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This looks like a really cool app to explore. You can pull up a student's work for parent-teacher conferences, assessment, or use as exemplars. How it works: With your smartphone or ipad, you can take a photo and tag it before you upload it and organize.

Take a picture with our app, and it's online in seconds Three Ring is a website that allows you to securely upload photos of student work. With Three Ring, you can sort by class, student, or custom tag to easily find the artifact you're looking for.

joe- it looks you CAN add your own audio recording to each piece of student work. i could not find, however, any reference to an ability to upload files. so it looks like the only way to add student work it to take a picture of it.

really good list of ipad apps for Storytelling, Comic-Making, and Image-Making, Publishing

Nice list Mark...I wanted to try the Storylines app at morning meeting but it limits the ipad passing to 9 people. Guess I could do two. I'll let you know how it goes.

I got Storypatch. It looks pretty good and offers a lot of options for the kids to make stories. I am going to try it out with a few students and see how it goes.

Has anyone seen this? Interesting, leveled books using F+P, DRA etc, running records, teacher has the ability to assign books to the class and manage some data. They also have books available for the Ipad. Is it something we should look in to?

I used this for a week during Teacher Appreciation when it was free. It's pretty cool. So many levelled books

I used it in Newton with students on IEPS for reading....I found it particularly helpful for fluency as it models the reading for kids. The books are also pretty high interest as far as online readers go. The price is also not awful considering what other like programs go for.

Classroom Organizer is a web-based program that allows users to maintain and inventory books in their classroom library. I used this with my 7th graders last year and they loved it. I purchased an inexpensive scanner, scanned all of my books into the free database, and showed the kids how to check out and return books. You can set up the books to show the lexile level, AR level, and various other data fields. You set up how long the check out time is, and you receive an email when books are overdue. It is by far, the MOST AMAZING classroom library organizer I've ever used, and it is my number one recommendation for any teacher with a classroom library.

This looks great! How much for a scanner?

It cost me just under $30 for a scanner. I got it online at Amazon.com - http://tinyurl.com/7tf8xcq

This is a new publication that Newton has come out with highlighting the use of technology and ways in which it is seeking to create 21st century learners. Is has some nice articles and some descriptions of how certain technology is used in the classroom. I thought it might be interesting for us to look at how another district is tackling the same issues we are.

very well-done newsletter. thanks for sharing it, joe.

"a simple way to place useful, formative classroom lessons over any web page."

I have begun to replace some of my trackstars with these. I'll be testing it out soon. I'll let folks know how it goes. It certainly solves common problem.

p.s. great find Mark!

nice graphic of ways its can support teachers.

Information for BrainPOP subscription at Lincoln School. Comment section at bottom of page for teachers to share their comments on using BrainPOP with their students.

have any lincoln school teachers used the school's subscription to brainpop yet? if so, could you leave a comment about what you used, how you used it, outcomes, etc.?

I've used it as a whole class preview- review in science so far. Videos about the weather.

Simple Wikipedia is like a "lite" version of wikipedia. It uses fewer words and more basic grammar than the regular wikipedia site. 

free app. allows you to add 'augmented reality' content. short video example of how this elementary teacher used it. 

kind of link pinterest, but you can add your own files. kind of like diigo, too, but more visual. "...teachers will love it...you can create class boards to share with your students and they can share boards with you..."

Amazing interactive tool to explore relative sizes of things from smaller than microscopic to the entire universe. Created by Cary Huang, a 14-year-old ninth grader from Moraga, California, with technical help from his twin brother Michael. You may have to wait a bit while it loads. Be sure to scroll both to the left and right. You can turn off the music by clicking the note icon.

For $258 we could get 21 issues of National Geographic Explorer for the ipad (for each of our 20 ipads in the smith cart) - with 7 K-1 issues, 7 2-3 issues and 7 4-6 issues (also can be used for higher readers in 2-3). Much more cost effective then ordering paper copies, and a great way to make digital literature available in all K-5 classrooms. App is very interactive and connections to grade level science content occur often. http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/pioneer/

Looks good, kids would really love it. I would be willing to help pay the costs with some of my budget. Could use the content to address the ELA common core science standards.

I love the way NG differentiates for reading levels!

Looks like a fantastic app! Free app for teachers and students. You can use the iPad for an interactive presentation. Upgrade free to the silver account once you create an account. School account is in the works (I'm sure for a fee). "Webinears" are very informative too.

Very cool Trica - I'll second Mark's "Great Find"

This looks unbelievably cool and useful!

A Kindergarten Teacher's blog. Kathryn has been teaching for 10 years, and she seems to enjoy blogging about it. I like some of the things on the math page, but there is a lot here that K teachers might find of interest.

Thanks to Jillian Daly for bringing this to my attention.

An interactive book for Ipad created by a former Pixar designer. I have it on my Ipad if anyone wants to see it.

good explanation of diigo and how it can be used in education.

Melissa Webster got this site at a workshop last year. It offers online activities and lessons for a number of grades. 1st grade explored it yesterday as a resource to support differentiated learning in our classrooms.