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with its new look. It’s easier for teachers to create & manage student
accounts, and to flag & review content. Email is also now optional for
schools.
News & Stories
An Online Community for Learning
Learning is a social phenomenon, which is why Think.com engages and inspires
students. Few students are motivated to write for an audience of one -- their
teacher. By providing a wider yet protected audience, Think.com turns
students into multimedia authors for a global community and allows peers to
think and learn together.
More than a Blog . . . and Safer Too!
Only students and teachers from member schools can enter this
password-protected learning community. Once inside, members use websites and
interactive tools to publish their ideas, collaborate on projects, and build
knowledge together. Click the tabs above to learn more about each area of
Think.com.
The Oracle Education Foundation, a non-profit organization, hosts this free service without any advertising for accredited primary and secondary schools. Think.com provides interactive learning tools to thousands of schools around the world in 8 languages. Enroll your school today.
Students and teachers can post 6 items on each of their 10 webpages. With space for text, audio, video, and pictures, there's plenty of room for creating and sharing ideas. Accessible from any Internet-connected computer, the websites also act like online filing cabinets.
The website creation tools make it simple to publish content and forums, allowing users to engage in thoughtful discussions on one another's sites. All that's needed is the ability to type. Teachers also have a special 'Parents Page' making classroom news easily accessible to parents without a login.
For safety, students can only publish inside the password-protected community, and their full names are not visible to other members. Text is checked against the customizable 'Bad Language List'. Teachers use the Admin Tools to quickly review new postings and 'flag' any inappropriate content, removing it from view and alerting the student's school.
To learn more, visit Help.
Email is a fast form of written one-to-one communication, making it easy for teachers to send assignments home and interact with parents, and for students to turn in their homework. Schools choose whether to provide email for students and, if so, whether students can exchange messages with people outside of Think.com.
Email users have an Inbox, a Sent folder, and four additional folders. Students can store 100 messages (up to 2 megabytes), while teachers have room for 200 emails (up to 5 megabytes).
Email is spam-free because students can only receive messages from Think.com members or people they've included in their Address Books. For additional safety, teachers can review students' Address Books via the Admin Tools.
To learn more, visit Help.
'People' is the portal to visiting and reading one another's websites. Students and teachers interact by leaving 'sticky' notes, sending emails, and participating in published forums – debates, votes, message boards, and ask me's. The forums allow students to be the experts, answering questions and leading online discussions.
Visit 'People' to see who is online at that moment, or search by name, topic or school. Bookmark favorite sites to your 'Buddy List'. Teachers can also create 'My Students' lists that make it easy to quickly visit student sites and administer accounts.
To learn more, visit Help.
Shared websites allow student communication and collaboration to flourish. Teachers can create 'Assigned' or 'Open' group spaces where students can co-author web pages using the same tools available on their personal websites.
'Assigned Groups' provide teams with 10 co-owned pages to create knowledge together. The 'Activity Log' shows recent posts and edits so that teachers can evaluate how the team is working together. Students can work together in a cross-school collaborative project, facilitating global thinking and cultural exchange.
Any member of Think.com can join the discussion in an 'Open Group'. Teachers create a web page devoted to a particular topic and invite members to contribute to forums or add new content.
To learn more, visit Help.
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Teachers Can...
Inspire student creativity and expression, and promote cross-cultural learning.
Students Can...
Publish websites, interact with peers, ask questions, and make friends around the world.
