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Comics in Education is a website run by Dr. Glen Downey for the purpose of sharing activities and ideas for using comics and graphic novels in literacy education. Head to the classroom section of the site to find five literacy skills development activities that can be completed online or offline. Those activities include wordless narratives, graphic poetry, cave art, visual note-taking, and symbolic language in words and images. In the classroom section you will also find curriculum connections and explanations of the rationale for using comics with all students.

Today's reality is that readers and information seekers are having increasingly less need to visit a physical library to meet their basic information needs. Digital information sources, readily accessed from classroom, home or mobile computing devices, are the choice of many learners and teachers. The "Net Generation" student increasingly prefers the visual and the virtual rather than the printed text. Why, many educators are asking, does a school need a physical library when seemingly all resources can be obtained using an inexpensive netbook and a wireless network connection? How can these large physical spaces in our schools be re-purposed for greater educational impact? Doug Johnosn

Great blog post with an interesting debate. Should teachers download videos to show in their classrooms when YouTube is blocked at their schools even though they are violating copyright?

Launched by Common Sense Media, the nonprofit known by parents, teachers and librarians for its high quality, nonpartisan reviews and its popular Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum, Graphite is the go-to platform for helping teachers make sense of an exponentially evolving number of digital learning tools. The site is not only free, it's also ad-free. The goal is to objectively and transparently review and rate educational technologies and to guide busy teachers to the best websites, games, apps and digital curricula that will augment their teaching and to relieve the time-consuming burden of searching, sorting and sifting.

Classtools.net is a site that offers teachers creative and organizational tools. Teachers can access the website to create quizzes, diagrams and educational games, which can then be hosted on their own site or blog. The Classtools.net site offers a list of templates to choose from, such as Arcade Game Generator, Random Name Picker, Fishbone, Lights Out, Hamburger and Jigsaw Diagram.

This online tutorial is designed to assist faculty, staff, and students learn about the rights of a copyright owner and the legal exemptions that exist for educators, such as fair use. The tutorial was developed in three interactive modules and includes short videos, reference materials, case studies and a game.

Educational Technology site

copyright free sounds, clips, etc. other resources.

Educational Technology

Teach and learn digital skills and web literacy. (The pages in this section are full of fun things to discover, make and teach. Our global community is continually adding new activities, lesson plans and tutorials from across the web that make it easy to learn by doing. Anyone can use these educational resources-they're free, open and backed by Mozilla's non-profit mission.

Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.

Lots of lesson plans to help students become better searchers. 

Here is a researched site that has the most current information on copyright in a digital age.

Great resources here for teaching and learning about copyright in the 21st century.