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How to incorporate Star Wars into Reading Workshop - tapping into kids' obsessions...... Become a Jedi Master.... Yoda as master of metacognition....

A project of the Booktrust in the UK - aimed at 11-year-olds - book recommendations in different genres

Jeff Dungan's Presentation Portal - 21st Century Literacy-infusing iPads into ES literacy instruction

categories include: animals, the arts, history & biography, literature & languages, mathematics & computers, reference desk, science, social studies

""Student Comprehension of Books in Kindle and Traditional Formats" by Michael Milone, a research psychologist and educational writer at Renaissance Learning, asked students in two fourth-grade classes located in the Upper Midwest to read up to six books from a selected list of a dozen popular fiction titles"

Great site for a beginning of the day with a different 'wonder' each day (plus past wonders are in the archives) 

a website that collects questions that children wonder about - and provides resources to help answer them

free online courses for learners of all ages

50 top choices for different age groups from primary to middle school, selected by a team of 27 expert adults

Frontiers for Young Minds is a web-based scientific journal with an editorial board of kids.

Providing a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.

"Monster Exchange is designed to encourage the development of reading and writing skills while integrating Internet technology into the classroom curriculum. Classrooms from a variety of schools worldwide are paired together; the students in each classroom are split into groups, each of which designs an original picture of a monster. The students must then write a description of the monster. The partnered classes then exchange their descriptions via e-mail and the Internet. These students are then challenged to use reading comprehension skills to read the descriptions and translate them into a monster picture. The true challenge involves creating a redrawn picture as close to the original picture as possible without looking at the original and using only the written description of the monster."

Creative Projects for the PreK-Sixth Grade Classroom

"The main YIS website is, and will continue to be, a place to display important information about the school. The learning hub is different, it is a collaborative space intended to host communication and dialogue. Therefore at the centre of the learning hub are the students' own individual websites . These websites are a place for the students to host their projects and ideas. They serve as weblogs (blogs) and digital portfolios. The students will design and adapt their own sites to suit these different functions and will be encouraged to explore and experiment with a variety of digital tools as this project develops."

"Global SchoolNet's mission is to support 21st century learning and improve academic performance through content driven collaboration. We engage teachers and K-12 students in meaningful project learning exchanges worldwide to develop science, math, literacy and communication skills, foster teamwork, civic responsibility and collaboration, encourage workforce preparedness and create multi-cultural understanding.  "

article from October 2010 issue of "Science and Chlidren" -- re getting kids to act out scientific concepts