Amazing Teachers Who Use Technology to Foster Reading and Writing (a very small sample)
Often the best way to set your imagination free is to see what other movers and shakers in the field have produced. What is your area of expertise? Which of your students' projects would you like to publish on your website? What teaching strategies have served you well? Use the Internet to spread the word.

• At Gloria's Writing Workshop, Gloria Antifaiff, a teacher from Saskatchewan, Canada, created resources to help other teachers adopt a workshop approach to writing. The site offers rubrics, self-evaluation tools for teachers, conference advice, assessment portfolio tips, and more.
  www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fiss/newpage1.htm
• Valerie Becker, a colleague who is the Director of Integrated Technologies in West Tisbury, Massachusetts, has been a trendsetter in using new technologies since the 1980s. Click on "Classroom Projects" to see "Martha's Third Grade Pond Project," which documents life at a local saltwater pond. Also be sure to see what children learned about famous people from Amelia Earhart to Marco Polo by clicking on "Lauren's Fourth Grade Biography Project."
  www.wtisbury.mv.k12.ma.us
• Sandy Beck, a media teacher from Comings, Georgia, offers the hows and whys of developing online student assessment portfolios with elementary students. She also gives advice on how to use cameras in the classroom for maximum impact (click on "Going Digital in Your Classroom").
  www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck
• Kathy Schrock, an early pioneer in bringing the best of the Web to teachers everywhere offers a wealth of literacy resources. For example, click on World Languages or Literature/Language Arts, each of which will transport you to dozens of resources.
  school.discovery.com/schrockguide
• Mrs. Silverman is an innovative second-grade teacher from Comsewogue School District in New York. See her "Webfolio" of Internet projects from all over the world. Two of my favorites are "Stellaluna's Friends" and a photo tour of Paris. Also, "Kids' Search Tools" offers your students all the tools they need for Internet sleuthing.
  kids-learn.org
• Blue Ribbon Web Sites showcases ten outstanding websites created by teachers from all over the country. First prize goes to Cameron Williams, a fifth-grade teacher in Santee, California; second prize goes to Kristi Rennebohm Franz, a second-grade teacher from Pullman, Washington (mentioned in Literacy Online). Check out this window into their classrooms and beyond.
  teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachtech/blueribbonsites.htm