Friday, May 9, 2008

DIGITAL RESOURCES: NBC Lauches iCue for Students

NBC News has launched an ad-supported free online learning community aimed at students 13 and older named iCue, which stands for Immerse, Connect, Understand and Excel. It combines games, peer talk and video in an environment intended to be fun and safe. ICue uses technology that includes the iCue CueCard media player, flash card, note-taking tool and trading card. The "flip card" technology allows users to watch streaming videos from NBC News and then "flip" the CueCard over for additional information.

The initial activities are politically themed and during the summer, history, government and politics, as well as English language and composition components, will be added. NBC News stated the content is “aligned with” standards for advanced placement classes but is appropriate for a wide range of classes. Investigate it for yourself, visit: http://icue.com/

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