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ISSUE: An increasing number of educators are calling for high standards and challenging learning activities for at-risk students. New technologies can provide meaningful learning experiences for all children, especially those at risk of educational failure. Schools that capitalize on the relationship between technology and education reform will help students to develop higher order skills and to function effectively in the world beyond the classroom.

I came across this site as a hub for classroom blog creation.

Wordle generates word clouds from text that students type into the program. Font/layout/color can all be adjusted. Wordle offers a valuable visual exercise in text play and multiple intelligences.

Learn21 provides engaging Web-based games and resources for students in grades Pre-K to 12th.

Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 435 billion archived web pages. I used this site in an Emerging Trends class. We were learning about protecting our ideas.

Article that gives good a good breakdown of using multimedia in a lesson

Thank you for sharing. I think this will come in handy for me in gaining experience.

Just a little something fun and interesting I found!

This is all non-copyright music that can be used in any projects (Rick Kantor posted)

Paper covering impact of use of multimedia on student motivation

YouTube channel with various scaffolding techniques and strategies

Nice lecture on Bloom's taxonomy

Pretty cool video of how Bloom's Taxonomy and Vygotsky works