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Free games to reinforce the usage and spelling of contractions.

Teachers should embrace the idea of students choosing their own books, even if they are too hard, Barbara C. Wheatley says.

Excellent stimulus article for Senior English novel analysis - the reader's different expectations of male and female characters in books, and some author's views on the restrictions this places on them. Should we forgive ourselves for liking or disliking a character - and is it sufficient motivation for us to read the novel?

26 free posters inspired by a NY street artist who put positive messages on trains.

Challenges the premise of digital immigrants and natives, replacing the idea with Visitors and Residents, which accounts for people behaving in different ways with technology, depending on their motivation and context, with categorizing them with respect to age or background.

JogNog, a website that provides competitive learning games that motivate students in grades 2-12 to learn, has opened up its library of elementary and middle school content to teachers who want to create games that match their specific lesson plans.

WebCHECK Professional, designed for educators and Web designers to use for (1) assessing the quality of Web sites used for assignments and learning activities and (2) determining how to improve the quality of locally-designed personal, classroom, library and/or school Websites. · WebCHECK Senior, designed for high school students (grades 9-12) · WebCHECK Middle, designed for middle school students (grade 5-8) · WebCHECK Junior, designed for elementary school students (grades 2-4) · WebCHECK for Facilitors, designed for K-12 educators, administrators and higher education faculty to use when assigning a single Web site to be evaluated by groups or classes of students or by educators in an in-service or professional development workshop. What makes WebCHECK unique: · based on a foundation of instructional design and motivation theory. · available online, fully automated, and free. · both fun and easy-to-use. · a powerful instructional and learning tool. · generates a full evaluation report to share results with teachers, administrators, students, parents, etc. · uses graphs for visual representation of scores and text for details and interpretations. · On the WebCHECK Web site, you will find all of the instruments, as well as more than 30 lesson plans, designed by school librarians nationwide, that incorporate WebCHECK at various levels and subject areas.

These tools motivate students to learn, share, and develop presentation and collaboration skills needed in their future careers. Teaching them how to do this now means we are preparing them for their future effectively! Rarely will a student have to fill out a bubble test for their careers, but trust me many will have to prepare presentations, brainstorm ideas, be creative, and collaborate on teams through ICTs.

100 tools we think will encourage interactivity and engagement, motivate and empower your students, and create differentiation in their learning process.

Best Children Books can be the mixture of knowledge. These books are the most powerful and helpful to motivate a child. From The best Children's books your child can learn and read.

What you call your space doesn't matter as much as whether or not your space is flexible, relevant and supports the needs of your students.

Fascinating article about the next generation of the ubiquitous web and the implications. Good definition of "gamification." This is excellent background information for strategic planning and discussing the potential implications on education.

Fascinating article about the next generation of the ubiquitous web and the implications. Good definition of "gamification." This is excellent background information for strategic planning and discussing the potential implications on education.

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.

As the following infographic shows, even the most innovative writer of our times (George R. R. Martin, we are looking at you) doesn't appreciate the tools that are labeled as revolutionary.