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5 show good fit with HOTS; Harvard Business School source.

Some great resources and rationales for using web 2.0 environments in K-20 learning environments by Jim Klein, IST director for Saugus Union School District

Palo Alto High School Online Journalism Site. Excellent example of authentic student work.

"This website has a collection of short, simple and fun video clips to correctly define and provide examples of around 800 words in context. The videos are entirely appropriate for middle and high school students. The students are encouraged to play with words,create their own vocabulary videos and upload their work to the website. Teachers may direct activities and assign word projects to the students. The Study Room allows personalized list creation and sharing. Visitors can also sign up to receive a word of the day in the email."

ISTE makes the case for teaching Web2.0 skills.

This is an amazing illustration of Sir Kenneth Robinson's presentation on schooling in the 21st century.  It's fascinating to watch an illustrator create a visual map of Robinson's ideas as they are spoken.  The content of the presentation is enormously important to any educator struggling to change the system.  It's even more important to those who've been subdued and mislead by old ideas into thinking they can't learn or create.

A Handbook on the Internet Safety

"If we can safely assume that the different forms of education have always been following the common interests of students on global level, then it's only natural to expect cyberculture to dominate over today's educational trends."

Online tutoring has been famous for quite some time now. It's an interesting concept because it works wonders breaking down the language barrier by helping non-English speakers learn the language through native speakers. It allows easy-access for homeschooling for people who cannot go to school and it allows people to share their own set of skills with another. Here's how you can earn money while sharing your skills with others. Read more http://www.make-lots-of-money.com/make-money-tutoring-online/

Studying in a university both has its up and downs. You might be on your way to getting a diploma but the road from high-school graduate to getting your degree is a tough one. Students have told horror stories of being so broke they've resorted to an everyday diet of instant ramen. While admittedly, instant ramen sounds good, here are a few ways for you to earn extra cash on the side so you can afford other things. Continue reading here http://www.make-lots-of-money.com/make-money-university-student/

Reading is essential, indispensable and crucial. It bears immense impact on your child's emotional and intellectual development. Parents also have a huge role on how swiftly their child learns to read.

When you can get a citizenship after 3 years of residing in Canada, what is better than getting an Australian permanent residency. After all, it carries along with it, a host of long-term benefits, that make life comfortable, easy and hassle free for you as well as your family. Right from free universal education till the age of 18 at public funded schools as well as university fees at subsidized rates, free universal healthcare as well as an impressive social security perk structure that comes within Australian PR Visa.

Migrate to Australia along with your family you will be able to enjoy world class education in public funded Australian schools as well as top rated universities, excellent medical facilities ( Medicare and insurance) as well as social security perks like a variety of government benefits, payments, pensions and support services, via the Department of Human Services- (Centrelink and Child Support) and the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

Every year, many Indian students go to Ukraine to study various medical courses. In the past ten years, studying MBBS in Ukraine has become very popular among Indian students because the country has the most national medical schools.

Ranked 1st in India, 3rd in Asia and 17th in the world in FIDE rankings, Vantika Agrawal last year became a gold medal winner in the Chess Olympiad in which India and Russia were the joint winners. Woman International Master at the age of 14, and gold medal winner at the age of 17, is a really astonishing thing to achieve at this young age, but this is how you will describe her incredible chess journey. From her very fast rise in the ratings to her consistent hard work as well as dedication, she is definitely on the fast road to being a great chess player. This young girl has achieved a lot in this short time as her achievements are speaking for themselves and also she has been even awarded by Hon'ble Former President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee as well as Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji. Her crowning glory was the part of the Indian team for winning Olympiad gold for the first time ever. Vantika Agrawal's Successful Journey of Chess Her journey of chess starts at a very early age as she won the gold medal in U-9 girls, Asian Schools Chess, 2011, Delhi. From there she has been winning one competition after the other. Participating in Olympiad, Vantika was lucky to get a place on the Indian team. Her strategy proceeding into the competition was to just give her greatest performance and contribute as much as she could to the team. She did that pretty well by getting 3.5/4 in the league stage, where India ended first, taking down a robust Chinese squad. As the Indian squad started into the playoffs, Vantika remained calm as well as confident. And when there was a tie in the final, all the players were happy and for Vantika it was really a dream come true. Even though it was online, but it was her first Olympiad. She even says that playing with her team has made her even more motivated. For more visit the website