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We've seen the Scholastic magazines since we were kids, it's easy to forget they have a website. Not only that, their site for teachers is spectacular. Of course, the site features a comprehensive database of books, authors, and promotes the newest books and crazes. The site also offers many ways to search for books, leveling tools, and the option to search similar titles, which is great for those students who are hard to find books for. But this is only a quarter of what the site features. There are also huge collections of resources categorized as "resources and tools", "strategies and ideas", and "student activities". Each category is chalk full of resources and links for further resources. I was very excited about two components under the "student activities" menu: Interactive Whiteboard Activities and the Kids Press Corps. The Interactive Whiteboard Activities offer a plethora of Smartboard games while the Kids Press Corps features news for kids, by kids. The Kids Press Corps holds a huge collection of video content, and is Smartboard ready for the classroom.

I imagine using the scholastic website when leveling a classroom library and looking for books at a certain level for students. The site also features a cool function that allows for searching similar books, which would be great. If a student enjoys a title, I could go on and quickly find books to keep him/her reading. Otherwise, this resource is a great way to keep up on the latest books for whatever grade you are teaching, Smartboard games for building literacy, or showing kid-friendly newscasts from the Kids Press Corps.



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Tech Tool Investigations:

 * 1) Tech Tool 1 - Prezi
 * 2) Tech Tool 2 - World Youth News (diversity)
 * 3) Tech Tool 3 - Scholastic

Societal Issue Post:

 * 1) Societal Issue - Kinect>

Class Homepage:

 * 1) TEED 512, fall 2011