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Put away your EZ-graders, teachers, QuickGrade is the easiest grade calculator around! Use this tool to make grading stacks of tests a snap. Made with love and totally free to use!

Study on automated essay grading software/tools.

Scholastic website with lots of tools and curriculus for 4-12th grades. Digital curriculum to flesh out your units of study.

Recommended appliations by grade levels; good place to start.

Sarah Parker with our video of the Village of Hope and my fifth grade class communicating with each other last year. You will also find songs Sarah sings while playing her uke.

Organizing Google apps--GAFE; interesting and sensible approach used by an 8th grade teacher

Review of apps for education by educators--grade levels recommended.

Livescribe (reviewed positively in NY Times 8-19-10) allows the writer to take notes that are translated to computer; can also record and play back. Lots of potential, though a bit pricey (around $200--probably will come down, if we are patient!).

I searching through our old posts and found this one. The pens have come down in price, I bought one last fall ($100). My principal also bought a dozen or so with multiple paper packs (an educator bundle). I am using them in the fourth grade tier 2 intervention group for fluency. The students use them to record their reading, then they can listen to them selves to determine expression, monitor their time, and answer comprehension questions (again listening if they need to). I use them in 6th grade for literature circles. The students initial when they talk, so I can go back and tap their initials and evaluate their questioning/discussion. Some of my teachers use them for running records to share with other teachers and parents too.

I think this website would appeal to kids to foster comprehension strategies--lots of visuals and good clear voice as students (grades 3-8--probably best) self select what they want to do (e.g., visualization).

lesson plans and resources, grades 7-12

Digital storytelling ideas and strategies (grades 3-8) using Web 2.0 tools.

Wiki collections by content and grade level (also Web 2.0). Workspace wikis for educators. Looks interesting.

Good basic introduction to social media from this blog. I like the suggested list by grade/educational level at the end.

Interactive whiteboard activities K-12th grade

Interesting blog of use of Edumoto and social networking with urban 6th graders.

Lists various graphic novels appropriate for specific grade levels.

Good look at use of social media by students...some of the conclusions from correlations are worrisome...still important information.

Great ideas for Poetry are linked to this webpage!