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There are games appropriate for elementary school, middle school, and high school students. The games for younger students appear at the top of the Active Science list and the games for older students are at the bottom of the list.

QuickCast is another option to add to your toolbox to access when you need to create a short instructional video for your students or colleagues. Creating screencasts can be a good way for students to practice giving clear and direct presentations of information. One of my former colleagues used to have her students create screencasts as means for practicing scripting and narrating while teaching their classmates about help aspects of software on their laptops.

understand that being an adult doesn't mean the end of reading for business or pleasure, just the continuation of a lifelong series of opportunities.

set a standard of reading for children is to take advantage of any opportunity within your school or city where adults read to children.

Every student works at their own pace, so no student is in over their head, and no student is bored

They do this using a diagnostic pre-test the kids take the first time they use Front Row. This figures out where the kids are, and then they practice at their own level.

Free Parents’ Guides for Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook from ConnectSafely (9): ConnectSafely is a great source for tips and advice for keeping kids safe on social media. Their comprehensive guides for teens' favorite social networks highlight the risks, privacy settings and strategies for keeping young people safe. Some of educational ideas for Instagram: