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online school for grades K-8

Reviewed by Jaqui Murray, technology curriculum editor, teacher, and author of two technology in education training books.

Edmodo And Common Sense Media Partner (the authors of the 0-8 report some of us read for Joe Blatt's class this week) to offer free teaching tools based on Dr. Howard Gardner's work at HGSE. The partnership provides teachers with a set of student activities based on Common Sense Media's free K-12 curriculum, "Digital Literacy and Citizenship in a Connected Culture," for the Edmodo platform. The curriculum introduces the basics of using social networks and other digital technologies safely, responsibly and respectfully and is based on the work of Dr. Howard Gardner and the GoodPlay Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

In a survey by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, 60% of K-8 teachers who use digital games said that since integrating digital games into the classroom their students had become better collaborators and paid greater attention to specific tasks. Fifty-six percent said lower-performing students were now more engaged with the content

Students are using "Smart bracelets" to carry makeup work from school to home.

I'm trying to figure out how this is different or value added from just giving every kid a $10 flash thumbdrive.