Map: Real places that inspired the best kids’ books!
Atlas Obscura offers up "A Guide to the Real-Life Homes of the Heroes of Children’s Literature." Find the...
#Literacy
Reading, writing and digital literacies – how we learn, strategies, challenges, assessment, resources
The IRIS Center: Research-based resources for educators
"The IRIS Center is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children, especially those with...
Nurturing Students with Special Needs in Nature
What is a reading forest and how might it benefit children with disabilities? Read all about it in...
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts is a collection of about 14,000 “classic” public domain documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy. Search, or browse by title or author.
More on Publishing
With student publishing projects in mind, and my own projects as well, I was recently reminded of one very cool site, Lulu.com , which lets you self-publish your own books in a way that books are produced and shipped 'as needed.' I have a dream of putting together many of the resources I've developed over the years into just such a book. One of the appeals of on-demand...
Sites for Kids to Publish Online
In response to a query from a teacher on behalf of her first grader who wants to 'get into publishing,' here are some links to online sites that encourage or allow students to publish their work online: Tips for children publishing on the Internet. | NetAlert - From the Australian government, a helpful set of safety and design tips for any students who would like to publish their...
10 ways to use your edublog to teach
From Edublogs themselves (the folks who host this blog and will host your education-oriented blog for free, too!), here are ten ways to-use your edublog to teach. From discussions to newsletters, sharing lessons, materials and assignments to posting events and dates, here are concrete ways a blog can enhance your teaching and your students' learning experience.
SchwabLearning and Sparktop to Close
Two of my favorite sites for families struggling with learning disabilities are closing. On September 21, Charles and Helen Schwab announced they will no longer maintain operation of their web sites, SchwabLearning.org and Sparktop.org. Instead they will focus on selective grant-making to other organizations. I am grateful for the wonderful work that the Schwabs have done and their contributions toward greater understanding of and success for students with...
dotSUB – Multi-lingual Subtitles the Creative Commons Way
Now this is amazing to me: dotSUB uses a Creative Commons license and a wiki format to provide video captioning in multiple languages. Anyone can view the videos in any of the available languages. To upload, caption or translate a video, you need a registered account. The opportunities here are endless, for people learning languages, sharing cross culturally, those struggling with literacy or those who can't hear. Explore...