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[|Greece, NY "Reading Strategies" Page] An amazing list of ideas and resources, courtesy of the teachers of the Greece Central School District

[|Edmodo] Here is the website that allows you to have discussions, manage assignments, keep a calendar and allow students to communicate online away from the classroom.

[|Jing] This website allows you to take a slide show or image, save it and change it. You can highlight, use arrows, add text--all through Jing.

[|Drop.io] This is a website that allows you to add/create "drop boxes" for you and your students. This will take up space that's out there on the internet.

[|Reading Rants] Joe showed us this site and it showcases reviews/synopses of young adult literature. They are grouped together in the different types there are.

[|The Northern Nevada Writing Project] This is just a great resource with all kinds of ideas. Open it up and begin swimming in all the information.

[|Duotrope's Digest] A browsable listing/database of writing markets, with response times for rejections and acceptances

[|Poets & Writers magazine] Writing markets, advice, contest listings, and more

[|Writer's Market] Listing on amazon.com for this phone book-sized resource

[|"Raised By Women" - Kelly Norman Ellis] Kelly Norman Ellis' poem - including video of her reading

[|Scribd] Here is a website that has ALL kinds of PDFs of papers, articles, books, etc. that are e-published!

[|Voki - Make your own avatar] This site is a bit fun. You can make your own avatar (your digital presence online). You can use a microphone and record, and once you've picked/created your digital presence, it can speak to your audience.

[|Free Media Converter] Are you working with digital storytelling? Do you want to take a .wmv file and make it playable on a Mac or Quicktime (an Apple player)? Do you have a .mp3 file that you want to change to an .mp4 (the audio file that's used on iPods)? This website does amazing things and it's for free! You can switch all kinds of different files into OTHER files. The only downfall is that you have to wait "in line" because it seems to do only a few at a time. Once it's finished, you can have it e-mail you to tell you it's done.

[|Playlist.com - Are you looking for a particular song to use in your classroom?] This website allows you to search for an artist or a song, and play it for free. Usually they are entire songs. Once you find a song, you can copy/paste the link of the song somewhere for you to keep handy. You can also create playlists (which would require you to join, for free). Not all songs may be present, but there is a VAST collection out there. You may also think about using songs for a "reading text set" or a "music text set."