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05/16/2012 | Filed by Sarah Jackson
Want to make sure your students don’t fall behind in the summer months? We’ve got resources for you. Our new Summer Learning Guide is designed to keep kids learning and engaged all summer long, while ensuring they come back in the fall ready to learn. - read more
05/15/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
How much are kids really learning from the apps, games, and websites they use at home or at school? Can a parent or teacher trust that a product claiming to have “educational value” really does? And as educators how do you know which ones make sense to use in your classroom? Our new Learning Ratings can help. - read more
05/14/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Common Sense Media and Teaching Channel partner to provide teachers with digital literacy and citizenship lessons pegged to the Common Core State Standards - read more
05/09/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
Modeled on the famous TED videos on “ideas worth spreading,” TED-Ed offers educators a customizable series of videos and animation to supplement their own expertise in the classroom. - read more
05/02/2012 | Filed by Sarah Jackson
There’s a lively discussion going on over at Beth Kanter’s blog where our Director of Education Marketing, Emily Esch, has a great post on the necessity of providing digital literacy education to today’s students. - read more
05/02/2012 | Filed by Kelsey Herron
04/30/2012 | Filed by Heather Chaplin
Educators in the state of Maine have been pioneers in using technology in the classroom. But as the state’s Learning Technology Policy Director Jeff Mao found, in order to benefit from the technology, students, parents and teachers need training. Last week Common Sense Media honored Mao for his groundbreaking work in bringing digital literacy and citizenship education to every student in Maine, where teachers are using Common Sense Media’s curricula. We take a look at work going on in classrooms there. - read more
