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Is social networking the new root of all evil?

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

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.

A comic creation website

This site an interactive graphic organizer that gives students several ways to outline and structure their writing - introduction, main idea, supporting details, and conclusion.

This site includes word scrambles, caption-writing, reviews of movie trailers, and tongue-twister games on parts of speech and vocabulary.

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

Cool resource for making an interactive flipbook from a pdf file

Should we avoid social media in schools or should we teach social media etiquette?

ASSISTments is a free online platform that allows teachers to write and select questions, students get immediate and useful tutoring, and teachers receive instant reports to help inform their classroom instruction.

Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas--superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.