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article and list of authors who will skype free with student book clubs

list of author and illustrator websites for research into the author's lives

wiki with instructions and info on skyping an author for your class

Read.gov is from the Library of Congress and is a new website for readers of all ages. The site offers pages specifically designed for kids and teens, as well as adults, educators, and parents. There is so much here: Contests, books online, book lists, and more. The webcast section is truly extensive. There are Webcasts from famous authors such as R.L. Stine, Jon Scieszka, Jan Brett, David Baldacci, John Grisham, Neil Gaiman, and many more. These webcasts also include interesting topics like "Mystery Writers Discuss Their Craft" and "The Nuts and Bolts of Historical Fiction" among others. Read.gov is from the Library of Congress and is a new website for readers of all ages. The site offers pages specifically designed for kids and teens, as well as adults, educators, and parents. There is so much here: Contests, books online, book lists, and more. The webcast section is truly extensive. There are Webcasts from famous authors such as R.L. Stine, Jon Scieszka, Jan Brett, David Baldacci, John Grisham, Neil Gaiman, and many more. These webcasts also include interesting topics like "Mystery Writers Discuss Their Craft" and "The Nuts and Bolts of Historical Fiction" among others.

Find free on-line books perfect for emergent readers. The author of the site, the Center for Literacy and Disabilities studies at the University of North Carolina, wants to provide free resources to give everyone an opportunity to learn to read and write. All books are free and available for download as slideshows using PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash.Find free on-line books perfect for emergent readers. The author of the site, the Center for Literacy and Disabilities studies at the University of North Carolina, wants to provide free resources to give everyone an opportunity to learn to read and write. All books are free and available for download as slideshows using PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash.

reading, learning, fun, stories, authors, kids

free video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG Streamclip can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL

A lesson plan to introduce the unit of diversity in an english class. This plan focuses on an interactive activity to get students to begin learning about the concept of diversity and how it applies to the study of english literature. Students will work in groups to analyze poetry written by authors from many different cultural backgrounds

copy or enter text, and it tells you which author the text resembles. More for fun than serious

prompts and instructions, author interviews, and story samples

Videos of museums, cities, meet the authors for K-3

"This collection of storytelling activities-developed by storyteller/author Heather Forest for her storytelling workshops with students, teachers, and librarians-can be expanded by educators into language arts lesson plans to support speaking, listening, reading and writing skills."

RaceDay for schools: a free Enterprise resource from the British Horseracing Authority. It is aimed at 11-16s (Key Stages 3 and 4) in England, Wales and Scotland.

2D and 3D authoring program for kids, free.

teaching kids how to evaluation online information - nmemonic acronym RADCAB (relevant, appropriate, detail, current, author, bias)

NSTA Web Seminars are free, 90-minute, live professional development experiences that use online learning technologies to allow participants to interact with nationally acclaimed experts, NSTA Press authors, and scientists, engineers, and education specialists from NSTA partner organizations

WGBH site on the supreme court: balancing federal and state authority, Civil rights and civil iberties, the fourteenth amendment, landmark cases, the importance of precedence, lesson plans

These authors have examined decades of research to determine which teaching strategies have positive effects on student learning.

MEP COURSES IN KERALA is a training Institute run by AGHORA Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd which aims to develop quality Engineering Professionals who can create a new generation ambience in the infrastructure and construction field and empower them with the most advanced Draughting software REVIT and other designing softwares. We hold the franchisee of CADDIN who are the authorized training and certification centre of AutoDesk.

A Level School CPS is an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Chennai that prepares a student for tertiary education. Our Cambridge A and AS level are recognized worldwide.