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"Taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know, according to new research. It actually helps people learn, and it works better than a number of other studying techniques. "

Interesting research on the effectiveness of blogging at the grade 3

National Archives ~ Digital Copies in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). Grouped by National History Standard Era

...using new technologies to enhance teaching and research. Primary sources for use in the classroom, Multimedia activities, eXplorations, timelines, lesson plans and more.

A Search Engine for Students - "Every Web site in SweetSearch has been evaluated by our research experts."

A cute 2-minute critique of relying on Google as the only search and research tool. 

Easy Bib mobile app that allows students to scan the barcode of a book, magazine, etc. to create a citation.

" IIME presented by Japan Art Mile is a project of international collaborative learning implemented with a school in Japan as a part of school education. Students of each class research on a global theme, share respective learning using internet, and finally express what they have collaboratively learned in a visible way of creating one mural (a big picture of 5-12 feet) together drawing half by half. Age of participants:6-18 ages, elementary-high school "

Lab Out Loud is a podcast, hosted by two science teachers, that discusses science news and science education by interviewing leading scientists, researchers, science writers and other important figures in the field.

paper.li organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user or any #tag. Think specific topic research project.

Project New Media Literacies (NML), a research initiative based within MIT's Comparative Media Studies program, explores how we might best equip young people with the social skills and cultural competencies required to become full participants in an emergent media landscape and raise public understanding about what it means to be literate in a globally interconnected, multicultural world.

The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve education in colleges, universities and primary through secondary schools. We present publications, conferences, workshops and professional development programs, emphasizing instructional strategies, Socratic questioning, critical reading and writing, higher order thinking, assessment, research, quality enhancement, and competency standards.

"Allow a student to create a faux Facebook page for a famous person from history using a Google Drawing! A fun way to introduce research to students."

This goes along with Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus at http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ to teach appropriate resources on the internet.

"The National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council held a symposium to coincide with the release their report "Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects." Participants spoke about the recommendations and implementation of programs to include more engineering topics in primary math and science classes. The report assessed the value of developing and implementing engineering curricula for kindergarten through grade 12. It also describes what engineering concepts children are able to understand and at what age, and provides an analysis of more than a dozen engineering curriculum projects. "

"The CARS Checklist for Information Quality"