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Reading Resources
Google Lit Trips A collection of virtual literary trips embedded in the Google Earth geographic information program. When readers download a Lit Trip from the lesson database, they can follow the plot and characters of a given book through those areas of the globe that serve as the book's setting.

Sykpe an Author Find out how to get an author or illustrator to "visit" your classroom via skype.

Book Trailers How to guide to create Book Trailers; can be used to introduce new units/novels - or as student reading projects.

Storynory Free recorded readings of stories. Classic stories - fairytales - educational stories - original stories. Possible to be downloaded from iTunes for free as well.

Writing Resources
iPhone/iPad Digital StoryTelling List/links to iPhone/iPad apps to be used in the classroom for stages of the writing/storytelling process.

Research Resources
Research Relay Fun game to play with students to help them learn there are more resources than Internet searching.

What's Your Search Engine? Lists of search engines by function.

Student Production Resources
VoiceThread Record student projects, record teacher lessons/activities. Can be very detailed or very simple. Many uses for classroom productions.

Professional Development/ Teachers Only Resources
EducationalWikis A list of current wikis designed to assist educators in using wikis. Learn from other educators when, how, and why they use wikis in their classroom.

Google for Educators This is the home page for Google for Educators. **I will link to more specific ideas and resources in the upcoming weeks** I suggest signing up to receive the abridged version of their educator newsletter. 21st Century Teaching and Learning A Blog about the changes of teaching and learning in the 21st century. Site is complete with links to Bloom's Taxonomy and multiple learning styles correlation to "new" teaching and learning. Read discussions of other teachers, learn how to use technology in your classroom, like wikis, Web 2.0, blogs, etc.

How to Podcast Learn how to podcast, why to podcast. Step by step instructions.

Using Audacity to Create MP3 Clips Learn to use the program Audacity to create MP3 clips. Useful for recording important lessons/activites. Fun to record student projects, create podcasts for your classroom or school.

WebQuest Design How to create engaging, process-learning WebQuests by Web-Know-It-All Tom March.

Tom March "Working the Web for Education" Blog by Tom March, extremely interesting for teacher who are trying anything and everything in their classroom dealing with the web. Includes easy-to-follow how to's, links to sites, ideas for education.

EduBlogs Edublogs is a site to enable a class, individual, or group blog for your classroom. Post important material, host classroom disussions, replace paper newsletters; the possibilities are endless! TeacherTube The YouTube for teachers. Thousands of school-appropriate videos for all subjects. Use to enhance any lesson, or share some wisdom. Also videos for professional development.

EverNote A filing cabinet for all things digital - webpages, notes, pictures, voice notes to yourself, Tweets, etc.

Delicious Social bookmarking site that allows you to keep tabs on your favorite sites, links, and pages. Keep awesome lesson plan links and other digital information stored here in a super organized format.

Book Live Entertainment Need an educational speaker? Need a storyteller? Use this quick link to find your next live speaker.