CNN Student News Reviews the News of the School Year

Today is the last day for CNN Student News until the new school year starts in the fall. The bulk of this morning's edition of CNN Stude...

22 Frames - News Videos for ESL Students

Last week I published 5 Good Places for Students To Learn About the News . In response to that post I received a few emails from people look...

Weavly Offers a Good Way to Mix Video and Audio Clips

Back in December I tried out a new video creation service called Weavly . At that time it was brand new. A few months have passed since then...

Doodle Buzz is an Interesting Way to Explore News

Doodle Buzz is an interesting way to look at the news. To find news stories enter a term in the search box, click go, then drag your cursor...

More Year in Review Videos and Articles

It's that time of year when everyone from serious news outlets to playful sites like Jib Jab are publishing year in review materials. I...

The Year in 60 Seconds - A Video Project Idea

The Year in 60 Seconds is a video from Reuters featuring images and some sound bites of the year's biggest global news stories. I found ...

Newswordy - Learn About News Buzzwords

Newswordy is a neat website that features a new buzzword of the day everyday. Each buzzword is picked from the currently trending topics be...

5 Ways Students Can Visually Explore the News

My background as a social studies teacher will show through in this post. One of the perks of being social studies teachers is that current ...

News 360 - A Personalized News Aggregator for Phones, Tablets, and Desktops

News 360 is a free news aggregation service that you can customize for your interests. You can read your personalized news feed on your pho...

Go Go News - Big News for Little People

Go Go News is a news website designed for elementary school students. The site features many short news stories that can be read and listen...

The Week in Rap

It has been a while since I've posted The Week in Rap . For those that haven't seen it before, The Week in Rap is a short overview ...

The Week in Rap - Rain, Sleet, and Snow

This morning Flocabularly released another edition of The Week in Rap . This week's news rap covers stories about snow across the US, fl...

Build Your Own Year in Review Collage

It's that time of year again when the major media outlets begin to run "year in review" stories. One year in review that you m...

The Guardian's Data Store Looks Promising

The Guardian recently launched a new component to their website that they are calling the Data Store . The Data Store is designed to showca...

What Are Earmarks?

If discussion about the news, particularly political news, is a part of your classroom, the term "earmarks" might be something you...

Mapeas - World News on a Map

Mapeas is a new service for geographically exploring the news. Mapeas places sports, entertainment, business, science, and general news sto...

AP Timeline Reader - News Timelines

The AP Timeline Reader is a new experimental tool developed by the Associated Press. The Timeline Reader is intended to give readers a way...

The Week in Rap

The Week in Rap is back again today with another short lyrical overview of the week's news. If you can't view it online, you can do...

CNN Student News is Back for 2010/2011

CNN Student News is a daily web show highlighting a handful of stories. The stories covered by CNN Student News range from traditional ser...

Haiti Aid Map - Updates on Relief Projects

InterAction has created an interactive map that plots and tracks the spending and other actions of organizations providing aid to Haiti. T...