This book has a wealth of information for including technology into your literacy program. While it's pricey, I highly recommend it. It will be your go-to book for incorporating new ideas into your teaching. It even has QR codes where you can just click and it will take you to direct videos to demonstrate what the authors are implying. 

So this is definitely my summer read! But back to Kristen's website, I was connected to her twitter feed, which they emphasize in the book that twitter can be used for education and engaging students in conversations about literature and math. But for now, I was browsing through her pictures in her twitter feed and stumbled upon this video.

I was inspired by the group work that the children were in and how it worked so well with the younger students. So I decided to try it out as one of my introductory lessons for insects and it was a success! The children worked together and gathered information for our insect unit.

Here's some samples:

                                                                    Enjoy!