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A marketplace for children's educational lessons; StudySnacks offers a safe place for children to be edutained, and compensates teachers for their hard work. Parents, sign up today at www.StudySnacks.com and receive $5 free to spend on your child.

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Watch these Lego Bionicle toy robots make music with drum machines, xylophones, synthesizers and other makeshift instruments. This is the Toa Mata Band, a project by sound designer Giuseppe Acito.

Each member is controlled by an Arduino Uno which is hooked up to an iPad running the MIDI sequencer app Nord Beat. Acito either gets them to play a pre-programmed song or they can do a live show with Acito controlling the MIDI sequencer in real-time.

Photo by Giuseppe Acito.

via The Creators Project. 

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An EdTech Dream Education startups will be chomping at the bit for this data

(via K-12 student database jazzes tech startups, spooks parents - Yahoo! News India)

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Did you hear about the new state program to measure the effectiveness of dentists with their young patients?

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Teach to the students in your class and you will always be right.

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One of the signal qualities of children at play is their fearlessness. They’ll experiment. Falling over is fine.

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Tough Questions for "Digital Learning Day" Tech: gaining efficiencies in old practices, or doing things that are truly different

(via Ten Tough Questions for Digital Learning Day - EdTech Researcher - Education Week)

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using growth in student test scores as baseline standard for comparing the impact of all the measures it tested

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Schools Now Want Even More from Teachers and Students

a picture by a 1st grader, a lesson developed by a teacher, would belong to the school...

(via Prince George’s considers copyright policy that takes ownership of students’ work - The Washington Post)

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The number of social media followers are growing. But how do the sites make a profit?

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A Teacher Turns Thought Into Action Story author wrote at age 5 forms the basis of successful picture book; Open This Little Book

(via Author Jesse Klausmeier on Her Childhood Sketch Turned Published Book)

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Highly Vetted Children's Books

ALSC: the best of the best in children's books.

(via 2013 Notable Children's Books | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC))

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Black History Month; Great Tools for Students and Inspiration

Interactive timeline from Biography follows African American history in the US 

(via Six Teaching Tools for Black History Month | Edutopia)

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Great Tips on How to Get Your Kids to Listen

If you have to repeat yourself, get quieter instead of louder. 

(via Parenting Tips: How To Stop Yelling At Your Kids)

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iPads in the Classroom; Promoting Collaboration.

collaboration between students is often a critical component of any classroom activity...?

(via 6 Ways Students Can Collaborate With iPads - Edudemic)

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Great Tips on Starting a Blog

Writing to a crowd makes your writing bland; writing to one person makes you engaging..."

(via 11 Reasons Your Blog is on a Road to Nowhere (And What to Do About It) : @ProBlogger)

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GOOOOOD MORNING: Great list of Educational RSS Feeds Edweek.org distributes many RSS feeds covering stories from our publications and blogs.

(via Education Week: RSS Feeds - Image source)

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one of the most overwhelming, impressive collection of sketches I’ve watched in one sitting.