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Multifunctional collaborative work space...IM, virtual classroom, group calendar--looks very interesting.

Gives clear explanation as to how to set up google drive groups. 

With Loupe (free) you can group photos into a shape--this has potential for students to demonstrate knowledge on specific topic. You can enter text as well.

Grokking is new to me--looks like a powerful search possiblities that allows a mindmap of related terminology. You can create a teacher account, specify difficulty level, create graphs and more. Looks very interesting.

Website on cybersafety, divided by age group (4-7, 8-10, 11-16) with sections for parents and teachers.

Edumodo has lots of potential for teachers and students; you can control who is part of the group and you can monitor, two important considerations with social media and students.

Subtext is an iPad app that will allow teachers and students to comment/annotate any ebook as a group. Has lots of potential.

Group texting in the classtoom--how to.

Form+ looks like a helpful tool, if you (or your students) want to collect data. It's part of the Google drive group of tools.

Apps for project based learning.

Spaaze is free (at this point)--cork board that can be used as a display board--video, mp3, digial images and more. Might work well for a project summary (group or individual).

Glogster is an online FREE interactive poster tool. Ability to add hyperlinked video, insert digital images and voice (mp3)--lots of ways to personalize. Great potential (e.g., introduce self in course, individual book reports, group projects). EASY to use.

I just found this this week!! I love it. I think I might use it for our WWII unit, or disUtopian book reports, or as a culminating activity for my postcards from the past/postcard to the future workshop! So many uses!!

New Media Literacies website--recommend this group to anyone interested in web 2.0 and more.

The information page for SYNC has been launched.\nhttp://www.AudiobookSync.com\n\nWhile Audiobook Community's SYNC group NOW holds conversations about children's and YA audio, it WILL hold free YA Literature audiobook downloads starting 7/1/10.\n\nIf you are a Librarian, Educator, Blogger, or any other kind of grand communicator please visit this page to grab tools to tell your readers about SYNC's July 1 launch.\n\nThere are downloadable posters, bookmarks, images, copy, and web pages here:\nhttp://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/info.html\n\nAnd a zillion thanks for spreading the word!\n

Another resource for online books--free, of course. Download as mp3. Grouped by genre.

BYOD tool chest recommended by Edutopia, a trusted group.

Debbie Dermady sent me this link (Thinkfinity) with lots of ideas for National Poetry Month.

A wiki with information about iPads. Looks interesting.

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.