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iRead is a group of teachers in Escondido Union School District dedicated to the idea that digital audio can be a powerful learning tool for all students. iRead will give you a chance to create meaningful, curriculum-centered audio projects with your students. Teachers are using digital audio tools (iPods, mics, Garageband, iTunes, Keynote, etc. and various accessories) to improve reading processes. Teachers meet on a monthly basis to exchange ideas and strategies. We started in 2006-07 by collecting data about fluency rates - this has been very promising.

This list has been compiled from the contributions of 223 learning professionals (from both education and workplace learning) who shared their Top 10 Tools for Learning both for their own personal learning/ productivity and for creating learning solutions for others.

You will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story.

50 ways to tell a story

Maureen LaFleche spotted this great resource and here's what she has to say about it "Check out CK-12.org. It is a website that provides open-source content and technology tools to help teachers provide learning opportunities for students globally. Free access to high-quality, customizable educational content in multiple modalities suited to multiple student learning styles and levels, will allow teachers, students and others to innovate and experiment with new models of learning. CK-12 helps students and teachers alike by enabling rapid customization and experimentation of teaching and learning styles. Text can be read at two different levels - grade level and basic. You can download books and activities as pdf, epub or mobi." I have checked out several of the units and they look excellent for middle and high school.

"Bring ArtsAlive.ca into the classroom. We've got lots of great tools for busy teachers! Bring the website into the classroom. We'll show you how."

Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you. With a super easy set-up, clean interface and multiple transition and theme options, Slide is among the most popular tools for self expression on the web today. Slide can be embedded onto any website, viewed on your desktop or shared with your friends or fans. Slide supports dozens of social networking and blog platforms, including MySpace, MySpace Blogs, Bebo, Blogger, eBay, Facebook, Friendster, Hi5, livedoor, LiveJournal, Piczo, Sina.com, Sohu.com, Tagged, Typepad, Windows Live Spaces, Wretch, Yahoo! 360 and Xanga.

From this site I found a very cool interactive video/text lesson on decimals - comparing and rounding... from the Math6SpyGuys!

Awesome! Search can be refined in a number of ways. Great interactive teaching tools. All grades; All subjects.

This website is designed for educators who wish to extend the concepts of the math curriculum beyond the pages of the text. Google Earth is the dynamic tool that will be used to accomplish this. Within this site you will find lesson ideas, examples, and downloads for mathematics that embrace active learning, constructivism, and project-based learning while remaining true to the standards. The initial focus will be for grades 5 and up, but teachers of younger students may be able to find some uses or inspiration from the site.

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.

Talk about multiple means of Representation!! Great new search tool displays information in multiple formats including a brief explanation in text, photos, and links. Paul Hamilton blogged about it.

For those who have iPads, there is a free app as well by the same name. Essentially it "scrapes" a number of reliable web resources for information on a topic of choice. Then it puts the information together in what looks like a "Trade Book" found in the Non-Fiction part of your library, filled with engaging pictures and short summarized pieces of information. Finally, it reads the article to the user.  This is a tool that could help students not to simply copy and paste wikipedia articles as they are preparing research.

Here is the website and some of the resources I was given at "Teaching the I Generation" conference. Some useful tools for you..... Let me know what you think.

Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. Educators have a closed option

Packed with book trailers and educational games, School library media Kids is designed to provide an interactive online experience to help get students motivated to learn, to read, to think and to make choices. SlimeKids also showcases an array of exceptional literacy-related resources such as author and book review websites as well as superb learning tools including reference works and search engines.

The creator, Andy Fine, has a master's degree in teaching,  and writes, "SlimeKids was created to provide students with a playful, easy-to-use interface through which they could learn about and access valuable online resources. The website is designed to self-motivate students to make their own choices and judgements about what is most useful for them. One important aspect of SlimeKids is that it helps students to explore their interest in books and reading, which has been the main goal of my career. SlimeKids is an interactive website through which students can read, search, watch videos and play language arts-related games."

This free online application is designed to help students in grades 5-12 write an online persuasive essay.