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= News Resources: =
 * [[image:Google_News.gif caption="A great way to get world news" link="@http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/"]] || [[image:week_in_rap.gif width="305" height="67" link="@http://www.channelone.com/video/the-week-in-rap/"]] ||  ||   ||


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 * [] [www2_scholastic_com]
 * [|http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/index.html]
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 * [] - TV stations from around the world
 * [] - A week's worth of news, rapped. New every Friday.
 * [|http://www.icue.com/ -] iCue is a fun, innovative learning environment built around video from the NBC News Archives


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 * @http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
 * [] - Thousands of world newspapers.

A Few Regional News Sites:
 * India: []
 * Canada: []
 * Middle East: []
 * Asia: [|http://www.worldnewsasia.com/]

Revolving News Resources:


 * [|Youngzine | News and more for the Young]
 * [|Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More -- National Geographic Kids]
 * [|Most Viewed News Stories and Photos - Science News, Animal Pictures, Space, Technology, Weird News | National Geographic News]
 * [|PBS NewsHour Extra - 7-12 grade level]
 * [|CNN Student News]
 * [|The Week in Rap]
 * [|Newseum | Today's Front Pages]
 * [|Newspaper in Education and Journalism Links]
 * [|Google Fast Flip]
 * [|Thousands of newspapers on the Net]
 * [|tweentribune.com | News for tweens, kids and students]
 * [|The Learning Network - The Learning Network Blog - NYTimes.com]

= Current Events Discussion Posts =  All blog postings will be worth ** 15 points **. //Ten points// will be awarded for your initial reply to a post and //five points// for each of your responses (maximum of 2 additional responses). For internet safety reasons, please make sure you sign your posts with your ** first name and last initial ** only.

It is important that you REPLY to posted topics. Later in the semester you will be asked to start your own posts.

Be creative but make sure your posts are logical, and of course, keep your discussion respectful.

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