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Yahoo! Kids Japan: History of Japan Timeline
Listen to an animated song about teeth, with advice for keeping them healthy and clean. Read-along lyrics make this resource particularly useful in English language learning settings and with beginning readers, but it also fits 21st...
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And Now, a Word From Our Sponsors: Teacher Guide
This complete unit plan includes an overview of student activities, a number of activities for the class, complete with handouts and rubrics, and a student guide that explains what will be learned and how.
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Fun & Games: Color an Easter Egg
Website allows students to decorate their own virtual Easter eggs with flowers, colors, and crayons.
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Integrating the Arts Throughout the Curriculum
This website presents the rationale and many ideas for integrating arts into different subject areas.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Attn to Technology: Exploring a Fictional Technology Lesson Plan
Taking a critical look at our responses to technology and technological advancement is the intent of this ReadWriteThink instructional activity, designed for 3 50-minute classes. Includes student survey, handouts, interactive, and...
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Pixton: Make and Share Comics
Create your own comic with the "click-n-drag" method using characters, props, and speech bubbles at the click of a button.
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Science Notebooks
Using science notebooks can be a boon for teachers looking for ways to bolster critical thinking, writing, analysis and scientific knowledge. This site offers examples, answers frequently asked questions and includes resources for teachers.
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The Dream Flag Project
This creative and collaborative project is centered around the poetry of Langston Hughes, and incorporates art, multi-cultural ideas, and student performance. The site is full of examples, information, lessons and explanation.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Designing Museum Exhibits for "The Grapesof Wrath"
Integrating various creative formats with solid, researched fact, allows students to show what they have learned. The resulting "museum" can be shared with an audience in any of a number of ways. Includes handouts, rubric, and...
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The Futures Channel: Proportional Reasoning
"Connecting learning to the real world" is the goal of the Futures Channel. Through the use of short videos, teachers can integrate real-world examples of how math and science are used in everyday life. Complete teaching guidelines...
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Game Salad: Feed Your Inner Game Designer
A great tool for those who want to create video games, but don't know how to do it. Free templates and publishing tools.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Simulation Nation: The Promise of Virtual Learning Activities
Using the power of simulation as a teaching and learning tool seems like a natural fit. The article and accompanying video outline some successful endeavors to marry technology and simulation with education.
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Teaching for Creativity: What Is the Torrance Incubation Model?
This easy-to-read article explains this creative thinking method and gives suggestions for using it with lessons that are already in use in the classroom. Includes a bibliography.
FNO Press
From Now On: Building Good New Ideas
An article, from the online journal From Now On, that discusses a wide range of issues related to originality of thought--the kind of thinking that leads to new ideas, innovation, and creative problem solving. Covers a variety of...
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Infinite Innovations Ltd.: Free Brainstorming Training
A collection of free resources from a London-based developer of software that facilitates the process of brainstorming. Answers all the essential questions about brainstorming and includes many helpful brainstorming how-tos and sidebars...
FableVision
Fable Vision: Peter Reynolds: Living Forever
A click-through story about the power of words and illustrations to open readers' minds to unique ways of looking at the world.
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The Information Literacy Game
Play this game with up to 3 other people, or by yourself. Answer questions from different categories to advance your player to the finish. Requires JavaScript, and popups allowed from University of North Carolina site.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Podcasting With Your Students
Here you can learn about ways that other teachers are doing with podcasting in the classroom. A tab on the left provides additional information about how to podcast
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Natures Four Teamwork Systems
This article takes a look at the nature of what is proposed to be the four teamwork systems. The idea of teamwork is compared to roles within biological teams. Subtopics of this concept are broken out and accompanied by concise...
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Ncrel: Building a Committed Team
Action steps that will build successful teams at the school level as well as implementation pitfalls and illustrative cases.
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Family Values Network: Guide to Critical Viewing for Parents and Children
The word "television" is often heard with a negative connotation. Because it is impossible to rid the world of the television, learn how to control what is viewed on yours.
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Air University: Rules for Brainstorming
The success of collaborative brainstorming can only be successful given the right circumstances. Heed these 3 warnings to facilitate high-quality ideas.
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What Are Good Leadership Skills: Example Leadership Skills List
Web page teaches ten important qualities of strong leadership.
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E Learn Magazine: E Learning 2.0
Stephen Downes discusses media and technology trends, the Web 2.0, and E-Learning 2.0.