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"Help students analyze primary sources they see, hear or read using holiday themed resources from The Library of Congress. "

A GREAT flash-based game using comics and teaching sequencing. Full of win!

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Global classroom portal of interactive resources

A must-read article about lessons learned about Facebook. You'll think twice before accepting those Farm invitations.

ASCD member? Then check out some of the chapters of this book on new curriculum ideas. You can read some of it without a member login.

I have used iKnow That: Alien Word Mine to practice the not contraction, but was looking for another opportunity for students to practice. I searched for some fun activities and came up blank. I decided to make an offline game that students could play as a class called "I have, who has?". In this card game, each student chooses a game card. Each game card starts with the separate words (for example: can not) and has a contraction (for example: aren't). Students stand in a circle holding there game card. Choose one student to begin by reading their card: "I have can not, who has aren't?" The student holding the card with "are not" responds: "I have are not, who has don't?". Play continues until all matches have been made

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Tagul is a web service that enables you to create gorgeous tag clouds. You can read more in the FAQ section, visit the Blog or explore the Forums.

Lovely provides a hot-linked list organized into live journeys, "interactive environments," travelogues, e-museums, building and place tours, map-based visits, and read-along visits.

Here is a collection of virtual field trip sites.

"Well, we were very interested in two ideas. One was how do the patterns of brain activity differ when you're doing an internet search versus reading, since computers are such a big part of our lives these days? And then we also wanted to look at different groups of people, people who were internet-savvy and had lots of computer exposure and experience, and compared that to naive subjects - with "naive" we mean people who don't use computers or the internet very often."

"Study the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on specific groups such as African Americans, women and children by studying images, maps, documents and life histories. Trace the history of labor unions. Access photographs taken by Works Progress Administration photographers and read expert commentary on Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" picture."

"These blogs have everything you need for your ultimate teacher's toolbox."

A straightforward explanation of Creative Commons in easy to read cartoon format.

"Create an online community of your classroom. Share inspiration, ideas, reading, and thoughts. Post discussions, deadlines, and homework. Create surveys for students and keep parents informed of daily projects."

Michelle, this is really cool.

"DoodleBuzz is a new way to read the news through an experimental interface that allows you to create typographic maps of current news stories."

Future Me is a neat service that lets you write an email to your future self and have it delivered to your email inbox at a time that you schedule. It's easy to use Future Me. To use Future Me just type your email, select the date you want it to be delivered on, and then enter your email address. You can choose to keep your letter private (default setting) or make your letter public (anonymously) and placed in the gallery of letters. Applications for Education It would be great to have students use Future Me at the beginning of a school year. Students could write about what they hope to learn that year, what they do or don't like about school, and goals that they have for themselves. Then at the end of the school year students can read their letters and see how they've changed over the year.

Listen as these authors read some children's books - and more. Shared today on Twitter

Creating an App Inventor app begins in your browser, where you design how the app will look. Then, like fitting together puzzle pieces, you set your app's behavior. All the while, through a live connection between your computer and your phone, your app appears on your phone. Read more... App Inventor is a part of Google Labs, a playground for Google Engineers and adventurous Google users. Send us your suggestions and ideas, but remember to wear your safety glasses while building your apps.

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