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"Schools are about learning-from peers as well as teachers. In class, students learn academic content, but they also learn about social relationships and life skills, such as the need for perseverance to complete tasks successfully. To learn something is to gain knowledge about that idea or topic. Learning can occur in formal contexts, such as in a set of experiments about photosynthesis, or, informally, as students chat with one another about favorite books. Many synonyms exist for the verb to learn, as well as numerous idioms and common phrases. There many ways to integrate these into everyday classroom and school events."

"We've all heard it before: "A picture is worth a thousand words." That famous idiom (or is it a cliche?) first appeared in a 1911 newspaper and has been widely used since. In today's society, however, the phrase has taken on a whole new meaning. Using images instead of text to convey ideas-known as "picting"-is becoming the norm among today's digital-first students."