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Explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of play in Invention at Play.  Learn how play - the ordinary and everyday "work of childhood" - connects the creative impulse of both historic and contemporary inventors.  Great activities with simple machines and other invention ideas.

What is a soundboard? A collection of 'sounds' on a categorized 'board' for personal or commercial use. Browse and enjoy or build your own in minutes...free!

Forty-Three Interesting Ways* to use your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom

Create and study flash cards online with Cramberry, a new way to study.  Make your own flash cards, or use pre-made sets.  Cramberry quizzes you, picks cards you need more help with, and tells you when to study.  Share, print, download, review, learn, master.

Aimed at young or inexperienced Web users, this video explains the long term risks of sharing inappropriate information online.

Copyright and Fair Use resources

Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog.

Martin Luther King Jr. was undeniably the most significant individual of the civil rights movement. An iconic and tireless leader, he was also a uniter, steadfastly committed to humanity, community, and justice. Stanford's King Institute is the Web's best resource for researching the life and work of Dr. King. Find text and audio of his speeches, sermons, and papers in the King Papers Project or learn about his life in the King Encyclopedia.

A great site for not only the Institute but also great resources on MLK.

Here are our best resources for teaching about the legacy of one of the greatest American icons, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. You'll find biographies recollecting important events in his life, memorable quotes, and plays detailing the struggle for Civil Rights.

Welcome to TweenTribune.com, a daily news site for tweens. Each day we post links to the day's most compelling news from a tweens perspective. Stories chosen for TweenTribune are selected by tweens working closely with professional journalists. Tweens can submit links to stories they'd like to share, submit their own stories and photos, and comment on the stories they read.

Use the study of photography to explore with your students the power of images and their impact on history. In this lesson students learn about the history of American photography by selecting and  critiquing  photographs in an interactive and collaborative activity. The lesson also incorporates geographic literacy into the fine arts experience by challenging students to focus on the significance of the place, captured in time, that influenced events.

A bunch of lessons for using Google Earth at all educational levels.

Need to develop a new pedagogical dna for schooling in todays world in order to break from the past

In this Pearson Foundation video, "Teaching Teachers to Teach 21st Century Learners," we hear from various leaders from the worlds of business and education as they discuss the importance of 21st century learning.

Help you better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code. Collect, organize & archive the information you might need to support a fair use evaluation. Provide you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records [example], which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it. [why is this important?] Provide access to educational materials, external copyright resources, and contact information for copyright help at local & national levels.

Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons and so forth.

This slideshow provides the framework for a discussion about how educators can model 'creative integrity' and how they can assist students in leverage the Creative Commons as content creators

"A Year 1 teacher uses animals to help children to become aware of stages in the story-writing process."

"At Two Waters Primary School, teacher Julia Turner uses formative assessment in a Year 6 revision lesson on light. First, she works with pupils to determine their learning intentions. Then, using mind mapping, she collaborates with her class to develop success criteria. Her pupils are given responsibility for their own learning. They work in small groups or pairs and choose their own resources. They often leave the classroom to use the library and ICT suite. "