RE 6575: Lit-n-Tech

Interesting use of social networking to develop online reading community. You can add friends, rate books, gather books on your shelves. Would be far superior to book reports and dioramas my kids all had to do for years and years...

Wow! First-rate. William Joyce's latest collaborative fantasy effort. A must-see for teachers, book-lovers, fantasy-lovers. Wonderfully well-done.

Article on my tech website that talks about eight different ways to effectively use a wiki at your school and within your classroom.

This website allows you to Skype an author! Look up authors who are available for Skyping

There is a great deal of information here- especially regarding young learners and technology integration in the classroom. I have been struggling with how to integrate more technology in to my kindergarten classroom- this article was very helpful!

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

Creative Clommons is the non-profit area of Flickr where photos are shared among members. Millions of available photos in four categories of use (attribution, noncommerical, no derivative works, share alike). None of the copyright violations of using other images on the web.

Practical and informative for classroom teachers.

Here's a fascinating tool for collaboration. Definitely worth a look-see.

We will check this out together this semester, but feel free to explore on your own anytime.

Pretty slick. Like other site stats tools except this one provides a running list of who from where visited a particular site, which pages, and when. Interesting instructional implications for teachers who might use the free option.

International Reading Association's position statement on importance of information and communication technologies integrated into the literacy curriculum and principles on which that should be based.

IRA's position on children's rights to excellent reading instruction and the principles which they believe constitute excellence.

Just what it says. Not clear when this article was written, but each of the blogs is described in a paragraph and a link provided to it.

I didn't mean to repost this one. I really liked some of the blogs that I looked at.

This link provides reasoning behind blogs for elementary students and how to get them set up. Great suggestions on what websites to use to set up classroom blogs that are safe and ad-free.

I found this site to be helpful. It explains what blogging is, how it is used in classrooms, and how to get started. It also talks about safety.

This is my first weeks tech update from the blog I am following. Fun ideas for a day of reading with Tim Tebow. He is reading Green Eggs and Ham on webcast.

This is a blog that gives lessons each day with tips and "do's and don'ts" of blogging.

This blog is a place where teachers share not only ideas, but their own personal stories and classroom experiences. You can search blogs by region, grade or subject.

I think this is a really cool site because it shows you examples on how to incorporate blogging into your classroom. You can choose your grade level or your subject area and examine blogs from not just the USA, but all over the world.

This site has a series of how to about blogging. There are links to blogging tips for beginners, blog design, and even tips for writing content for blogs. Check it out if you are a beginner and need some extra help!