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According to this article for Huff Post, U.S. high school students are reading at a level that hovers around 5th grade. One of the many concerns here is a lack of development of "critical reading skills", the kind that help students master many aspects of the 21st Century Fluencies.

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Digital media labs, hackerspaces, and coworking spaces put tools in customers’ hands




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We librarians are experts at collecting. Our jobs, our departments, our very buildings have been designed to acquire content. There is, however, another side to content that many libraries haven’t yet fully explored, and that is content creation.

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A number of the survey respondents who are young people in the under-35 age group—the central focus of this research question—shared concerns about changes in human attention and depth of discourse among those who spend most or all of their waking hours under the influence of hyperconnectivity.

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Use It Better: The Worst Tech Predictions of All Time
Plus, flawed forecasts about Apple's certain demise and the poor prognostication skills of Bill Gates

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Here at Archiving Early America you will be rewarded with a unique array of primary source material from 18th Century America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, magazines, maps and writings come to life just as they appeared to this country's forebears more than 250 years ago.

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Not sure that I like this, as much as I like the types of technology.

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There are 8 major English dialect areas in North America, listed below the map at left. These are shown in blue, each with its number, on the map and in the Dialect Description Chart below, and are also outlined with blue lines on the map.

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This list is very much a work-in-progress.  If you find any inaccuracies, or can think of any words or spellings that I have omitted, please email me at teacherkarenb @ hotmail.com.   If you are looking for a specific word in Canadian or American English, please go to Edit, then Find.  

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18 Iconic Products That America Doesn't Make Anymore

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Spectacular visualtization of American art on a timeline

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How much does the public value corporate leadership? Harris Interactive's latest corporate reputation survey, which measures how Americans view some of the world's largest companies, suggests that a firm's brand is even more closely tied to its leadership than many would assume.

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