Lucy Calkins, Teachers College, spoke at IRA last week--reasoned and wonderful. Here's the website whre she is gathering information on the NYS ELA exams from 2013.
This digital novel looks very interesting--includes multimedia in an interactive way. It's new to me, but I would suggest that you 'engage' in the story to determine the best use and age appropriateness.
Creative Commons license chooser--answer the questions and this tool will suggest the correct choice. Creative Commons is a great resource for helping your students understand copyrighting as well.
KeepVid (free) allows you to download videos from many places (including YouTube, Flickr, TED, Vimeo and more) and then show in your classroom. It's free--you choose whether mac, PC, mobile, etc and the download. It really addresses where some schools 'block' all YouTube or there are buffering issues. I tend to use the mp4 version, but you have choices of file type too.
Decoding skills for kids who missed phonics. A syllable is a basic unit of written and spoken language. It is a unit consisting of uninterrupted sound that can be used to make up words. For example, the word hotel has two syllables: ho and tel. These will be marked here as in ho/tel.
Great site syllabication rules that will help students who struggle with decoding at middle school level. A syllable is a basic unit of written and spoken language. It is a unit consisting of uninterrupted sound that can be used to make up words. For example, the word hotel has two syllables: ho and tel. These will be marked here as in ho/tel.
"Images created using law enforcement composite sketch software and descriptions of literary characters. All interesting suggestions considered. Include descriptive passages if you can. Read more on the project at The Atlantic. "
Nanoogo--This FREE site encourages children to be creative and share ideas. It's a cross between a blog and a digital canvas and formatting is really simple. Users just drag and drop the images and text however they wish. There is also a teacher sign up option, which lets you quickly add a whole class or school. Worth a look.
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