Great resources from Alan November

"A striking assumption animates arguments on both sides, namely that nonfiction is seldom literary and certainly not literature. Even Mr. Coleman erects his case on largely dispiriting, utilitarian grounds: nonfiction may help you win the corner office but won't necessarily nourish the soul. As an English teacher and writer who traffics in factual prose, I'm with Mr. Coleman. In my experience, students need more exposure to nonfiction, less to help with reading skills, but as a model for their own essays and expository writing, what Mr. Gladwell sought by ingesting "Talk of the Town" stories. I love fiction and poetry as much as the next former English major and often despair over the quality of what passes for "informational texts," few of which amount to narrative much less literary narrative. What schools really need isn't more nonfiction but better nonfiction, especially that which provides good models for student writing. Most students could use greater familiarity with what newspaper, magazine and book editors call "narrative nonfiction": writing that tells a factual story, sometimes even a personal one, but also makes an argument and conveys information in vivid, effective ways."

interesting (put out by adobe so somewhat biased) 

free app for the iPad

easy to use animation tool with great tutorials 

interesting blog post from an early childhood perspective - also interesting reply to the blog post at the bottom of the page

great collection of games for your IWB

Interesting blog post from Jeff Utecht

great cheat sheet for imovie on the ipads

lots of interesting discussion points...could be used for writing prompts

I would like to try Corkulous and Sadun's Whiteboard, both look very interesting - and can maybe be used with our IWBs...

maybe be photoshopped but some images could be good for opening discussions

another photo editing tool

this online app works just like Picnik

"As a learning tool, it has the potential to make a great positive change to learning. The only problem is Apple designed it for individual use. Schools are designed for ( or budgeted for) shared use. "

Easy Bib, Bamboo Paper, Study Blue, Study Tracker, Simple Mind, My Homework, Paper