Title: E-pals Around the World
Description: It is often difficult to motivate students to read and write. By integrating a letter-exchange program in the classroom, students become excited about literacy learning. This lesson helps you select e-pals for your students and develop real-life writing and learning experiences for them.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 12: Use digital tools to communicate and collaborate at all levels from interpersonal to global.

Title: Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages
Description: With the increasing popularity of e-mail and online instant messaging among today’s teens, a recognizable change has occurred in the language that students use in their writing. This lesson explores the language of electronic messages and how it affects other writing.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 12: Use digital tools to communicate and collaborate at all levels from interpersonal to global.

Title: Girls Read: Online Literature Circles
Description: In generations past, women met in quilting circles to share their dreams; today’s girls share their thoughts in virtual communities. Multicultural literature with strong female protagonists serves as the focus for e-mail exchanges and classroom discussions in this lesson. Students select and read one of five novels presented by the teacher, and discuss the novel in exchanges with e-mail pen pals and in classroom literature circles. Students then participate in an online literacy community where they can respond to questions and post reviews, allowing them to expand their perspectives and converse with a wider audience.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 12: Use digital tools to communicate and collaborate at all levels from interpersonal to global.

Title: Dropbox Tutorials
Description: These tutorials are designed to demonstrate the ease and use of setting up Dropbox as well as how to: use the public folder, share and upload files with co-workers, family members and\or friends. With Dropbox, you can sync your files on all your computers including your ipad and iphone. To sign up for a free account, visit www.dropbox.com to set up for a free account.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (0-2) 6: Identify uses of technology systems in daily living.
[TC2] (0-2) 7: Use digital tools to access and retrieve information.
[TC2] (0-2) 8: Use digital environments to exchange ideas with individuals or groups.
[TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.
[TC2] (6-8) 2: Publish digital products that communicate curriculum concepts.
[TC2] (6-8) 12: Use digital tools to communicate and collaborate at all levels from interpersonal to global.

Title: Make Way for Wikis
Description: An article focusing on how wikis work and how to incorporate in a classroom.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 12: Use digital tools to communicate and collaborate at all levels from interpersonal to global.

Title: Dropbox Tutorials
Description: These tutorials are designed to demonstrate the ease and use of setting up Dropbox as well as how to: use the public folder, share and upload files with co-workers, family members and\or friends. With Dropbox, you can sync your files on all your computers including your ipad and iphone. To sign up for a free account, visit www.dropbox.com to set up for a free account.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (0-2) 6: Identify uses of technology systems in daily living.
[TC2] (0-2) 7: Use digital tools to access and retrieve information.
[TC2] (0-2) 8: Use digital environments to exchange ideas with individuals or groups.
[TC2] (3-5) 10: Use digital environments to collaborate and communicate.
[TC2] (6-8) 2: Publish digital products that communicate curriculum concepts.
[TC2] (6-8) 12: Use digital tools to communicate and collaborate at all levels from interpersonal to global.