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Not pushing this learning system. Don't know a thing about it. However, CAR is a great interaction pattern for parents/teachers of developing readers during storybook reading and there are other dialogic reading and reading resources linked at this site.

Study Island is a web-based system designed to help students master their content standards. It includes academic content that is designed to be fun and engaging, and it consists of practice, assessment, and reporting tools built around each state's standards. Because it's web-based, students can use the system at school or at home.

Great site I use with my 5th graders! Study Island is a leading provider of standards-based assessment, instruction, and test preparation software programs for K-12 students.

Easy-to-use online scheduling software. Teachers create a customized schedule as well as notice and reporting settings in minutes. I think I might try it for my class next year for meetings, and maybe add Skype conferences.

The official web site of the Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library, Gaston County, North Carolina. Through the tab "online databases" you can get free access to tumble books and start squad which are both nice literacy rich sites for younger kids. Also has research guides on a variety of subjects online.

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!

I found this by accident but thought it could be useful for some :) If you are lucky enough to have an iPad in your classroom- this is a simple and short tutorial on the do's and do not's of using an iPad in your classroom. It gives setup instructions and tips, applications you may need or want- it looks great!

Great information! We have iPad2's at our school, a full class set of 30. It is quite nice, but like you said, it is important to know the do's and don'ts before using an iPad with kids. They are smarter than you think and they know how to work around the system to get items they want. That was very helpful and I will pass along to my administrator as we just got the iPad's this year. Thanks!!

If you haven't heard of or used gaggle, look into it. Our whole school system uses gaggle, and it is great for the classroom, especially with the older students. They have an email address, a dropbox to put documents in, they can turn in HW via the dropbox, and I post my HW assignments on the calendar for them to see. It has a wall like facebook or a blog for them to post on as well. The most important and best feature is that at any time I can access any of the students accounts to monitor their emails or documents. This way I know they are having safe and clean conversations.

Quick and free way to collect student responses using text message.

Voki is a FREE service that lets you: A classroom management system for Voki I use a voki on my wiki to speak to people who visit- peope tell me they always play it to hear what it has to say. I should change it every week and put important things there so everyone will hear the news who visits the wiki. Maybe next year :) Try it out- its free and fun! You can even record your own voice or use one they have on the site.

The Florida Center for Reading Research was established in January, 2002. It is jointly administered at Florida State University by the Learning Systems Institute and the College of Arts and Sciences. It has a lot of literacy resources.

Lexia Reading is a technology-based system of differentiated practice, embedded assessment, and targeted reading instruction. It's designed to advance foundational reading skills for students in prekindergarten through grade 4 and accelerate reading development forat-risk students in grades 4-12.