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This Time article explains a study that shows improvement in literacy scores from a class of 266 kindergarteners in Auburn, Maine. Teachers noticed a change in their students they were more engaged and excited about learning.

By "Raffi". Some of us may have grown up listening to his music. He's sending out the alert about children's brains and social media....

Great article on using various Tech in the classroom in conjunction to more traditional teaching methods.

An article on the growing presence & benefactors of computers in preschool settings.

An article about a study being conducted in Australia. The study is set in Kindergarten classrooms and is monitoring the use of iPads in children of lower socio-economic status. 

This teacher initially wasn't sold on the benefits of Instagram, but eventually he came to appreciate the many creative options it offers. "After spending a few months using [Instagram]," he says, "I see a powerful element that I had failed to understand before. [It] reminds me to pay attention." This realization led to 10 great-and creative-ideas on how to use the social media medium in the secondary ed classroom.

This website describes the assistive technology known as C-print, a speech-to-text system developed for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The website provides information about how it works, how much it costs, how to use it, where it can be used, and even how to be trained to be a captionist!

This site focuses on assessment in the classroom. The importance of assessment and types of instructional assessment are discussed.

This journal article talks about how auto graders grade similarly to human graders as well as eliminate the teachers need to teach the errors. Is that really a good thing?

Article talks about online writing assessment. Of particular note is success found with ELL writers and their improvements in writing as a result.

evolving technology and assessment in the classroom

article weighing the pro's and con's (but mostly pro's) of online writing assessment. Speaks in particular about standardized testing and how these sites prepare students. 

description of the "Writing Roadmap" program in which students write essays online and the program "grades" their writing