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Upload variety of documents and hold threaded discussions. Realy useful for group processing of common reading or viewing experience.

A short discussion of some initial thoughts on using Diigo in the classroom. Provides a couple of examples. Might stimulate your own creative thinking.

See what your friends are reading. Create virtual bookshelves for your books to keep track of what you've read. Discuss your favorite books in a book club. Share quotes and book summaries with your friends. A fun way to find great books!

This is an awesome site for personal and classroom use! Create a virtual bookshelf to share what you've read, what you are reading, and what you want to read. Students can join book clubs, review books, and discuss with classmates.

i love this and have shared it with my friends, co-workers and students.

This website defines technology in several different ways. It looks at the characteristics of technolgoy and how it is used.

I thought this site was interesting because it has a heading titled, "What Counts as Technology?" It goes over technology as objects, knowledge, activities, processes, and as a sociotechnical system. It also discusses technology and gender and has several links to support their theories and research. Very neat and detailed!

This site is a bit dated (2005) but it does address some of the questions that I have read about on the threaded discussion. It provides suggestions for how to protect children online and how to successfully implement a blog in the classroom from different aged students.

This site provides an article that discusses the benefits of using social bookmarking. It also provides a social bookmarking comparison chart (Delicious v. Diigo). It provides a ton of information about social bookmarking and also gives a tutorial on how to use them.

Free interactive reading games, perfect for using with your interactive whiteboard or on a computer. Words that rhyme, full stops, capital letters, high frequency words and much more... Nine part online guided reading story, comes with literacy worksheets and discussion sheets. You can use it in the classroom on your smartboard or computers.

Guided Reading and Reading Games and software with Roy the Zebra. Includes words that rhyme, high frequency words, capital letters, full stops and much more. Ideal for using at school or home on interactive whiteboards or computers.

One of the self-teaching early childhood modules created by FPG. Nice discussion and materials to help teachers understand and implement dialogic reading practices.

Since so many of us have been discussing the Senteo/Clicker devices- I thought I would add this useful site I found. I will be using these devices very soon and wanted a quick explanation as a review of what to do- this site was very helpful!

At this website you can find all sorts of literacy activities for each holiday. Just click on the holiday and begin exploring! For St. Patrick's day you will find a list of picture books that are great for St. Patty's day... http://www.theholidayzone.com/stpat/books.html. There's also some neat discussion question ideas available as well. enjoy.

"The teacher can maintain blogs, wikis, assignments, correspondence, and instructional tools-all from one [secure] space they have developed in My Big Campus." How great does this sound! My Big Campus offers a safe, monitored environment for students to blog, hold discussions, and collaborate on group projects online.