NYSRA 2010

Rubric Maker by Scholastic-great tool for assessment! Very easy to use.

Help with words that can be confusing when using in a sentence.

Great ideas for Poetry are linked to this webpage!

Digital storytelling can be done collaboratively with this tool, which is free to download.

I just used this site/download with an iPod project in my classroom. It is probably the most important site I have found in years. The primes is simple and there are probably pleanty of other sites like it but.... WOW. You can drop your files into the dropbox and they are saved to the "cloud". Then amazingly they are on every computer ( or iPod) you have linked to the account. I entered my account info on the student iPods and made a folder for each student, when they were done with a project, they saved it to the folder. The great thing about this was i could access their assigment from anywhere, my home computer, my iPhone, another iPod in the class, the smart board...it was limitless, I could share it with anyone, no matter where I was...how powerful. I also made a folder of "mrs. Kondrick's resources" where I put videos, audios, assignments, rubrics etc, and then they could watch them/use them at their own pace ( so ethnic that works well with our individualized daily 5 reading block.

Many resources here for free ebooks.

Resources for teacher from High Def Teacher. Worth a look.

Online webcam to record two people (good for interviews).

Horizon Report 2011..not surprisingly electronic books and mobile devices are featured prominently in what's on the immediate horizon. Recommend highly--best indication of what's coming within 1 year and r years.

Machinima in Second Life has potential for film making. Check it out.

iPad resources and apps for education.

Lexile measure for readability--CCSS suggestion.

Good ideas for teaching students how to navigate and use digital texts. We know that more and more students are reading online and with mobile devices, good informative blog entry from Tech & Learning (2-9-11).

Trying to demonstrate how to read faster? Try Exercize, which is an online speed reading website. (lowest wpm = 100). Can change font, spacing between words and number of lines.

ATOS readability formula--mentioned in CCSS for ELA

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.

NY forges ahead on Teacher and Principal Evaluation System

I very much like Kathy Schrock's work--this one discusses iPads in the classroom and there are many useful links as well.

I am a big fan of diigo (social bookmarking), which is not typically used in schools and I think it should be used much more. Here's a sensible approach to using with students.

Phonetic word speller--put in phonetic spelling and word is correctly spelled. App ($4.99) for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch...would be helpful for persons with spelling issues, especially those with learning disabilities in spelling. Wish it was for android.