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Technology is sliding a power cord, app, or some other innovation into every aspect of education, even elementary reading classes. Today, the use of e-books and iPads in the classroom are taking reading to a “whole new level,” according to Diane Darrow, library information media specialist at Bel Aire Elementary in Tiburon, Calif and an Apple Distinguished Educator.

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Interactive whiteboards provide myriad opportunities for your students—and one that's often overlooked is independent or small group instruction. Using interactive technology on a smaller scale is a great way to allow students to interact on the material in a personal way that's efficient, effective and—you guessed it—interactive. Here are five ideas.

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The newest attempt at creating the "smart house" isn’t just about turning your lights on with your phone. Microsoft is creating an entire app store of user-designed software to make where you live more programmable.

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April 22 is Earth Day and in recognition of this, I’m highlighting several of the greatest Earth Day sites for kids and teachers. According to the United States Census Bureau, Earth’s population recently surpassed 7 billion. Teaching awareness of our environment to children has never been more important. Here are 6 great sites to assist.

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The Story Starter randomly generates 1,862,718,000 story starters. This idea generator can be used for short stories, novels, plays, scripts, or just for fun.

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Ideas for teaching all about fractions.

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One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?

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As a language teacher and teacher trainer, I try to find the best tools to help my learners communicate effectively. For this reason, I am a huge supporter of using cell phones and mobile devices for learning. They are powerful learning tools, because:

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25 practical ideas for using Mobile Phones in the Classroom

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The “Mathlash” To Silicon Valley’s Move Into Education

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Inspiring ideas for your lessons, contributed by teachers around the world!

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WELCOME! Here is collection of Science, Mathematics, and Language Arts Ideas with some Music and Arts and Crafts. The monthly themes have been Animals, the Solar System, Energy (Electricity, Magnets, Light, Sound), Plants, Matter, Machines, Geometry, Crafts, and Weather. These activities can be used in homeschool classes, public schools, private schools, libraries, after school programs, or anywhere else that learning occurs! Please share your ideas!

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Last month, the White House announced the winners of a hotly contested competition among states for early childhood Race to the Top funding. Proposals from governors — 17 Republicans and 18 Democrats — totaled more than four times the available funding and underscored the fact that long-term academic success depends in a large part on how well-prepared young children are for elementary school.

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The start of the school year offers an ideal time to introduce students to project-based learning. By starting with engaging projects, you'll grab their interest while establishing a solid foundation of important skills, such as knowing how to conduct research, engage experts, and collaborate with peers. In honor of Edutopia's 20th anniversary, here are 20 project ideas to get learning off to a good start.

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Mobile devices are a natural fit for post-factory model schooling, offering additional learning time and boosting student interest. Technologies that support anytime, anyplace learning have such obvious value that all educators and students should have such a device, says Chris Dede, professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

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Google Maps is an incredibly useful tool, one that I personally use every week (often daily) to find my way around town, locate bus stops and businesses, get point to point directions, and to look up places I travel to (like the one below of our trip to New Zealand).

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The book contains a songwriting guide and 8 lessons and original songs as well as a video. She would love if you would download the book and ideally use them with your students. The topics will obviously span a range of grade levels as well as the songwriting guide would be useful for many ages.

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