Did you know that your students can have access to online newspapers in your classroom or elsewhere? They can.

Whether you want a subscription for you to demonstrate Information Literacy or you want to provide students and opportunity to experience Information Literacy with a virtual newspaper, you can do so for FREE!

This is a great resource if you have a computer in your classroom… but if students have their own laptops to use, this is a goldmine!  Not only does http://postnewseducation.com/ give you free access to newspapers, you’re also provided lesson plans and other resources.

How would you have your students use this resource if they had a personal laptop?  (post comment below)

To celebrate Google’s 10th anniversary, they’ve developed a project called 10 to the 100. They are offering $10,000,000 to the the person with the idea that can help humans the most. This is a great opportunity for your students to contemplate their problems and pose solutions, solutions that could be worth 10 million dollars.

If you teach upper elementary you may be thinking, “Perfect!” Because essay writing is featured prominently in the pacing guides for 2^nd quarter. The submission deadline is October 2oth. Check out the videos and details here.

What’s your $10,000,000 idea?

If you or your school has a subscription to Brain Pop Jr, you’ll want to see this site. Kim Duran has organized a page of resources for Brain Pop Jr. Of all of the resources she has here, the best are the matrixes. She has made it really easy to find the Brain Pop Jr. resources that you most need. The resources are aligned in science, math, and literacy. Check it out!

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