These nonfiction text feature searches are a great way to allow your students to practice what you have taught during your reading workshop mini-lessons!
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William Sanford Nye, better known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, has gone from TV host to fierce defender of scientific issues that have been polemicized for religious, political and even economic reasons.
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One of my heroes! Go, Bill, go! Delete the scoop?
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The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2013 – So Far | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
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E-books are firmly in the mainstream and no longer a new, scary technology. So why is it still so difficult to borrow an e-book from the public library?
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"All the pieces to make e-book lending simpler, easier, and more streamlined are available right now. The problem is that no one is working together to solve the problem. Each device maker has its own agenda. But even if all of these issues found a solution tomorrow, there’s still one other major hurdle: book publishers." Delete the scoop?
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Rewards as a Way to Motivate Students to Learn Today’s schools commonly use grade-based evaluations where students get rewarded for the knowledge they gain. Via Susan Bainbridge
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Using virtual badges as a reward for learning provides motivation, boosts confidence and provides supports for collaborative learning through positive social interactions. 
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June 16, 3:27 AM
"Today’s schools commonly use grade-based evaluations where students get rewarded for the knowledge they gain. Students are evaluated and rewarded with grades and sometimes other types of rewards, for tasks such as projects, behavior, skills, and taking tests. Evaluations are one way to reward learning. The rewards may come in the form of a grade (number, letter), words, badges, stickers, certificates, medals, trophies, money, or prizes. The rewards may be determined by peer, self, or teacher-based assessments. Rewards are a way to motivate students to learn." 
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June 16, 5:04 PM
Get recognition for learning that happens anywhere. Then share it in the places that matter. 
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June 18, 9:43 AM
This is one application of badges that cross generations and circumstances. When workers are offered recognition for the training they receive, there is a desire to know more. A simple certificate might help but a digital badge for its transportability is much better. In a classroom grades of course have their place but what I like is that the natural curiosity is rewarded when a badge is voluntarily pursued. Badges celebrate extra effort, not mediocrity and a just-get-by mentality.
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I'm an evangelist.
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Websites & mobile apps for digital storytelling, such as Toontastic, VoiceThread, StoryKit, Xtranormal, Puppet Pals, Pixton, Storybird, Comic Master, etc.
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Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), the great writer and illustrator of children's books, would have turned 85 today.
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“Sure, you’re only sharing Snapchat material with friends who also use the app,” says Price, “but sadly, your friend today might not be your friend tomorrow.” Delete the scoop?
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The Facebook generation is fed up with Facebook. That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center, which surveyed 802 teens between the ages of 12 and 17 last September to produce a 107-page report on their online habits. Via Reijo Kupiainen, Anu Ojaranta
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I'm not sure if I should Tweet or post on Facebook or what. Delete the scoop?
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Social media and text messaging have assumed a dominant role in communication among adolescent society. And, as common in teenage social environments, these circumstances often involve online teasing and harassing. Delete the scoop?
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Educator and author Jessica Lahey reads Shakespeare and Dickens aloud to her seventh- and eighth-graders, complete with all the voices. Her students love bein
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“The first reason to read aloud to older kids is to consider the fact that a child’s reading level doesn’t catch up to his listening level until about the eighth grade,” said Trelease, referring to a 1984 study performed by Dr. Thomas G. Sticht showing that kids can understand books that aretoo hard to decode themselves if they are read aloud. “You have to hear it before you can speak it, and you have to speak it before you can read it. Reading at this level happens through the ear.”
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The EQuizShow one is really compelling! I love that there is a library you can easily access without having to create a login. Feedspot looks like a good replacement for Google Reader. Delete the scoop?
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We builds tools for kids to code. We're working on a visual programming language for the iPad that uses modular drag-and-drop methods to let kids easily create their own computer programs and apps. Via Nik Peachey
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Kids use a drop and drag method using "blocks" (visuals) to create their own games and programs. 
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June 15, 12:52 PM
Looks interesting as easy means to make some aps to accompany exhibits 
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June 16, 9:00 AM
A visual drag and drop programming app that allows children to create their own games and animations. 
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June 16, 11:28 AM
Why can't all coding be like this?? Visual learners unite! :)
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May 7, 3:18 PM
This reminds me the high school library needs color! Delete the scoop?
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Excellent remix of Cold Play's song with some new lyrics about searching for an evaluating information sources! Love it. 
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June 5, 6:09 AM
Includes "a humorous reworking of Coldplay's hit song "Viva La Vida" with new lyrics by Dr. James F. McGrath of Butler University, focusing on information literacy and student research."
Also contains the ever popular plagiarism video (new take on the Christmas Carol story) from the University of Bergin, the CRAAP test song and student's views on "Information Literacy" Delete the scoop?
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This interactive cube creator will help your students to start their own story writing. It breaks the writing process into six distinct parts which will guide students to write their own biographies, mystery stories, short stories, and free planning of story, a blank template that they can customize. Via Inma Alcázar 
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March 15, 5:26 AM
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There are many ways to express that books are an essential part of our life. Using books as building materials is not necessarily the good way. Street art Via Karen du Toit 
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June 3, 3:11 AM
Very inspiring street and mureal art celebrating books, reading and the library!! Delete the scoop?
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The deep reading of books and the information-driven reading we do on the web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacities they develop. Delete the scoop?
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Many educators are explicitly teaching online research skills, such as how to evaluate a website's credibility, how to use precise keywords, and how to better mine search engines. Delete the scoop?
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These web resources have great promise and are especially useful when a student is not required to use a personal email address for access. Delete the scoop?
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To encourage boys' reading, look to book clubs Omaha World-Herald Children's authors and book publishers, as well as librarians and teachers, have responded by producing and stocking more boy-friendly materials, including action-adventure, humor... Via Joyce Valenza Delete the scoop?
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May 19, 11:35 AM
Pointers for modern school library design and facilities! Delete the scoop?
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