Students who follow celebrities and other personalities on Twitter might think a new feature from the National Park Service is an engaging way to learn about U.S. …
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The free online dictionary and thesaurus Memidex has released what it calls the internet’s first combined index of external word definitions, audio, and etymology. Memidex now contains more…
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High school students who know their Civil War history can turn their knowledge into college scholarships in the National Civil War Student Challenge, a timed online competition launched…
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Qwizdom has developed a free online learning platform for students in grades K-8, called Qtopia, with thousands of ready?to?use practice materials—including educational activities, games, and homework—that …
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Math teachers and students will find helpful resources on GeoGebra, a free and multi-platform mathematics software for all levels of education that joins geometry, algebra, tables, graphing, statistics,…
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Arcademic Skill Builders, a free online resource that began as a side project at the University of Kansas’ School of Education, has released 40 web-based video games that…
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The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has released new online guidance to help school district leaders rethink their internet use policies to reflect students’ and teachers’ increasing use…
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Common Sense Media has launched a new version of its free digital citizenship curriculum, Digital Literacy and Citizenship in a Connected Culture. The new version adds student, teacher,…
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Many schools block access to YouTube on their networks, which can be frustrating for teachers who want to use YouTube at school. There’s a lot of great educational…
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To help meet the demand for better science instruction in the nation’s schools, PBS TeacherLine has teamed up with NASA to offer a series of free, self-paced professional…
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