[ By Stephanie Leibowitz] When we travel to another country and do not know the local language or have only rudimentary foreign language skills, we expect that some of what we say may not be understood by the other party (the native speaker). We are prepared for potential misunderstandings and may even see these exchanges […]
Powering Up Minds and Powering Up Machines: Guided Inquiry, Reading and Web 2.0 is an exceptionally vibrant presentation. If you are interested in supporting students right through the researching, writing and presenting stages of assignments, you must experience Dr Ross J Todd’s powerful presentation. The notes below are a record of the session.
Jeffy Kinney's Wimpy Kid: Last Straw rules the roost but Stephen King's Dark Tower: Treachery; IDW's Star Trek: Countdown and Marvel Zombies 3 all make the Top Ten. more » » »
The internet is full of great comics created specifically for children, but young readers don’t have any way to find them. After all, there is no children’s room on the internet. But Brian Leung is hoping to solve that problem with Kidjutsu, a site that collects kid-friendly webcomics and displays them using an easy-to-use online […]
Digital Wish, a nonprofit group dedicated to modernizing classrooms, hands out a constant stream of small grants to schools and helps teachers acquire funding for technology. Digital Wish not only offers school site licenses on Adobe and Microsoft products, but also automatically matches each purchase by giving 2 to 10 percent back to teachers every […]
Simon & Schuster's children's division has launched Pulse It, a social network site where teens can read and react to S&S titles. The site is aimed at 14- to 18-year-olds and will let teens do things they can do on such places as Facebook—like create personal profiles and befriend other members—as well as read and react to […]
You’re winding down your week, and this weekend you won’t be cramming in work during every free block of time that pops up. You’re taking the weekend off. Good for you! But how do you put your work aside and forget about it…oh, and wouldn’t it be nice to avoid the Sunday evening dread about […]
Symphony Space's Thalia Kids' Book Club, now in its third season, will launch the first-ever Thalia Kids' Book Club Camp this August. In addition to meeting with authors, young readers and writers will have the opportunity to take part in writing workshops, create writing portfolios and discuss books with their peers. Featured authors include Brian […]
Four basic but powerful tips ... 1. Size matters. The purpose of a headline or subhead is to seize the reader's attention. Larger and bolder heads generally seize attention better than smaller, lighter ones. 2. Dazzle 'em with color. The judicious use of color can add big impact to your headlines and other attention-getting copy. […]
[From Judy Vorfield] Me, Myself, or I? Have you ever wondered if you should say, "Jason and myself..." or "Jason and I..."? Wonder no more! I have the answer. "Myself" is a reflexive pronoun, a personal pronoun that relates (think "reflect") the action of the verb back to the subject. Examples: I drove the car […]
