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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   6 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Beguiling Billboards: Finding Inspiration along the Road
   For this activity, teens study "Pass It On" billboards created by The Foundation for a Better Life either online or on-the-go, and create an original billboard and inspirational phrase for a person of their choosing.
2. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
   Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and the B-D-A Reading Strategy
   History takes on new dimensions in this interactive multimedia lesson that emphasizes the B-D-A approach to research as students investigate the experiences of people with disabilities since the early 1800s.
4. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Tip & How-To
   How to Start a Writer's Notebook
   Writer's notebooks allow children and teens to take in the world around them and document their daily lives. Use these tips to learn how to start a writer's notebook with your child.
5. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Speak to Me: Teaching with Voki
   Through Voki, a Web 2.0 tool, students create customizable avatars for class presentations for various purposes, such as presenting biographical information, expressing an opinion, or reading a poem.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Activity & Project
   Special Memories & Significant Moments: Making an Electronic Scrapbook
   Using a variety of artifacts, mementos, and technologies, teens can create an electronic scrapbook of their most important moments in high school.
7. Professional Development | Grades   6 – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
   Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Mobile App  |  Writing Poetry
   Word Mover
   Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.