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"A programme that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn, but improves their attitudes about science, a new study finds. The study of nearly 20,000 K-12 students, who raised zebrafish from embryos over the course of a week, found that kids at all grade levels showed significant learning gains. They also responded more positively to statements such as "I know what it's like to be a scientist." The results, to be published by the journal PLOS Biology, suggest that an immersive experience with a living creature can be a particularly successful strategy to engage young people in science, technology, engineering and maths."

Digital Culture & Education (DCE) is an international inter-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal. This interactive, open-access web-published journal is for those interested in digital culture and education. The journal is devoted to analysing the impact of digital culture on identity, education, art, society, culture and narrative within social, political, economic, cultural and historical contexts.

Make inspiring, informative or just plain fun digital posters with this easy to use Apple app. Enter your search term to find a suitable photo, add your text and publish to the world. Download the app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quipio/id593799205?ls=1&mt=8 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images

I want my students to be sceptics. I believe that in the present age scepticism is more important than ever. Easy access to information, ease of publishing, scams and confidence tricksters combine to create a climate where blind trust is dangerous for our security, our finances and our knowledge bases. For students of all ages a healthy dose of scepticism is much needed not just so they may reveal falsehoods but to allow them to discover new truths.

Using a Google Sheets template, you can create nice timelines with embedded images, videos, sound files, etc. They play nicely on mobile devices, as well However, they must be published to the web on a desktop/laptop computer, even if they are created on a mobile device.

The HASTAC Scholars recently published a blog post entitled Pedagogical Ethics for a Digital Age (here). This blog-post is a reaction to it....

A great site for seeing how websites are put together. Drag the 'X-ray Goggle' button into your favourites bar and click to see the coding of a site. Then you can edit the code to make changes and publish online. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski teach at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. Their book, The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide, will be published this summer by Jossey-Bass; this article is an excerpt. Larry also writes a popular blog for teachers and has written several other books.

The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has just published Let's Read Them a Story! The Parent Factor in Education. The document is worth looking at in its own right both as educators and as parents. I have one quibble with it - which you may read about in my blog-post. Thanks!

Curriculum proven to boost test scores and student engagement includes many new titles and more teacher support materials RB Education, a division of Recorded Books and leading publisher of K-12...

With over a decade of full-time EQ experience, offices in ten countries and certified associates in over 70 nations plus dozens of award-winning books, training tools and assessments published, Six Seconds is a world leader in Emotional Intelligence.

The Children's Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English advocates the centrality of literature for teaching children. We believe every teacher needs a wide and extensive knowledge base of books published for children and young adults.

Bruce Larkin, the published author of over eight hundred early children's books, including the extremely popular Larkin's Little Readers Series, is pleased to announce IRA & RR Reading Conference Grants.

Every famous writer started somewhere. You can start here. Enter our poetry or essay contests and get published. Unlike many contests, Creative Communication is selective and you can consider it an honor if we accept your work.

A new easy to use publishing tool

free tool designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive stories. It's perfect for writers who want to try out interactivity, but also for teachers and students looking to mix computer skills and creative writing.

What journals might be suitable for reviewing this fieldbook of processes of research, writing, and engagement? (http://bit.ly/TYS2012)

Boom Writer blends creative writing and social media technology to provide a competitive writing platform that is integrated into the national education curriculum. The goal is to give schools a platform for a more engaging creative writing process, give teachers a tool that focuses their students on creative writing techniques and all the students have fun in the process. With a slick and easy to use interface, Boom Writer is a worth while tool for writing in the classroom.