Learning.com Marketplace Update October 2012

The Marketplace has some exciting things going on right now. Be sure to visit www.learning.com and log in to your account. Visit the marketplace to find these great resources for engaging students in your classroom.


Halloween is upon us...

There is a Halloween themed promotion featuring Scary Good Writing, Math Drills Halloween worksheets, Zulama’s Horror Fiction Writing course, and My Vocabulary’s Halloween themed activities.

Our friends at My Vocabulary have added their first fee-based product: Halloween vocabulary lessons for just $.25 per user. Teachers can add spooky word puzzles and activities to their classroom routine and develop more articulate students while celebrating this popular day.

I love a good deal...

 

 

Exploriments is now on limited time special for $24 ($120 regular price). This is a great resource for encouraging learners to actively participate in the learning process, instead of being passive recipients. Exploriments are simulation-based interactive learning units for enhancing conceptual understanding in Science and Math in an experiential manner. Useful for students and teachers alike, Exploriments provide a highly interactive, exploratory, and engaging experience.

Is it Election Day?

Not yet, but it is close. If you need some resources related to Election 2012, don't forget to visit the Marketplace to find digitally engaging Election related content. There are free and for fee resources available.

Rock n Roll Hall of Fame FREE Live Streaming Event

 

Event: LIVE STREAM “Reelin’ and Rockin”: Chuck Berry and the Birth of Rock and Roll

Date: Monday, October 22, 2012

Time: 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Cost: FREE

Want to Participate? This special event will be streamed LIVE on the Rock Hall’s website atwww.rockhall.com/education

Suggested Grade Level: 7-12

Full Description:

On Monday, October 22, the Education Department of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will celebrate 2012 American Music Master, Chuck Berry,by connecting to students around the world via the award-winning distance learning programOn the Road.

Rock Hall Educators will demonstrate how Chuck Berry drew from blues, country, and jazz to create the guitar style that came to define rock and roll. Students will also examine how Berry created a new lyric vocabulary in his songs that spoke directly to young people and to the integrated rock and roll audiences of the 1950s.

Students will have the opportunity to email questions to Rock Hall Educators during the live stream.

If you have specific questions about the content of this class, please contact the education staff at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum ateducation@rockhall.org. To find out more about 2012 American Music Masters events, visithttp://rockhall.com/events/american-music-masters/.