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Students in grade 4 in NYC recommend books to each other for summer reading

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

Book recommendations for males of all ages, created by Jon Sciezcka

a British fantasy author who should be better known.... if you teach kids grades 5 and upwards, you should read some of her books so you can recommend them.... 

A DLC blog post sumarrsing the content of 'The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)' report on video game violence in the UK. A document reviewing official government recommendations to improve children's digital and video game safety.

If your child has a special need or learning difference, you've come to the right place. Common Sense Media gets lots of requests for product recommendations from parents whose kids struggle with traditional learning. Some of their kids have a hard time with schoolwork; others have trouble staying on task or find it difficult to express their feelings.

As an instructor of undergraduate and graduate students at University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University, I created a syllabus for the benefit of other college/university level instructors. I created a copy of the original syllabus for modification to use with high school students (probably juniors or seniors). I will rely on actual high school teachers to help me modify this source document. Please feel free to use, modify, and share this syllabus in your own way. Reorder the modules, add or subtract required or recommended texts and learning activities. Use your own assessment methods. If you wish to help improve this seed document, contact howard@rheingold.com and I will add you as a commenter and/or editor. 

list of exemplar texts K-12 being recommended by the US Common Core Standards

"Media is everywhere. TV, Internet, computer and video games all vie for our children's attention. Information on this page can help parents understand the impact media has in our children's lives, while offering tips on managing time spent with various media. The AAP has recommendations for parents and pediatricians"

Recommended by Ryan Bollhorn, our digital media guy in marketing

Tips to reduce screen time, recommended by Robyn Treyvaud

Australian parenting site makes recommendations about preschool computer use

On this site, you can see the ways fellow teachers are solving problems, leave a comment, recommend an idea, share inventive things you've done, and take on meaningful professional learning challenges.  We want to visualize and applaud how teachers can help each other develop as Learners, Sharers, Collaborators, and Influencers.  Watch your credibility amongst your peers grow while helping to build this shared professional resource.

recommendations for deploying iPads in Schools.

One of the hardest thing with using the iPad in the classroom is finding the time to go through all of the apps in the iTunes Store listed under the education banner. We have started to list some of the apps we've found under each of the Key Learning Areas.

good replacement for Bento -- recommended by Steve Hickey

Recommended links for students -- from the "Finding Dulcinea - Librarian of the Internet" 

excellent recommended site for internet safety

includes information on how-to do reader's theatre with students, recommended books of scripts, and online websites where you can find readers' theatre scripts

Radiolab is a science podcast series from National Public Radio in the States that I totally recommend.... addictive listening...