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The Divergent Learner blog celebrates thinking and learning from the right brain, a whole new mind. Teaching with technology inspired by Dan Pink's "A Whole New Mind" and 21st-century educational technology teachers around the world.

This wiki was created for school library media specialists by Dr. Donna Baumbach and Dr. Judy Lee, University of Central Florida. The purpose is to provide information about some of the new web-based tools (Web 2.0) and how they can be used and are being used by school library media specialists and their students and teachers.

I've (Larry Ferlazzo) created a ton of "The Best…" lists so far - nearly 170 over the past thirteen months, in fact. Based on a number of requests I've received from teachers, I've decided to review all of them and come-up with a new series of lists including "The Best Sites For K-12 Beginning English Language Learners"; "The Best Sites For K-12 Intermediate English Language Learners"; "The Best Sites For Older Beginning & Early Intermediate English Language Learners"; and "The Best Sites For Older Intermediate English Language Learners."

Phrays is a simple site that publishes a new word of the day everyday. Each word is published with its definition and part of speech. Visitors to the site are encouraged to write and submit a sentence using that word. Registered users can read the sentences submitted by others and vote for their favorite sentences.

Digital Dialects offers a nice selection of educational games and activities for learning 55 different languages. Most of the games are designed to learn and practice the basics of each of the 55 languages listed on the Digital Dialects homepage.  Another good website for learning and practicing language basics is Literacy Center.net. Literacy Center offers games for learning and practicing French, Spanish, German, and English. The Literacy Center is a 501c non-profit with a contract from the US Department of Education.  Applications for Education The educational games and activities found on Digital Dialects and Literacy Center are great for students just beginning to learn a new language. The games provide instant feedback to students and parents so that they can monitor progress and choose a skill or set of vocabulary terms to practice. 

Intersting article about social housing in New York

Interesting article about Bristolian graffiti-artist Banksy