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kathy schrock resources. 

Teacher and author Larry Ferlazzo shares some great resources for creating visuals to accompany short texts.  This could be used by both teachers and students at all levels of instruction to address differentiated learning and to offer students options for demonstrating their learning.

Barbara - Thanks for sharing this blog article and the teaching tip. What a great idea for differentiation and integration of digital literacy. This provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their digital literacy skills with respect to appropriate use of images, citation, etc.

600 - copyrights

Heide: Thanks for sharing this concise and informative resource. I've found most educators, myself included, struggle with knowing how to appropriately use copyrighted resources as well as those with Creative Commons licensing. This tool is a nice addition to any educator's digital literacy reference library!

Bobby: I was in the same boat as you. I certainly couldn't expect my students to 'do the right thing' if I had no clue what to do!

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Links to sites that create charts, graphs, etc.

Sample tasks with answers that focus on how to read and write about charts and graphs. Great resource for students in EDTC 615.

This site provides comprehensive resources to learn how to read and write about graphs and charts. Especially useful for EDTC 615 students.

These handouts provide resources that focus on improving language programs through planning for and assessing proficiency and performance.

This website contains ideas and resources not only for mind-mapping but also creating classroom activities and games.

This one-page document offers a good reminder that we (teachers and students) must cite images found on google images. I gives clear instructions for how to cite in APA.

A huge resource of many types of data visualizations 

This flowchart from the iPad4Schools folks shows the flow from teacher to student through applications and websites in a mobile social learning environment.  Even if mobile learning isn't a big part of your school or district's program, you'll appreciate the 21st century nature of this resource. 

This is a collaborative workspace for the development of instructional items for the use of MMORPGs, like World of Warcraft, GuildWars2 and others, in a school setting.  Examples of how to incorporate World of WarCraft in school.  Great resources which can be transferred into the WL classroom

A helpful compendium of resources for any instructor who is teaching online, whether they are a novice or veteran online teacher.

A online, peer-reviewed journal on language teaching and learning vis-a-vis technology. Sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawai'i and the Center for Language Education and Research (CLEAR) at Michigan State University Edited by Dorothy Chun and Mark Warschauer

This site is a good resource for citing images with varying amounts of information available and provides useful examples with a link to UMUC for APA style citation.

This is a platform that will help students to make connections to native speakers around the world. It has a lot of resources for teachers as well. You are able to control who is in your class.

This Wiki is rich in resources for language educators related to technology integration. It is maintained by the South Australian government.

An online classroom/ resource center where the students can retreived information, take tests/ quizzes and turn in assignments.