A introductory film for the new digital edition of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, a classic book that has played a key role in the world's understanding of the Holocaust. The app takes the original text, published 65 years ago, and adds video interviews and other background material. The Diary of a Young Girl app, made by Beyond the Story, is available on iPad via Apple's AppStore

great resources - Mel Gibson is a UK-based comics scholar and consultant

" Written by an educator for educators, the free doctopus script gives teachers the ability to auto-generate, pre-share, and manage grading and feedback on templated Docs for group and individual projects. "

Jeff Dungan's Presentation Portal - 21st Century Literacy-infusing iPads into ES literacy instruction

"'Debatabase is an authoritative collection of over five hundred debates mostly written by experienced debaters. They cover topics from the affirmative action to Zimbabwe, on all sorts of themes including politics, economics, religion, culture, science and society. For debaters they may provide useful preparation materials and examples but the debates will be useful to everyone. Debatabase topics provide both sides of the debate rather than giving just one side of the argument as most blogs, newspapers and other articles you can find online do. We want you to make up your own mind on these important issues and believe you need both sides of the argument to make an informed choice."

"An ethics policy explains your [school, library, technology, classroom] goals, values and program within the larger context of the [district, school] educational mission, policies and procedures. By stating the rules and identifying the norms as lived in daily practices, the ethics policy offers explicit guidance about an individual's behavior and clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the institution and its stakeholders, the community and its members, the classroom and its learners. "

multiple contributors, one twitter account

An old 1947 video of how books were made mid-20th century -- fascinating

"This toolkit contains the process and methods of design along with the Designer's Workbook, adapted specifically for the context of K-12 education. It offers new ways to be intentional and collaborative when designing, and empowers educators to create impactful solutions. At IDEO, we've been using similar processes, methods, and tools for years in tackling some dauntingly complex challenges. More often than not, we've experienced how Design Thinking helps to get to the next step. "

Videos from Teachers College in NYC - Lucy Calkins etc. 

lets you create games and simulations - good for kids to do programming/coding? $9.99

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative's collection of one-minute how-to explanations.  For kids using Macbooks.  

Research news from top universities in the US, UK, Canada, & Australia

Gwyneth Jones makes these comic tutorials using Comic Life & iPhoto. Covers lots of literacy/digital literacy topics.  

A project of the Booktrust in the UK - aimed at 11-year-olds - book recommendations in different genres

visual timeline of culture - perfect for researching decades and history