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Adrienne Michetti

Amazon.com: Storied City: A Children's Book Walking-Tour Guide to New York City (978052... - 1 views

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    A book that is self-guided walking tours in NYC based on children's literature.
Ruth Howard

Maria Popova: In a new world of informational abundance, content curation is ... - 7 views

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    Literacy literature digital literacy future of education curation of content.  Good writeup on Twitters role in curation
David Hilton

Literacy Creep at The Core Knowledge Blog - 13 views

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    An article in last week's Education Week looks at the increasingly common practice of reading aloud to middle and high school students. In discussing the practice with Mary Ann Zehr (I'm quoted briefly in the piece) I made the point that while there is certainly nothing wrong with reading out loud to teenagers, it is symptomatic of what I call "literacy creep" - the tendency of elementary school-style instructional techniques to find their way deeper into K-12 education across all content areas.
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    Yet another beautiful analysis of a major problem in education today by the good people at Core Knowledge.
Russ eault

Games for the playground, home ... - Google Books - 0 views

  • GAMES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FIRST TH YEARS 427 GAMES FOR HIGH SCHOOLS 433
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    Games with possible applications to learning. Google Books.
Fred Delventhal

SecretBuilders - 0 views

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    via http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com/2008/12/secret-builders-virtual-world-for-ages.html\n\nSecretBuilders is a virtual world for children 5 to 14 years old powered by a web 2.0 community of children, parents, educators, writers, artists and game developers. On SecretBuilders, children will explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends. Three features which form the backdrop for SecretBuilders distinguish it from other online worlds:\n\n * Children learn through immersing themselves in the stories, themes, and concepts from the best in literature, arts and humanities. They will interact with famous historical and fictional figures and be introduced to content and characters from world civilization and the great thoughts and ideas of human creativity. \n\n * Children will create this site, not just consume it. They are directly involved in creating this world with their ideas, critiques and contributions on virtually every aspect of the site and many of their ideas will be implemented!\n\n * Children publish their works - writings, art, videos - making SecretBuilders their own personal store of creativity. They can invite friends and family to view their works, and comment upon them. Seeing their works published and enjoyed by others instills tremendous for self-confidence as well as motivation to do more.\n
Vicki Davis

English Lesson Plan Ideas With Popplet | Poppletrocks! - 20 views

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    Many elementary teachers I know talk about how much they love popplet. Here's a blog post about how teachers are using Popplet to teach English in their classrooms. Lots of ideas. 
Mark Gillingham

The Great Books Foundation | Book Notes Plus - 5 views

  • Another project for the common folks that Adler shepherded was the formation of the Great Books Foundation.  The purpose of the Foundation was to produce a series of inexpensive paperback books that contained works that Adler thought were important.  Since the sets were inexpensive, everyone in a book group would be able to buy a set, and then get together to discuss the diverse selections therein.
  • Regardless of where you live, there is probably a Great Books Discussion Group nearby.  Here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana there has been a Group for over 40 years, and I have been in it, off and on, for many of those years.  When our son was in elementary school he was in a Junior Great Books Discussion Group for a while, and my wife was the leader.  You will even find Great Books Discussion Groups in prisons.  A friend of mine led a group at a state prison for a time, and said that the discussions were among the best he ever took part in.
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    The Great Books Foundation is a nonprofit educational organization based in Chicago, IL. 
Vicki Davis

Welcome to CK-12 Foundation | CK-12 Foundation - 2 views

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    Free textbooks in a variety of topics on CK-12. This is promoted as "learning made simple." Do students know how to find and download alternate sources of information? Can they find and search for the topics they are currently studying? This is a valuable way to compare and research topics.
Fred Delventhal

StoryCove - 15 views

Ted Sakshaug

Educational Videos | Teacher Videos for Students | SnagLearning - 9 views

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    High quality documentary films. Various grade levels and classes
Ted Sakshaug

Meet Winter the Dolphin - 11 views

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    Scholastic and Turtle Pond Interactive invite you and your class on a virtual field trip to an aquarium in Florida! Students will be introduced to an extraordinary and inspiring bottlenose dolphin named Winter, who was just three months old when she lost her tail after it became caught and mangled in a crab trap.
Fred Delventhal

Listen to Fables, Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Lullabies, and More! | Speak... - 0 views

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    Speakaboos brings classic children's entertainment into a digital world. Beloved characters and treasured stories are given new life through amazing celebrity performances, beautiful illustrations, and original music. At Speakaboos, children develop literacy skills while learning about technology in a safe and fun environment.
Fred Delventhal

Reading Rockets : Audiobooks: Ideas for Teachers - 0 views

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    Encourage students to become better listeners and readers through audiobooks.
Joseph Alvarado

Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds | Video on TED.com - 9 views

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    Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids.
David Hilton

Groups in Education & Schools - Shelfari - 9 views

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    Looks like a useful tool to motivate students to read.
Adrienne Michetti

The Lexile Framework for Reading | Lexile.com - 10 views

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    Use this page to match readers to books based on their Lexile score. Truly amazing, adjustable and wonderful - highly recommended.
Jackie Gerstein

eTwinning - Homepage - 7 views

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    The community for schools in Europe
David Hilton

Classpress.net - 19 views

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    Headlines and links to sites with stories about newsworthy topics in a wide variety of subjects.
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