Westport Public Schools - ITL

" 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."

"Our 26th podcast brings together in one handy file seven more brief talks from the Patterns of Poetry series, which was runner-up in the 2010 Edublog Awards in the category 'Best Educational Use of Audio.' The talks are, in order: (9) Rhyme, (10) Repetition, (11) The Sonnet, (12) Punctuation, (13) Foreshadowing, (14) Metaphor, (15) Hyperbole. Note that there is a brief pause between each talk. The first 8 talks are available in a single podcast here. "

"How can students learn to think for themselves, make good decisions, develop expertise, and become lifelong learners in a rapidly changing information environment? How can students learn, create, and find meaning from multiple sources of information? These are fundamental questions facing educators in designing schools for 21st-century learners. Guided inquiry is a practical way of implementing an inquiry approach that addresses these 21st-century learning needs for students."

"Want to understand how high food prices really are? And how they're affecting the world's poor? Take a look at this infographic, which also underlines how hikes in food prices mean the poorest families have to make painful savings in areas such as health and schooling for their children."

online game from the IMF

"About the National Jukebox: The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives."

"This is a letter my grandmother got in 1941 asking her to turn herself in as a Jew so she can be brought to a "special" camp. (Translation in comments.) (i.imgur.com) submitted 1 day ago by linsage"

"Eleven Westport students from Bedford Middle School were among the list of winners of the Connecticut Bar Association's (CBA) 2011 Law Day contests. The students showcased their talents in the Second Annual Law Day Video Contest, which this year challenged students to craft a video that depicts the evolution of democracy since the time of Founding Father John Adams"

infographic of school budget cuts by state

"On This Day: Freedom Ride Protests Provoke Violent Backlash May 21, 2010 08:00 AM by Shannon Firth On May 21, 1961, an interracial protest against segregration, the Freedom Ride, incited violent mobs and roused a sleepy government into action."

search a to z

"Old Time Radio Programs, Complete Broadcast Day, D Day, June 06 1944"

Free online US History textbook

project display ideas, science showcase, etc

"Using Google products: How to use accessibility features In this section, we go over the accessibility features of our products for 2 groups of people: Blind & low-vision users Deaf & hard of hearing users"