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Games . Mad Money. Education. Using PBworks in your academic environments. PBworks hosts over 300,000 educational workspaces, and has helped transform teaching and learning for millions of students, parents and teachers. Educators ranging from major universities like DePaul, school districts like Baltimore County Public Schools and individual teachers trust PBworks as their collaborative learning environment.

In your Classroom, Library, District or University Encourage student-centered learning. Even young students can build web pages, embed images & video, and post documents. Web 2.0 Tools for Kids. Page 1 / 28 1. Mind42 2. Bubble.us 3. Wordle 4. Bibme 5. Wikispaces 6. Springnote 7. Powered by JOGTHEWEB Index Share It : Web 2.0 Tools for Kids The page must be refreshed to take effect. 22 History and Geography iPad Apps for Kids « Imagination Soup Fun Learning and Play Activities for Kids. For Kids. Social Media for Teachers: Guides, Resources and Ideas. Although students are evermore connected to the social web, many of these networks remain out-of-class digital playgrounds where students congregate.

In a 2014 survey of 1,000 teachers, just one in five said they use social media regularly with students. Of course, it can be a challenge to incorporate social media into lessons. There are many gray areas for teachers to navigate, like setting guidelines, accessibility at school, and student safety. But to help teachers navigate this ever-changing landscape of social media tools, here are some of the best guides on the web for four popular networks, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest. More Great Reads From Edutopia In addition to those great guides, there is a lot of useful information right here on Edutopia. You can explore all things related to the subject on Edutopia's social media page; here are a few of the more popular, recent posts: The Race Card Project ® - Submit your 6 Word Essay on Race. Hello and thank you for visiting My idea was to use these little black postcards to get the conversation started. But I quickly realized once I hit the road on my book tour that I didn’t really need that kind of incentive.

All over the country people who came to hear about my story wound up sharing their own. Despite all the talk about America’s consternation or cowardice when it comes to talking about race, I seemed to have found auditorium after auditorium full of people who were more than willing to unburden themselves on this prickly topic. So the postcards that were supposed to serve as a conversation starter wound up instead serving as an epilogue. I asked people to think about their experiences, questions, hopes, dreams, laments or observations about race and identity. Then, I asked that they take those thoughts and distill them to just one sentence that had only six words.

The submissions are thoughtful, funny, heartbreaking, brave, teeming with anger and shimmering with hope. Huge means: | English Vocabulary. Horrible Histories. 3-6 Student Interactives - Social Studies. History For Kids. Social Studies Homework Help. Social Studies - Biographies. Harvest of History | The Farmers' Museum.