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This site is devoted to literacy education. Their goal is to reach children to share the love of reading and writing. The site includes seminars, webinars, video conferences, blogs, and podcasts. This site would be helpful to any teacher devoted to teaching reading and writing.

Add written text, choose an animated character, and xtranormal creates a movie! Great for creative writing lessons in the classroom. If students know that their 'writing' will be used to create a movie, they will be more cautious about their editing, wording, etc. Plus, they get to 'watch' something they created!

aMap is short for 'argument map'. The idea's very simple - to get more people arguing by mapping out complex debates in a simple visual format. At its heart, aMap is about helping people get to grips with complex (or otherwise) issues and get people thinking. aMaps come in two different formats: Printed pocket-sized aMaps, which you can buy on the eMaps website Interactive personalised aMaps, which you can make on the eMaps website The underlying structuring of aMaps is based around "informal logic" - this is the logic people use to argue in everyday life. Informal logic has a four-tiered structure: - Your position (I think . . .) - what you think over all - Propositions (Because . . .) - reasons that support your position - Arguments (As . . .) - supporting arguments that back up each of your propositions - Evidence (Supported by . . .) - supporting evidence to back up your arguments Although aMaps can be used just for fun, to help students improve and/or develop their reasoning and critical thinking in their essay writing and verbal communication.

The Reading Lady is a great resource to all involved in literacy. It offers ideas for comprehension, author studies, poetry, writing, assessment (including rubrics), reader's theater (one of my favorite things, and even a blog. These are very user friendly ideas and lessons.

This is a free private journal on the web. How much fun would to use the web to keep track of your daily journal entries at school. These entries can be shared with others ONLY when you allow them to be. Images can be added on entries as well. Those who keep a journal are known to have a better "working memory." Keeping a journal also improves the writing process and aids in creativity. No more pen and pencil for journals after today!

The ramblings, rants, and thoughts of Gwyneth A. Jones. First runner-up in the 2009 Edublog Awards for Best Librarian/Library Blog, this site is full of ideas, links, and resources for today's teacher-librarian. I really like her straightforward (blunt) style of writing and her passion for today's librarians to stay abreast of emerging technologies.

Nominated for two Edublog awards in 2009, David Truss shares his reflections on education, technology, and learning. A great sense of humor and excellent writing skills make this not only a thought-provoking and informative blog, but also an entertaining one.

Thanks for the site. I really enjoyed this one!

Excellent source for spicing up the bland research project! Teachers can grade and comment on project before it is uploaded to the web. Students can create a project such as research on a topic, locate images that are uploaded to each 'side' of the cube, create a Word document with their research info and upload it too! Even interactive hyperlinks can be imbedded into the cube.

wow, really cool! I shared this site with my 21 year old daughter (history major) and she has been enjoying it

Entertaining and informational blog on current librarian issues and writing.

The directions are easy: Upload your files from your desktop, edit and view your docs from any computer or smart phone. This is a great resource for teachers and students as the students can work on an assignment from their computer at home and the teacher can access it and see how they are doing.

This site allows you to "publish" your writing book style for others to read for free. I think this would be amazing to use in upper grades. Caution would have to be used by the teacher when allowing students to access site.

A very clean site with lots of classroom and professional development resources. Lots of interactive (most Flash-based) activities for students. It appears to be free to use...