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a useful sheet for understanding which devices can currently be used to access e-books from the public library via OverDrive

Kids search tools - wiki and glogster

We want to help book lovers choose which books to read. We want to help students understand which works were the most influential for specific figures as well as for generations as a whole. We want to help parents buy their children the same books that touched the lives of important people in the past. We want to provide young people with one more role-modeling tool, so that they can imitate, through reading, the famous people they most love.

"This comprehensive resource will tell you everything you need to know about plagiarism, from the basic facts to free detection tools to preventing it in both the physical and online classroom. "

Review: "Part of the nine-volume "Canadian Aboriginal Art and Culture" series, these books provide information about a variety of topics, including homes, clothing, food, tools and weapons, religion, celebrations and ceremonies, music and dance, language and storytelling, and art. In fact, with only one or two exceptions, all the chapter headings in these three titles are identical. " Recommended but NOTE: This series provides just enough information for elementary school students.

this may be a useful series to have in your library - elementary/middle years art and social studies

""Picture books are a great tool to explicitly teach comprehension strategies. They tend to be short and are effective models for teaching various comprehension strategies. They can be used as springboards for class discussions or as the foundation for a think-aloud.""

Welcome to the world of Diigo, one of the leading Top 10 research tools. Diigo is a cloud based information management system that helps you organize relevant facts you find online.

Some book recommendation tools that don't require a membership commitment beyond a basic registration - a variety of sites that lead readers to quick book hook-ups based on recent reads, favorite authors, genres and other traits.

-this is very interesting - a collaborative reading tool - real time commenting.

From writing graphic novels to creating math comics, bring your class assignments, student projects, and course materials alive with 21st century approaches to communication. Regardless of whether you prefer Mac or Windows, you'll learn to use free online tools as well as inexpensive software to produce graphic novels, illuminated term papers, visual science reports, photo essays, and other engaging alternatives to traditional reports and student products. These concrete products reflect student understanding and provide an alternative to traditional forms of assessment

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie.

"The Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world."

this tool might be useful for displays, newsletters, etc.

a great resource for all teacher