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Some simple tips that can be passed on to students which will help them with their online research.

Pew Research study about technology use in US classrooms. Helpful to see the statistics from a large-scale study, which indicates increased use of technology in the classroom.

problems with rubrics and why they don't work for helping students with writing; Maja Wilson has done extensive work in the area, and she has lots of credibility in this area; she has presented for NCTE her research; agree with her research!

Definitely a site I want to explore further as a way to conduct research, organize ideas, and find information. This site is a learning tool,,, and probably works better with high school students than younger grade level students. It might even be useful to college students. Just used it to do a search, and found helpful information.

Wonderful tool for locating sites that are tools for use in the school. Organized by categories, such as presentation, collaborative, research, slide show, mapping, and writing. Descriptions of tools and links provided.

This is an important article for anyone to read who cares about the literacy skills, especially reading skills, of young students today. Research shows given digital books, students are reading more. In addition, there are other ways that these books are helping, such as services that gear books to students based on their interests and abilities. The article also reviews what the shift to digital books means for libraries including school libraries.

Those of you who like to use LiveBinders for finding and storing researchers might want to check this one with links to lots of tech tools organized by categories.

Great site for educators to incorporate into their instruction on CT.

Easy for kids to use to research the State of Connecticut's history, government and state symbols. Also includes games and puzzles

Presents in video format research and information about the successful integration in the English class to support engagement with literature. 

An outline creator for writing papers. This tool might be helpful for linear thinkers. It provides a formula approach to writing that some might like.

Literacy strategies can be used by more than just English teachers

Site for finding educational videos. Videos rated by teachers. Videos are free and the site is not likely to be blocked in schools. Collection keeps growing.