Resources

= **Resources** =

** Common Core **
[|Mission Literacy] [|Common Core Curriculum Maps] [|Common Core State Standards Initiative] [|National Education Technology Plan] [|Department of Education-Michigan]

Digital Learning Day
Digital Learning Day Digital Is Ideas for Digital Learning Day USA Today Educate National Writing Project and Digital Learning Day

**Other Fun "Motivational" Assignments that Inspire Writing!**
NPR six-word memoirs RCWP six-word novels [|SMITHTeens six-word memoirs] The Mysteries of Harris Burdick-Writing Prompts Who is Harris Burdick? Ordeal by Cheque use as a writing prompt to tell a story based on written checks

**Comics and Graphic Novels**
Make Belief Comix Using Comics Wiki Comics ToonDoo

**Graphic Organizers**
Graphic Organizers Persuasion Mapper Tool EssayMap Create a Graph

**Other Publishing Tools**
Wordle Jing Glogster Lulu Giggle Poetry How to make a zine Webspiration Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers

Creative Commons Copyright Confusion Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) United States Copyright Office
 * Copyright**

Grants
[|Michigan Department of Education Technology Grants] [|MACUL Grant] ING Foundation Grants Education Grants Federal Register

**Other Helpful Sites**
ReadWriteThink Cool Tools for Schools Tween Teacher Hickstro American History I-Search Chapter Bud the Teacher Blog Web portfolios 21 Things for the 21st Century Educator Google Lit Trips ikeepbookmarkshelps younger students by choosing the articles for them so they are not overwhelmed What Kids Can Do Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners Coop's Word on Ed Tech Google for Educators Google Apps Media Literacy Michigan Association For Computer Users in Technology Figment Kevin Honeycutt Write a Book Review Voki Free rice

**Articles**
Educause NCTE Research Policy Brief on 21st Century Literacies Kylene Beers - The Genteel Unteaching of America's Poor NCTE Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment Remixing Media Teachers Network