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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning  has been helping teachers all along the way with reviews and tutorials on how to get started using iPad in education. We have reviewed more than 500 apps and we are planning to do more reviews this year.

"His mood brightens, however, when talk turns to the occasionally brilliant work of the students whose heavily footnoted history papers appear in his quarterly, The Concord Review. Over 23 years, the review has printed 924 essays by teenagers from 44 states and 39 nations. "

good list of places where you can find reviews of children's story apps

Summary via The Scout Report (May 2012): "The journal Nature provides a range of peer-reviewed scientific works on a weekly basis, along with science updates and materials aimed at the general public. This particular feature on malaria is available at no charge to the curious public, and as the homepage asks, "What will it take to finally subdue this deadly disease?" Visitors will find a collection of recent articles in the Outlook area, such as "The Numbers Game" and "Vaccines: The Take Home Lesson." Moving on, the Collection area brings together peer-reviewed pieces on the story behind the efforts to eradicate the disease, along with some nice pieces about how the disease is transmitted. It's easy to see how this collection could be used in a public health course, or in another classroom setting. Finally, the site also includes links to popular articles from Nature, along with other open access materials. [KMG]"

Movie Review of the Hunger Games- According to Common Sense Media, students 10 and under shouldn't see this.

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Reviews of typing/keyboarding software for kids

What wolframalpha is and all about it's app version

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.

Will Fitzhugh, founder/editor of The Concord Review, talks with Grade 11 history students about how to get published in his journal - and what makes a good history essay

What holds us back and causes us to resist? The following article is from the Harvard Business review, written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter. She explains ten solid reasons why we we fear the face of change.

Goodreads book club for the Grade 8 students -- where they log their reading and post book reviews

The Grade 7 Goodreads group -- for English class -- where students log their reading and book reviews

According to Common Sense Media, The Hunger Games is good for students 12 and above to read

Rep. Bob Morris said he was disturbed by what he learned when he did a "small amount of web-based research" on the Girl Scouts. I'm not going to debate Morris's conservative positions, but I am going to call into question his digital literacy skills. The new media literacies we often discuss involve applying skepticism to information, learning how to review sources and look for bias, and the importance of fact-checking.

The goal is to move a drop of water through a landscape.... Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips at Jay is Games

American book review magazine re children's literature

A blog post/review of:  "Once Upon a Wartime, an exhibition which opened earlier this month at London's Imperial War Museum, takes five children's novels about war and conflict and uses them as a starting point to explore what war can mean for children."  Carrie's War, War Horse, The Machine Gunners, The Silver Sword, and Little Soldier.  Shows photos of what is in the exhibit.... Useful if you teach any of the books....