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Here is a short article about how education has changed over time and is now moving toward the technological era. It states that there are 3 ways education has become virtual, technical and computer generated.

Leanne Gosey, a masters student in reading, reflects on writing instruction, technology integration, and teaching. Thoughtful stuff. Recommended to other students, beginning teachers, and teacher educators.

Eric Sailers, an SLP, created and updated this extensive list of apps for all sorts of uses with all sorts of students in special education. Wonderful resource last updated Oct. 2011.

Here are 50 free educational apps to use with your iPad, iPhone or iPod. These look like great resources to use in your classroom!

I have recently been trying to find more ways that I could use my iPhone in my classroom- while searching for educational apps- I found this! Here are 50 apps for your iPhone that are more for the educator- but just had to share!

Speakaboos is an educational resource for the classroom and home. Each story comes to life with educational activities, and games. Speakaboos timeless tales are ideal for kids of any age.

This website gives a definition of technology and how it is used in education. It also describes technology educational goals and strands of learning technology.

This is a school site in Austrailia that I stumbled upon (I know it's Austrailia but it is really interesting in how they break down technology education). It talks about technology being the know-how and creative processes that help people use tools in their everyday lives. The site then proceeds to explain technology in the classroom.

Edublog 2011 award winners of Best Educational Wikis: ICTmagic is 1st place, Resources for History Teachers 2nd. Links to these and others.

Elizabeth, I agree! With all of the new ideas we are learning to implement in our classrooms, an option to take a grant writing class would be beneficial. I appreciate your find here.

The Kindersite has 1,000s of graded educational games, songs and stories, Used by 11,540 schools in 136 countries. Recommended by teachers worldwide as the best way to introduce technology and English to children. Fun site!

Online supported educational apps for your classroom. This was very helpful with moving my students toward the "online" world.

This link will take you to educational apps that are more on the "fun" side. My students love them!

Songs for Teaching® The Definitive Source for Educational Music Creative teachers can use music to teach content across the curriculum - to students of all ages. This website has lyrics you can pull up for students to follow along and read while learning to sing the songs. We love using music in our classroom to introduce new topics and get students engaged!

I use this website fairly often. It has great resources to support your teaching including educational interactive games, videos, articles, maps, etc. on almost everything! This site is a literacy rich site to boost all subject matter.

This site lists ways to use infographics with students

This blog says that it is used for students and teachers. It is a place to set up a blog to use it classrooms. It is free and only for education. There is also a way to manage class blogs. Check it out and see if you could use it in your classroom.

This site gives a brief definition of what literacy means. It points out that literacy is not just knowing isolated pieces of information, but rather having the ability to use language in broader ways. This site also provides literature "Research" information and additional websites and resources for teachers.

I thought this site was very detailed and thought through to help assist teachers or educators with their questions about literacy. On the website you will find the definition of literacy, their literacy beliefs, literature review, action research, references, and favorite literacy web sites. Under literacy beliefs, they have broken down the term into four categories- learner, curriculum, teacher, and assessment. This is great for educators as they can read specific beliefs on literacy based on the specific topic of interest or need.

First rate education blog by a middle school teacher and author in Phoenix. Thoughtful, worth the time to visit periodically.

This site is awesome. Use it to play literacy games with your students, use in a center, or even use to help students become familiar with keyboarding. Click on Storybooks and it will read to your students :).

Very cool site where kids can play tons of games on a variety of skills and topics and they are organized by grade level!

All educational games are free and are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way for children to learn.

Interesting piece on the value of encouraging and supporting curiosity in students. One more thing for us to think about especially in our instruction of children with disabilities.