3 Must-Haves for Interactive Ebooks
by Luz Chavez Image courtesy of adamr / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Trying to practice fluency in a bustling hallway with kids whose ages have yet to reach double digits takes skill. And an iPad. The iPad...
View ArticleMake a Couplet with Tech and Poetry
by Mark Hansen April is National Poetry Month. Join the Academy of American Poets in this celebration, and couple it with technology in the classroom. Make a Poet Laureate WebQuest or Prezi Image...
View Article5 Highlights from the IRA 2014 Conference in New Orleans
guest post by Trisha Beck DeOre The French Quarter, New Orleans, during the 2014 IRA conference | photo courtesy Trisha Beck DeOre This past weekend, the International Reading Association held its 59th...
View ArticleClassroom Libraries in the Digital Age
by Tom Nieman Classroom library | image courtesy Lizmarie_AK via Flickr (CC BY) Last year, in an effort as a consultant to help a school with huge reading deficits among its students, I suggested that...
View ArticleWhat Does Collaborative Learning Really Mean?
by Helen Beyne Image courtesy of ddpavumba at FreeDigitalPhotos.net We know that students need to develop twenty-first century thinking skills and metacognitive skills. A great way to build...
View ArticleBanned Books Week 2014
How are you using technology + literature to celebrate the Freedom to Read? by Helen Beyne image courtesy of ddpavumba | freedigitalphotos.net As you probably know, the last week of September is Banned...
View ArticleReading and Writing Across the Curriculum: The Basics
by Erin Dye Image courtesy of digitalart at FreeDigitalPhotos.net For more than thirty years, there has been an emphasis on using reading and writing “across the curriculum” to promote student...
View Article5 Great Sites for Student-Friendly Informational Texts
by Helen Beyne You already know that one main mission of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) Initiative is to help students comprehend a wide variety of informational texts—nonfiction texts that...
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