“A” is for app. Today’s kids know that. Nowadays not only social media but also various application for smartphones and tablet computers enhace and help to learn new languages in a much quicker way. Can digital tools also save endangered languages? Learn more about that from a BBC Science Correspondent Jonathan Amos.

From gaming to teacher leadership, 2011 brought plenty of classroom innovation that promises to make us smarter.

An easy and fast way to make your own crossword puzzles either for print or upload. Free download!

A great page to create your own word search puzzle with your own list of words.

We mentioned Second Life, now it is time for Sloodle (Simulation Linked Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) - a mushup of Moodle and SecondLife. It is a source of tools for supporting learning and teaching to the immersive virtual world.

It’s not all about technology here! Found out about one of the most powerful literacy programme in the world: Reading to Learn.

How about enhancing the learning language process in Virtual Worlds? Welcome to EduNation Islands in Second Life!

Howard Gardner (Harvard University) on his multiple intelligence theory. For more reading see the website of The Multiple Intelligences Institute.

This is not just a lesson of history. It’s a story about a hand-carved, hand-painted 40-foot-long voyaging canoe that stands as a symbol of carving cultural connections. Inspiring.

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