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Books read out loud by famous people. I think this would be a fun website to create with older students reading for the K-1 students.

Every month Educational Technology and Mobile Learning features a short list of the best iPad apps for students. We pick these apps from the different review lists we did before and our selection is based on the app productivity, its rating, popularity and whether or not it conforms to our evaluation criteria or not. We are being very strict in our selections because the apps market is full of junk and if you don't try an app and attest to its usability then chances are you might end up recommending junk to readers.

a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.

When you deploy an iPad in your classroom, you most likely download some of your favorite apps and load up bookmarks to your preferred web tools. Then you hand out the iPad to students and help them use said resources. Great, right? Now we're learning with gusto! Not really.

February 4, 2014 Students feedback can sometimes host a treasure trove of new insights not only about their own comprehension but also about our teaching. Giving students the opportunity to share their own response on the learning taking place in the classroom is highly beneficial to them particularly in the way they position themselves vis a vis the content being taught.

Parent's Guide to Student Success (response to CCSS)

Learning Apps & Tools | Feature 9 Creative Storytelling Tools That Will Make You Wish You Were A Student Again Storybird will revamp its online editing tool in November to focus on "celebrating art-inspired storytelling," according to the company. For many students, writing a novel summary is not exactly a glamorous assignment.

Great way for schools to have kids blog. No student email is required and everything is monitored before being posted online.

Excellent search engine for students, as everything has been reviewed by educators.

Students create their own lesson plan. Allows for self-reflection. Cool idea!

Engage your students in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help them accomplish a variety of goals-from organizing their thoughts to learning about language-all while having fun.

This site is a subset of the medical information provided by the government for medical professionals, but appropriate for consumers without medical training. It is appropriate site for student research and ensuring students read non-fiction articles that demonstrates they are "college and career ready"

Outline Your Classroom Floor Plan For students, the classroom environment is very important. The size of the classroom and interior areas, the colors of the walls, the type of furniture and flooring, the amount of light, and the room arrangement all influence how students learn.

This website is a collaborative effort created by students taking an independent study focused on digital citizenship. This is created using the free tools in Google (Sites & Blogger)