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"Each December, we take a look back at the year's big news with quizzes, teaching ideas and a roundup of links to interesting retrospectives around the Web. And since we're big fans, every year we link to Flocabulary's Year in Rap. Flocabulary is an online learning platform that features educational songs, videos and resources for grades K-12. For the last two years, Flocabulary has created a Year in Rap as a supplement to its popular Week in Rap, which is produced in partnership with Channel One News. This year we thought it would be fun to formally collaborate with them and offer a contest in which students are invited to write lyrics for their own mini "Years in Rap." Since Flocabulary is in the business of using rap for teaching and learning, they were enthusiastic - and even offered to provide a lesson plan to guide teachers or students new to composing in rhyme. Below, you'll find the contest rules, the lesson plan and a rubric to show what we'll be looking for in the lyrics your students post. The contest deadline is Jan. 6."

"When you recognize a word's prefix, you can make a better guess at the meaning of a new word. Or as our new prefix video says, "Prefixes…It's like a remix, it changes things." By the end of this prefix lesson plan, students will be able to recognize the meanings of common prefixes, use the prefixes to determine meanings of words, and then play a prefixes game where they invent new words using prefixes. Prefix Lesson Plan"

"Week One: Design Thinking for Educators Go through a mini-design challenge to get familiar with the process of design thinking. By Edutopia Staff What Is Design? As educators, you are designing every single day -- whether it's finding new ways to teach content more effectively, using your classroom space differently, developing new approaches to connecting with parents, or creating new solutions for your school. Outside of the classroom, schools across the world are facing countless challenges, from integrating technology to increasing parent involvement to managing daily schedules."

"November 12, 2009, marks the 55th anniversary of the closing of Ellis Island, a location that will forever be linked to the notion of the American dream. From 1892 to 1954, over 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island. Located in New York Harbor, the site served as a way station for those coming to America from Europe, hoping to build a new life in a new land. "

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" School librarians have been identified as the "go-to" people for digital content in a recently published report by the national education non-profit group, Project Tomorrow. The report, "The New 3 E's of Education: Enabled, Engaged and Empowered - How Today's Educators are Advancing a New Vision for Teaching and Learning (PDF)," shares the teacher, librarian and administrator findings from the group's Speak Up 2010 survey."

"Common-Core Tests to Take Up to 10 Hours Districts will get 20 days to administer By Catherine Gewertz New tests being designed for students in nearly half the states will take eight to 10 hours, depending on grade level, according to guidance released last week. The new information comes from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC , one of the two big groups of states that are building tests in mathematics and English/language arts for the Common Core State Standards ."

"Nearpod is a service for delivering lessons, quizzes, and polls to students through iPads" blog post about new features of nearpod

"Google has launched a new site called Search Education aimed at educators who want to teach online search strategies. The site includes lesson plans geared at different levels of expertise - beginner, intermediate and advanced- as well as training videos that walk through different strategies for subjects like using Creative Commons and Google maps."

"Course Details - Power Searching with Google is a free online, community-based course showcasing search techniques and how to use them to solve real, everyday problems. It features: Six 50-minute classes. Interactive activities to practice new skills. Opportunities to connect with others using Google Groups, Google+, and Hangouts on Air. Upon passing the post-course assessment, a printable Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you. Ready to get started? Registration is open from June 26, 2012 to July 16, 2012. We recommend that you register before the first class is released on July 10, 2012! New classes will become available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday starting on July 10, 2012 and ending on July 19, 2012. Course-related activities will end on July 23, 2012. "

"Code Year Make your New Year's resolution learning to code. Sign up on Code Year to get a new interactive programming lesson sent to you each week and you'll be building apps and web sites before you know it. "

"The map as history The largest on-line collection of animated historical maps * For students: a learning tool to increase comprehension and retention * For teachers: a ready-made teaching tool to add visual impact in the classroom * For history buffs: new technology to add new perspectives Our on-line maps use animation, color and narration to bring history to life."

