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A colleague of mine recently shard these 10 great ideas to impove literacy skills in the classroom. They are simple to play and can be applied to nearly all year levesl. Enjoy.

101 Digital Tools for the 21st Century Classroom Just what we need, another 101 list. This is the part where I attempt to convince you that this one is different. Friend and colleague Kyle Wood (@jkylewood) and I wanted to make a different kind of list, a list not just of tools people mentioned on twitter or we saw on wikis, but a list of solid educational tools that we have personally tested in an actual educational setting! The list was created as a component for a conference we are presenting at this summer. Below is the Google Presentation that we planned to use with the list. You are welcome to use it as you see fit. If you reuse/modify the list or presentation, please give attribution.

The Ten Tools were designed to provide teachers with a 'route' into the exploration of film and moving image in the classroom. They were assembled especially with inexperienced or beginner teachers in mind, and there is a deliberate attempt to avoid technical jargon wherever possible. They are not prescriptive, but rather should be used selectively and in combinations to suit the teacher and the learners. Each of the Ten Tools is accompanied by a list of potential discussion questions and typical activities. With practice, the teacher should come to know which of them will work best with any particular film text.