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If you want to understand the modern academy, it wouldn't hurt to start at "impact factor." Citation cartels.

just too cool - love this!

What should be common sense is now being officially prescribed by the American Academy of Pediatrics: Limit screen time to two hours a day, and keep cell phones and Internet connections out of bedrooms.

Assessment | News Varsity Tutors Debuts Free Test Question Site By Dian Schaffhauser 11/07/13 Varsity Tutors, a providor of private tutoring to students online, has launched a new, free service with the intention of becoming the "Khan Academy" of practice tests. The company has introduced a Web-based assessment system intended to replace other forms of educational content such as SAT or ACT preparation books or online subscriptions to assessment materials. Varsity Learning Tools, as it's called, makes hundreds of free practice tests available in 95 subjects. Currently in open beta testing, the site lists assessment tests by subject and allows the user to choose to answer a single test, flashcards, or a question of the day. Each question can be shared through social network services. When the student answers it, a second page displays with an assessment and explanation and data on how much time was spent on the question, and how many others answered it correctly." (Read more at http://thejournal.com/articles/2013/11/07/varsity-tutors-launches-free-test-question-site.aspx?=THEEL#8hQzr0oig6X2IZmS.99)

First National Study On Foreign Language Learning

Another great resource for math students. Add them to Khan Academy and you have quite a number of math screencasts.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Upcoming research on tweets and twittering to be released next week.

In what could be a result of widespread teacher layoffs, some virtual schools and online learning providers are reporting huge increases in teaching applications for the coming school year. "We have seen at least a 50-percent increase in the number of applications we've received versus this time last year," said Annie Middlestadt, senior director of human resources for Connections Academy, an operator of virtual K-12 public charter schools.

Great video presentation by Sal Kahn explaining how the Kahn Academy took root and why it seems to work.

Siemens STEM Academy--lots of teacher resources, webinars, professional development resources, etc. Teachers can also upload and share resources. STEM (science, engineering, technology, math)

Lots of technology tutorials

KATE, the Kentucky Academy of Technology Education, collects the most innovative and successful technology practices in K-12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of Kentucky -- the United States -- and the world.

Focusing on high-need schools and districts with an emphasis on urban areas and the TX-Mex border; public and private organizations - new models inc Early college high schools, T-STEM academies

Overview of a PBL unit by a New Tech Network teacher at Columbus Signature Academy + other videos on PBL.

Great Clasroom Wiki- "The students in Mrs. Dearolph's reading class at Woodward Academy have been reading the book My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. They have shared all that they have learned about surviving in the wilderness."

This is an excellent example of how to use a wiki with a class.