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Making your own SMART Board lessons is not as difficult as you might think. The following article will give you some tips on how to make them a structured interactive learning experience for your students. A SMART Notebook file, complete with example techniques, is also available to download. Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/86120.aspx#ixzz104cjWkK9

This site could be used as an entry writing assignment to begin class, journal writing, or even a connection to today. Students have to read the paper and add their own "on this day" description.

Welcome to CreateDebate! CreateDebate is a social tool that democratizes the decision-making process. Join Now! * Click on a debate that you care about. * Read arguments within that debate and vote them up or down. * Earn points and become a thought leader! To learn more, check out the FAQ or Tour.

First and foremost, LAL is a writing contest for young readers in grades 4 - 12. How has an author's work--novel, nonfiction, poetry--changed your view of the world or yourself? That's the LAL writing challenge. Don't write a book report, we tell our young readers. The author already wrote the book and knows what it is about. What the author does not know is how YOU responded to his or her work. Write about that--your personal reader's response!

Pilot with Nooks showed AP students read more and enjoyed it more.