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EdWeb.net. The Game of School vs. The Game of Life - A.J. JULIANI. My daughter is in 2nd grade. She loves learning (seriously, she comes home every day excited about Flat Stanley, moving to multiplication, a piece of art she made, or something she learned while in school). Her teacher is fantastic, and I hope in some miracle world she gets to teach my daughter again in 3rd grade. She has a great class with good friends and a safe place to learn, imagine, create, and explore. Her teacher is fantastic, and I hope in some miracle world she gets to teach my daughter again in 3rd grade. I know that we are lucky and she is lucky to have this learning experience. Yet, in a conversation with my daughter at the end of last year, I realized something.

She was already playing the game of school.And, at 7 years old, she knew the rules. She mentioned to me that her teacher was excited to share all the great work she was doing in our parent-teacher conferences. The Game of School Rules: Make the adults at school happy, and the adults at home will be happy. Awesome! About DOGO Kids Website Review. Our Founder & CEO at TEDx DOGO Media is the leading online network empowering kids to engage with digital media in a fun, safe and social environment.

Used by well over a million students and teachers from around the world, our websites have quickly grown into a community of kids and educators engaging positively with current events, books, and movies. DOGO [doh-GOH] means young or small in Swahili. While our young fans may be small, they act BIG as they engage with our websites and express their opinions on the content that interests and inspires them. DOGOnews.com - The leading source for current events, news and non-fictional content for Common Core ELA, Science and Social Studies.

With thousands of news articles and new original content added daily, we are the leading online source of current events for students, teachers and schools. DOGObooks.com – The largest website for book reviews by-and-for kids. Meera Dolasia – CEO, Publisher & Editor Rupen Dolasia – VP Business Development. 9 Google Resources to Support Reading | Shaelynn Farnsworth. 9 Google Resources to Support Reading The doubling of knowledge will happen every twelve hours, according to IBM, because of the “internet of things” and the ease in which we have the capacity to publish and share. With this dynamic pool of information available to students, it is essential to equip them with skills necessary to locate reliable and relevant information. Over the past two years, I have collected digital resources, apps, and extensions that will assist educators in this endeavor, as well as in the areas of inquiry, writing, and multimodal creations (all will be subsequent posts).

The following are 9 of my favorite Google resources to support reading (**Bonus 3 at the end): Google Cultural Institute – Google Cultural Institute makes the “world’s culture accessible anyone, anywhere.” Students can explore collections and exhibits from around the world. 3 Bonus Resources for our younger readers. Like this: Like Loading... About sfarnsworth.

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100+ Tools for Differentiating Instruction Through Social Media. K-12 Library Information Specialist Licensure | ischool.illinois.edu. Why Should We Invest in STEM Education? – The Tech Edvocate. Digital Teaching. Library. Makerspaces.