I love this blog! She offers lots of great research-based literacy strategies. She teaches in a secondary classroom, but I've been able to modify the activities to make them appropriate for the elementary level.

Article from District Administration about the "new literacies" in education

Article on Edudemic about 7 habits that you would expect to see from effective teachers who utilize technology

Document created by the NEA identifying the 4 C's of 21st Century skills (including communication and collaboration) and examples and resources for integrating them into a classroom