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Easy explanation of how to share a Google Drive folder and why you might want to do so. The steps are simple and intuitive, but Richard's diagrams are good refreshers. Sharing a folder will mean any items added to it are automatically shared.

Just learned of this collaborative photo and video site. The site encourages collaboratively building a video and allows for adding music and special effects. It is a free stie. Videos can be shared through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and also emailed. 

NCTE suggestions of "Great Books for Sharing and reading with Children in Grades K-8

Thanks for this info. I am on the committee for the Summer Reading Program and it will be helpful to add some of these titles for discussion.

A free, easy to use way to work with graphic organizers. Students can also collaborate within the site.

Graphic Organizer Web 2.0 tool. Used for presentations or students can use individually or collaboratively.

Trying the whole sharing option with my personal blog. Totally non teaching related, but if you like to cook, I am blogging my kitchen fiasco and success stories!

Blog post about the virtues of Edmodo for use with students as an excellent learning and sharing tool.

Some quick tips to share with others regarding commonly made grammar mistakes. Presented in a lively fashion.

Allows users to create a storyboard. Backgrounds and photographs are available to select. Generated storyboards can be shared. 

Find out about Class Connect a way for teachers store lesson ideas and instructional materials. This is Richard Byrne's blog post about. 

Another digital story telling tool.

Explains benefits of Twitter for professional development.

Although I do not have a Twitter account yet, I may have to in the near future. The following quote gave me reason to me intrigued. "Following Twitter users whose work is of interest to you "can be an easy way to expose yourself to new ideas and perspectives on a regular basis," Bruff said. "It's a bit like the chit-chat that occurs in the lobby at a good conference: You never know what interesting thing someone will share". I'm always eager to try new ideas.Twitter here I come.

If you are interested in having students create book trailer via video, check this blog post. Even though it is on Hemingway's Old Man and Sea, the concept can be adapted for use with students of varied age groups. The video is also worth watching as an example of stop-motion animation.

Famous actors read children''s aloud. Site include lesson plan ideas. This site will be of interest to elementary school teachers and parents of your children. If you have website, blog, or wiki set up for parents, you might want to see if this is a site you want to share with them after you have had some time to exlpore.

Stories read aloud by the author.

This is an online video streaming program where authors read their stories aloud.

How nice that this blog has so much to share! I can use some of the worksheets.

Another example of how iPads allow for differentiation and help some students with special needs work at their level.

eportfolios

Excellent resources for finding Web 2.0 tools for implementing writing and storytelling in your classroom. 

A site for teachers to store  links to websites, videos, Google  Docs and more as well as to access instructional materials other teachers have stored on the site. The site is a collaborative resource for teachers. The site claims it is "the easiest way to build and store lessons.

TED Talks now has its own channel on YouTube