RE 6575: Lit-n-Tech

Article reporting Project Tomorrow Speak Up survey results examining what students (and others) say they'd like in integrated classroom technology experiences.

Ways that students can experience space in the classroom on NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission. Remarkable science resource. Great use of technology to support learning.

Sally Shaywitz's center. Links to info on dyslexia research, resources for parents and for educators.

Virtual pinboard for organizing and sharing interests.

Tech the Plunge blog addresses all sorts of ed tech issues. Written by ed techie and consultant in private middle school.

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

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

Animal mnemonic site. Good supplemental resource, IF teachers emphasize letter name and letter sound, both of which are absent or hidden at current site (and the point of using mnemonics).

Wide variety of audio books, some of them with accompanying pictures and/or text. Almost all free. Arranged in categories including alphabet resources, poetry, audio and video books, etc.

This is a great website for those of you who have never blogged or rarely do. This site gives you very simple and well defined tips for what makes a good blog. Will come in handy this semester!

This website has it all from pen-pals to bloggins!

This is a neat site with ideas on how to incorporate blogging with Kindergartners!

This seems to be a nice blog site for younger children.

This site has a really great mix of ideas on blogging in the classroom. Some ideas are general, some for older students and some for younger. Neat site with helpful ideas.

This clip shows how one high school naturally integrates technology and makes it relevant.. I wonder how many schools have this kind of equipment to use?

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 website is great for teachers who are looking to create a blog for their own classroom. I think it is wonderful that teachers can create their own blog and have parents jump on the internet to see everything that is going on in their child's classroom. This website links to a site that takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a blog.

This teacher blog has links to technology sites. I have used the "Sweet Search" that was featured and had quick usable results!

This website gives you a brief description of what social bookmarking is- as well as so many more bookmarking sites that are available to use. I had no idea there was so much out there!

This site explains what reading literacy is (the ability to read and write), why reading is important, how to encourage reading, and skills that are essential to be able to read. The site also has links to other sites with activities and ideas for reading