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EyeWire is an online community of "citizen neuroscientists" who map neural connections by playing a game. The EyeWire Games have begun! Learn more on the blog. By joining EyeWire, you can help map connections between retinal neurons. This information advances neuroscience research on how the retina functions in visual perception. You also help the EyeWire team, based at MIT, develop computational technologies for mapping the connectome.

Fun way to engage kids in poetry

These digital tools show promise to support word learning, review, and play with language. They are grouped them into four categories: Reference Tools, Word Clouds, Games and Review, Word Walls and Virtual Field Trips.

introduction to infographics, clues to teaching and/or creating with infographics, huge collection of ready to use inforgraphics for High School

ALPHA stands for "A Lot of Par­ents Hop­ing for an Alter­na­tive." The school was unique in the Toronto public school system due to the fact that it had no homework, no grades, and no tests. One of the main ideas the school was based on is that children do much of their learning by playing. Thus, students were allowed to explore their own interest, learning what they wanted to, and making or doing things they found interesting.

VocabularySpellingCity has a new summer word study program that allows children to sharpen academic skills as they play. These simple assignments are a daily workout for the brain, building literacy skills such as vocabulary, spelling, and writing.

This is a lovely downloadable programme to compose pieces of music on a digital stave which will play you creations back to you. Just drag the note and rests into the positions you want. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

This musical site gives you a virtual synthesiser to create wonderful tunes and sound effects on. It's easy to use and versatile. You can play the middle octave with your computer keyboard or plot the music along a timeline for greater accuracy. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

The question of what learning matters most to our students is one that I return to regularly. A fascinating range of models are available each with similar elements but presented in a slightly different manner. Most could be summarised by the 'Four C's' model outlined in 'Most Likely to Succeed' by Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith. Critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity are vital and each plays an important role in allowing us to manage the complexity of modern day life. Beyond being relevant to success in the classroom the Four C's are the foundations of life-long learning but I question if alone they are enough. I believe we must include a fifth; compassion.

Swift Playground is an iPad app to learn Apple's Swift coding language which underpins apps on iOS. The app has engaging lessons and different levels to play.

The book 'Non Obvious' by Rohit Bhargava present an intriguing exploration of how careful observation and thought can reveal emerging trends and as the subtitle suggest 'predict the future'. For educators the ability to identify the trends which will deliver the best outcomes for our students from the noise of fads is alluring. While the talk of new technologies, of learner centric pedagogies and teaching for lifelong learning play the part of the obvious trends in education identifying the non-obvious trend is a more challenging endeavour. 

HTC will be held on January 12 new conference, is expected to launch U Ultra, U Play, One X10 and other three new smartphones, according to the great tipster @evleaks the latest exposure , HTC also prepared a htc Vive series phones.

Play this fun Christmas stacking game. Each present you stack moves a little faster. How high can you stack them?

Play this music during work cycles - one hour of relaxing positive instrumental music

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 The role of assessment has always played its part but it is a role that is changing in the present global climate and understanding this shift is important for educators.