This is a social news Web site where students can go to browse through the headlines from major news organizations, participate in article discussions, rate the news articles, and even write their own news columns. A great explanation of the site can be found at "Newsvine - Seeding the Vine. First Look!"
View the Guggenheim database of virtual collections containing over 700 artworks by nearly 300 artists. "Founded on a collection of early modern masterpieces, the Guggenheim Museum today is an ever-growing institution devoted to the art of the 20th century and beyond."
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.
authors Sara Armstrong and David Warlick state the case that these basic skills have evolved into the 4 E's: Exposing Knowledge, Employing Information, Expressing Ideas Compellingly, and Ethics.
From the website: DESIGN SQUAD is high-energy, high-drama reality TV that lets kids show off their smarts as they design and build working solutions for real-world clients-people who are hungry for clever ideas from a new generation of innovators.
"NewLits.org is a wiki space created to collaboratively develop a rich range of specialist resources for middle school language arts/literacy educators (typically Grades 5 to 8). These resources focus variously and broadly on new literacies and digital technologies.
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