Bringing Classes to Life Tweets of the Day 5/22/14

Ellis Island simulation.

Simulations Can Change the Course of History . . . Classes

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/simulations-can-change-history-classes-matt-levinson 

For Frustrated Gifted Kids, A World of Online Opportunities

 http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/05/for-frustrated-gifted-kids-a-world-of-online-opportunities/

National Landscape Fragments as States Plan Common-Core Testing

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/05/21/32assessment_ep.h33.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB 

For Effective Schools, Teamwork is Not Optional

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/effective-schools-teamwork-not-optional-sean-glaze 

Is there a TV in your child's room? 

http://www.greatschools.org/technology/7950-effects-of-tv-in-children-bedroom.gs?cpn=20140518weekly 

Poor parents: Federal data show more parents going into more debt to send kids to college

 http://educationbythenumbers.org/content/poor-parents-federal-data-show-parents-going-debt-send-kids-college_1263/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HechingerReport+%28Hechinger+Report%29

How The World Worked Before Social Media

http://www.edudemic.com/before-social-media/