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Started in 1997 by Floor64 founder Mike Masnick and then growing into a group blogging effort, the Techdirt blog uses a proven economic framework to analyze and offer insight into news stories about changes in government policy, technology and legal issues that affect companies ability to innovate and grow. The dynamic and interactive community of Techdirt readers often comment on the addictive quality of the content on the site, a feeling supported by the blog’s ~800,000 RSS subscribers, 45,000+ posts, 600,000+ comments and a consistent Technorati Technology Top 100 rating. Both Business Week and Forbes have awarded Techdirt with Best of the Web thought leader awards.
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Addiction vs. Reflection: Unlocking the Potential of Games
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I was just ten years old when the circumstances of life led me to lock-picking for the first time.
No, I wasn’t starving, nor had I been abducted by a band of thieves. I was driven by something whic
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Second Step | Skills for Social and Academic Success
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It’s never too late to teach the skills kids need to succeed socially and academically. The Second Stepprogram can take students from preschool all the way through middle school. Each grade level features developmentally appropriate ways to teach core social-emotional skills such as empathy, emotion management, and problem solving. And now we’ve added self-regulation, executive function skills, and Skills for Learning in early learning and K–5 to give kids that extra boost.
Based on the latest researchFully scripted, media-rich lessonsAcademic integration activitiesEmail-ready family materialsOnline training and resources
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Epsilen
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“Epsilen, the world’s fastest growing K-20 learning community, is free for all learners and educators with .edu or .k12 email addresses and for users at institutions who have licensed the Epsilen Environment for its teaching and learning products.”
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