Text to speech

"Read the Words" reads text that is on the screen. http://www.readthewords.com/ The text is read by an avatar,and you can select whether it is read in a male or female voice. In a comment, a special education teacher notes that this is great for students who favor audiory processing.

Great site discussing Social Media and FERPA

Social media has changed education, but teachers tend to overuse or to shy away because of FERPA concerns. This is a great article that discusses the pros and cons of Using Social Media with Students.
http://www.getideas.org/getinsight-blog/does-social-media-violate-student-privacy "Does Social Media Violate Student Privacy?"

Wonderful site for art images

The Yale Art Galley has released some of their Art Images as part of the Digital Commons. This is a marvelous collection of art for an online class.

http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/

Scribe at Desk
Pietro Palmieri, the Younger
Yale University Art Gallery

Reading and technology

Interesting article exploring the Internet and its use does affect how we read. While the article http://edte.ch/blog/2011/05/07/are-online-behaviours-affecting-reading-skills does deal specifically with K-12 I think, if we read it, we can recognize how the behaviors affecting this group also change the way adults read now.

Great resource for teachers

The "Body systems coloring book" http://www.coursewareobjects.com/objects/elr/Chabner/language7e/bodyspectrum/ is a good example of multimedia that requires students to do more than just view.