"Curriculum Resources CyberSmart K-8 Web Wise Kids I Keep Safe iSafe NetSmartz Stay Safe Online Cyberbullying Cyberbully Awareness Deal with Hateful Content Internet Super Heroes Net Bullies NYSSCA PowerPoint Stop Cyberbullying TextBullying & Harassment Kids (K-6) Cyber Treehouse NetSmartz Kids Online Safety Rules PBS Kids Safe Kids Safety Land Game Surf Swell Island (Disney) Three Little Cyber Pigs - Part 1 Three Little Cyber Pigs - Part 2 Who's Afraid of Little Sweet Sheep? Wired Kids Teens Chat Danger Cyber Angels Don't Believe the Type ID the Creep NetSmartz Teens Safe Teens Think Before You Post Parents CyberSmart Tips FBI Internet Safety Tips Minimize Online Predator Risk NetSmartz Parents Safe Side, The Safety Tips for Families 5 Tips in 5 Minutes Video Internet Filter Info & Reviews FREE K9 Filtering Software FREE Content Filtering Spector Monitoring Software ParentCare Software Other Illinois Internet Safety Act 2007 PEW Report 2008 ICE IS Presentation 2008 U of I Ext Presentation Unit 10 School Internet Safety Sites CMS Jefferson Kreitner Renfro Summit Webster Unit 10 Internet Safety Helping our kids stay safe online! New! 4 minutes to better MySpace security settings 3 minutes to better Facebook security settings Tips for safe online gaming April is Internet Safety Month! Congratulations to our 2009 Internet Safety Winners! Click on the link to watch their videos. Kindergarten - Mrs. Stuppi's Super Safe Stars 1st - 2nd Grade - Mrs. Piffner's Snow White and The Cyber Bully 3rd - 4th Grade - Mrs. Josias' Internet Safety Rap 5th - 6th Grade - Mrs. Stack's Internet Safety Patrol 7th - 8th Grade - Mr. Hayman's Media Maniacs 9th - 12th Grade - Jeri Arnold's Team Awesome Parents - download free ParentCare software. This is a free software program designed to help you safeguard your teen who may be using a MySpace account. This software will help you determine if your teen has a MySpace profile as well as validate the age, username and l

SAM Animation is software designed to give students the power of making stop-action movies to share their ideas and understanding. ...A SAM Animation Demonstration version is available FREE to the public for MACs and PCs, as long as individuals are willing to register with us so that we may keep you updated with new versions, news, and classroom activities.

From SLJ: "Having a bunch of avid youngsters in your library can be both fun and challenging-fun because they're always looking for something new to learn, but challenging in that it's often difficult for them to locate new things to discover. If that's the case, look no further than "Ology" a creative science site run by the American Museum of Natural History. "

"Look for New Environments, Mix People Up Memorable pictures are made using time-tested techniques, methods -- and, yes, even tricks. To help photographers of all stripes up their game, LIFE.com is launching a series of "lessons" on photography, focusing on elemental aspects of picture-taking. Among those: portraiture, or how to take pictures of people that really feel alive. LIFE.com asked professional photographer Tyler Stalman to offer insights on taking great portraits. Of this classic LIFE photograph by John Loengard of the Beatles in a pool in Miami, Stalman says: "Most people, when taking group shots, want to line everybody up -- even putting them in rows -- but when you have a bunch of people it's great to put them in a new or unexpected environment. Like this Loengard photo: you get all this extra depth in the picture, and there's so much going on at once. Don't be afraid to shuffle people around when you're doing a group shot.""

"Big news! I am pleased to announce, with the New York Public Library, the 90-Second Newbery Video Contest! Thanks to Betsy Bird at Fuse #8 for her help in getting this off the ground."

"NEW YORK - Libraries have been lending e-books for longer than there's been a Kindle, but until recently only a few devices worked with them. That's changed in the past few months with the arrival of software for reading library e-books on some popular devices: iPhones, iPads and Android-powered smart phones."

"MYLO is an exciting online language learning service that links your favourite interests with things you like doing on the internet - like playing games, creating blogs and movies, and sharing and working with others - making learning languages exciting and fun! It isn't just about passing exams. Learning a language can help you make new friends, find your perfect job, travel the world and experience new cultures. From music to sport and fashion to film, languages can help with whatever you want to do. Learn a language French, German, Spanish and Chinese."