012.02.22).

Clickers are a great way to actively involve students in the class.

Welcome to the 'ArtInspired' wiki. Here you may find visual art ideas and resources to inspire and motivate your lessons, artwork and art curriculum. For educational purposes only. Used primarily for student use.

Over the last two years, the Cigar Box Project as been the focus of classroom teaching.

Love these photprojects by Simon Hogsberg. I particularly like this one of 10 new yorkes talking about their faces. Would be great as the basis for a students speaking / writing activity: http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/faces_of_new_york/index.htm Also like this 100 Metres of exitence. Just scroll along and see thee different people. Would be great for describing appearance. Get students to find the people you are descibing http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html

A rubric to help students evaluate online information.

Free to use, the site provides high-quality, digital images that can be used by teachers and students. The only proviso seems to be that they can't be sold on. Find images by keyword of browsing.

| The Teacher Chronicles "A well produced movie can sometimes be enough to shake my world completely. It can change my perspectives on things I thought I was certain about. Here's a list of 10 movies I think that every teacher, or every person working with people, should see (in no particular order)."

In the latest addition to the Technology in Modern Foreign Languages series, Alice Ayel shares how she uses the internet and the rich photographic resources it contains to bring authentic materials into her classroom and focus her students' work.

This video was produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education to stimulate discussion among educators and other stakeholders in public education in the province of New Brunswick. The 21st Century presents unique challenges for education worldwide. In order to keep pace with global change we must focus on 21st Century Skills and public education must adapt to keep students engaged.

This is an interesting image tool. Upload images and annotate. You can other embed media inside the annotations. Annotations pop up as you click or hover over the objects you add. You can embed the annotated image into webpage or blog. This could be a useful tool for teachers and students. Lots of scope for creativity with layers etc. You can share to a group and set editing permissions for public or restricted people/groups for collaboration purposes.