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This is a great resource about tips and ideas on assistive technology for students with a learning disability. It is easy to follow and there are a ton of examples!

education technology is us: helping teachers deal with technology. This site is dedicated to the comprehension of Web 2.0′s place in the educational materials development.

This article discusses the iPods use as a motivational tool for students to take to their books to learn and then use the technology to create podcasts displaying their knowledge. The teachers at this school have realized that they must embrace this popular technology that students are drawn to, excited about and comfortable with.

A list of links to mainly online technology resoures for bilingual education. Links for teachers, paretns and students.

This was a pretty cool site that has a list of links to mainly online resources for bilingual education. I thought it was pretty cool.

Search: Early childhood ed+technology and math contains even more real world tools that you can implement.

There is a slow response of publishers to digitize textbooks to ebooks in order to consider the benefits and disadvantages of switching from print to digital. One big problem is how to distribute the technology equally in order to benefit students in schools.

The digital divide is happening because of so much internet focus in schools. Some schools are not getting the needed technology because they do not have funds for it.

This site is a blog where different people explain how the think iPads will influence or impact the future. Many of the topics being discussed are the changes that are happening such as the trends and spending due to how iPads are starting to influence classrooms because they are everywhere now. Also some are explaining that as technology use is going up not only outside of the classroom but in the classroom as well that it may be harder for children to sit through classes that have any lecture type style of teaching and that teachers may need to start changing their styles of teaching.

This article talks about both the advantages and disadvantages of using an ipad in the classroom. It also talks about studies (trends) that have been done (observed) based on iPad use in schools.

This website looks at NYC schools and how smart boards have created a better practice in the classroom. It talks about the accessibility to a variety of lessons and how multiple style learnings can be captured using this technology.

This resource provides five ways that readers can use iPads in the classroom. These ways include intervention, enrichment, assistive technology, digital literacy, and for organizing resources -and for reading. The author provides specific examples of ways that iPads have been implemented into a classroom.

Encouraging students to use cellphones turns the phones into tool instead of distractions. By allowing students opportunities to use their phone in class, the teacher is preparing them for the real-world. Most students have cell-phones so it's beneficial for schools that don't have the newest technology to allow students access to their phones.

Research is reported within this article describing the improvements that have been discovered from the use of interactive whiteboards. For example, Harvard and Columbia found that student retention is improved up to 38% with the use of this technology. Search criteria: classroom interactive whiteboards

Search: Early childhood education+technology math This sit has tons of great tools for teachers to use that specifically aimed at learning math.

A long list of interesting ways a teacher can use twitter in the classroom.

I'm working on how to integrate media literacy into my curriculum. This site is really useful for that! It has specific unit and lesson plans, articles, and resources for educators.

This blog article offers creative ideas for incorporating iPhones into everyday life in the classroom. It's not a resource for educational apps, but provides more practical uses for all grade levels.

This article focused on differential access to computers in school and home in the lives of kindergarten and first grade students. Super interesting article!! 

An article that argues for the useful versatility of Twitter in the classroom setting. The list is very extensive, but can even be continued with more creativity.