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A look at three news articles published this week. Common Sense Media...has just released a new ratings iniative to evaluate the learning potential of websites, video games and mobile apps." This provides a "system which is more than just categorizing subject areas..."

A look at Minecraft as a teaching tool. As well as sharing information from a recent study from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center they also discuss MinecraftEdu, a company working with Carnegie Mellon University to offer an educational version of Minecraft (http://minecraftedu.com/).

The use of Twitter in the classroom which explores the potential of using Twitter within educational settings.

And news from the Pew Internet and American Life Project on "millenials and their connected lives" and shares some of the predictions and arguments about millenials.