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**Research Supporting Technology Integration plus ideas for how to use it. URL:** [] A team from MIT ( Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, Jennifer Groff, Jason Haas) as part of the Education Arcade created an article about how to include digital gaming, social networking, and simulations into a traditional education setting. The goal of their work is to show that students can still develop the desired skills, such as problem solving, working collaboratively, project based learning, and connecting with students from around the world, through using new technology. Teachers can appreciate the statistics and gain valuable resources and ideas to use in their classrooms.

media type="custom" key="8782640" **School Library Journal Resources** URL: [] This article gives an overview of some ways that we can use a wiki in our classrooms. The related wiki link provides additional resources for creating and using wikis, both personally or professionally. **Related Wiki Resources: [] ** media type="custom" key="8782658"

Top 20 Teacher Blogs URL: [] I was googling to find some of the best blogs and best ways to use them, and I found a site that rated the top 20 teacher blogs. These blogs were great examples for someone like me, who just started blogging and needs some ideas to get going! It covers most subject areas, including a great art class blog! I especially liked #6-Best Forward-Tech Thinking Blog. The teacher in that blog has some amazing ideas of things of which I've never even heard!

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