NBC News Launches Social Learning Network

NBC News now has a community for middle and high school learners. NBC Learn,the educational arm of NBC News, has partnered in the project: a patented, MIT developed, cue card-based platform called iCue (Immerse, Connect, Understand, and Excel). The site will be a combination media player, game arcade, discussion forum, note-taking space, and trading card venue. The students can watch streaming videos from NBC News and flip the stories' Cue-Cards over to find out more and discuss the stories.

cuecardMIT will be studying the project to see if it really can help students learn, build critical thinking and 21st-century communication skills.

The launch has a collection of games and activities centered on the 2008 presidential elections but iCue will eventually have content for U.S. history, U.S. government, politics and language & composition (English).

http://www.icue.com via eSchool News