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This site is an online reading program with interactive features and games. Students can create booklists, choose books, and take quizzes on books they've read. There are also contests and prizes.

Thanks Tolga! This website is great. I sent this to my Teachers so I'll let you know how it works out.

helping upper elementary and middle-school students break down reading passages and focus on vocabulary, context, and main idea

The philosophy Everyone has different reading abilities. Some people searching the web are university professors and others are 5 year old children. Twurdy has been created to provide people with access to search results that suit their own readability level. What does it do? Twurdy uses text analysis software to "read" each page before it is displayed in the results. Then Twurdy gives each page a readability level. Twurdy then shows the readability level of the page along with a color coded system to help users determine how easy the page will be to understand. The Goal Twurdy's goal is to provide web searchers with information that is most appropriate for them. This will mean that 10 year olds doing school assignments don't have to click through difficult material to find something they can use. It will also mean that phd students do not have to click through websites designed for kids in order to find what they are looking for.

For three years, a pilot program tracked the reading ability of approximately 1,000 students at 20 New York City schools, following them from kindergarten through second grade.

Education Blog by Anthony Codey, excellent read

Scaling Up a Video Game-Learning Link Isn't it time we leveled up? By Michael H. Levine & Alan Gershenfeld At an event at the White House in September, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the establishment of the Digital Promise , a nonprofit initiative created to promote digital technologies with the potential to transform teaching and learning. Experts on digital media and learning cheered this latest signal that robust experimentation with technology based on rigorous research and development would take a more prominent place in the national education reform debate. In tandem with the Digital Promise rollout, our organizations-the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and E-Line Media-announced the second year of the National STEM Video Game Challenge . This video-game-design competition is intended to motivate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, learning among America's young people by tapping into students' natural passion for playing and making video games. Why games? Are video games really a key element of an untapped "digital promise"? We believe the answer is yes. But we are also acutely aware that realizing this promise will take a concentrated effort by dedicated scientists, game designers, teachers, supervisors, educational publishers,... This article is available to subscribers only. To keep reading this article and more, subscribe now or purchase this article. Already have an account? Please login. Subscribe to Education Week and Save Get a full year and save up to 45%! Premium Online + Print 37 issues + Online Access $89 You Save 45% SUBSCRIBE NOW (See details.) Premium Online 12 Months Online Access $74 You Save 38% SUBSCRIBE NOW (See details.) EDUCATION WEEK EVENTS Bringing the Community to Schools WEBINAR MARCH 27, 2:00 P.M. EASTERN REGISTER NOW. Beyond Seat-Time Requirements WEBINAR MARCH 29, 2:00 P.M. EASTERN REGISTER NOW. The Accountability Push in Virtual Learning CHAT APRIL 9, 2:00 P.M. E

Podcasts are another way students can use their personal technology equipment for educational purposes. They can be used for class lectures, test reviews, or even to create portions of "read aloud" text for students to follow. Here you will find review podcasts for many of your school subjects! Click on the Subjects tab and explore the full list of topics!

"Disability Educational Rights" & Resource "Civil Rights"

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You are missing the "setonhall" or setonhall15 tags for several of your resources so folks can't search for and find your valuable contributions. See assignment 2 instructions for details.

David Greer recently won a contest sponsored by FLENJ to attend the ACTFL conference in Denver, Colorado. Click on the links on the next page to read more on David's experience at the ACTFL conference and a thank you letter expressing his gratitude to the FLENJ board.

Effective teachers are the key to student success. Yet our school systems treat all teachers as interchangeable parts, not professionals. Excellence goes unrecognized and poor performance goes unaddressed. This indifference to performance disrespects teachers and gambles with students' lives. Read an overview of The Widget Effect.

Principal shares how he uses technology in his school. Blogs, Wiki's etc. have become regular parts of his daily work.