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"You've read the Hunger Games triology ... now what? We've gathered our picks of other dystopian novels -- books that imagine a not-so-rosy future under a menacing and oppressive regime, where teens and other folks must rely on their wits, courage, and strong friendships to survive. You can also check out our science-fiction, fantasy, and thiller recommendation lists to find even more choices for kids, tweens, and teens. "

For all of you that have kids excited by the Hunger Games trilogy, here is a great list of read-alikes! Tracy

"The Internet has made researching subjects deceptively effortless for students - or so it may seem to them at first. Truth is, students who haven't been taught the skills to conduct good research will invariably come up short."

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"The best Professors from the world's leading Universities are coming together to teach online FOR FREE! What is it About? The Faculty Project brings academia's most outstanding professors to the computers, tablets and smartphones of people all over the world. All courses will be free with open enrollment for anyone with an Internet connection."

What an amazing opportunity! Check out some of the classes you can take for free!

"Apple's "trifold" announcement last week was exciting: textbooks coming to iBooks; iBooks Author software to create your own books; and a dedicated iTunes U app, which "bundles" courses in a manageable, multimedia package. If you haven't watched the Apple Keynote, I highly recommend it, but I want to guide you to my favorite part. It comes in around the 56:25 time on the video where Eddy Cue announces that K12 Institutions can now sign up to deliver content in iTunes U. This is phenomenal news, and I believe, will have the potential to transform education more than the textbook announcement."

"The visualization offers a series of graphs and charts that represent the impact of economic activities in terms of global warming, ozone depletion, human toxicity, aquatic ecotoxicity, acidification, and other environmental impact measurements. Economy Map users can expand or contract the scope of the visualizations according to industry sectors and environmental impact indicators."

"With Moon in Google Earth, you can: Take tours of landing sites, narrated by Apollo astronauts View 3D models of landed spacecraft Zoom into 360-degree photos to see astronauts' footprints Watch rare TV footage of the Apollo missions In Google Earth 5, select Moon from the top toolbar to start exploring. "

"Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces."

Virtual teleportation and sharing using Google Earth images.

"Futurist Friday: Uglies, Pretties, Specials and Extras "The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it."-Frank Herbert "

Is this something we should be looking at? Might be a lot like Schoology, but I like the connection to the Common Core State Standards for teachers as well as the available online peer-reviewed lessons... It is free!

"School teachers and administrators can log in and watch any video, but students cannot log in and can only watch YouTube EDU videos and videos their school has added. All comments and related videos are disabled, and search is limited to YouTube EDU videos. YouTube also has created a page for teachers, YouTube.com/Teachers, to help them learn to use the site as a powerful educational tool."

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This is a great tool to use and/or share with students that need to convert PDF documents to a JPG format so that they may be uploaded to Schoology! It is free, it works entirely online and does not require the student to create an account. Woo-hoo!

Google has added graphing functionality to its seemingly ever-growing list of search bar capabilities, the company announced Monday in a blog post."

This is a list of free and inexpensive Apps that support Common Core math standards for grades 6-8.

"It's rare for education reformers, policymakers, and funders to listen to those at the heart of education reform work: The students. In fact Ann Curry who hosted Education Nation's first student panel* admitted folks at NBC were a little nervous about putting kids on stage. In their "Voices of a Nation" discussion, young people provided insight into their own experiences with education and what they think needs to be done to ensure that every student receives a world-class education. After the discussion Curry knew these students didn't disappoint. She told viewers, "Students wanted to say something that made a difference to you (adults) and they did. Now adults need to listen.""

"APPitic is a directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings. "