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School Library Media Kids -- Packed with book trailers and language arts-related games, School library media Kids is designed to provide an interactive learning experience to get students motivated to learn on their own! Students can choose from exceptional literacy-related resources such as author and book review websites as well as superb educational tools including reference works and search engines.

Share your 5 favorite books You Are What You Read is a place for readers all over the world to connect with each other through their shared "Bookprints," as we celebrate the books that make us who we are today. Once you sign up, you'll be able to input your Bookprint - the five books that were the most special to you. You'll then be able to connect with other kids who share the same books you like and discover new books to enjoy.

Free educational games and songs games for kids

search engine for kids' questions Why is the sky blue....? etc.

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"The number of children who have read an e-book has almost doubled since 2010 but children still prefer reading books for fun in print, according to Scholastic Inc's Kids and Family Reading Report, 4th Edition."

"Almost every adult who cares for young children knows that sharing books with them is an important way to promote their reading skills. But research shows that subtle features of the way adults act during story-time make a big difference in children's literacy-and that most grownups aren't using these simple but effective techniques."

Unless you use images or music from a copyright-free site, you will need to obtain permission from the copyright owner to reuse/ remix them in the format you would like. Often the hardest part is finding who the copyright owner is. This site gives the contact details for many music and movie companies, as well as sample permission letters for you to use and adapt.

"Recently, I've also been fascinated by the way the human mind interprets visual symbols. From doodling to reading and writing text, the brain is wired with a proclivity for visual sensory ability. In order to help students harness this power, we have been trying our hand at visual notes and sketchnoting in class. Then I decided to try some lessons with infographics."

Here's Joyce Valenza's take on the idea, with suggestions for collaboration with teachers and some other web 2.0 tools: http://blogs.slj.com/neverendingsearch/2013/06/20/recording-kids-history-as-readers/

"HOW will the way kids learn change over the next 10 years as new technology takes over in schools? Futurist expert Neil Selwyn from the Faculty of Education, Monash University, gives his predictions. "