I would join this in a heart beat. Maybe a couple of schools within the Archdiocese of Newark would like to try this. I could reach out to Arch Philly and NY too.
From Edmodo Learner Course: "Edmodo is excited to announce a partnership with Common Sense Media, a national non-profit dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology. As part of our partnership, we have created a new resource for educators, the "Digital Citizenship Starter Kit,""
When I saw Kim Fiore's bookmark for Freeplay music, it made me think of Incompetech. There are so many different music styles. I used this almost exclusively with students. My son uses it for video games he creates and says he hears it in so many different games he downloads.
"An online library of academic materials created in New York state to align with the Common Core State Standards has improbably found a vast, nationwide audience-which doesn't have to pay a cent for the content." Via EdWeek
A Pinterest board created by someone who uses Pinterest to "curate and share library media resources with the 31 school library media specialists that support in our county."
The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You'll understand language in a powerful new way.
by Terry Heick It could be argued-and probably argued well-that what a student fundamentally needs to know today isn't much different than what Tom Sawyer or Joan of Arc or Alexander the Great needed to know. Communication. Resourcefulness. Creativity. Persistence. How true this turns out to be depends on how macro you want to get.