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The very first Gateway Treasure Hunt sponsored by Seven Minds, LLC. is over. Congratulations to the three winners: Cara Wegrzyn from Michigan, Denise Bell from Washington, and Megan Franklin from Arizona. Each will receive a free Social Navigator application provided by Seven Minds, LLC.

The Gateway to 21st Century Skills has been made possible through the generous support from the National Education Association.

It’s finally here! The very first Gateway Resource Treasure Hunt. Don’t miss out on the fun to find some great resources for the classroom while having a chance to win some cool prizes as well. It is easy to participate. Participants in this treasure hunt find specific resources on the Gateway based off a series of weekly clues. At the end of the treasure hunt, participants who’ve found the most resources are eligible to win one of three prizes offered. Anyone can join the treasure hunt at any time, even on the very last week if desired. Use each week’s clues to find the correct resources. That is all there is to it.

April is National Autism Awareness Month. National Autism Awareness Month focuses attention on Autism Spectrum Disorders and the resources and support systems available to families affected by this disorder. The Gateway has many resources to support teachers, parents, and students around Autism.

You can now search the Gateway on your mobile device.  The Gateway has been optimized for your smartphone which makes it quick and easy to find resources while you are on the go.  Just browse to TheGateway.Org on your smartphone and you will be redirected to the mobile version.  You can still view the full site if you wish by clicking on the "Go to Full Site" button in the footer.

We are launching a new series of Gateway webinars. Like the Gateway, these webinars are free for all users but space is limited so register early. These webinars will focus on select features of the Gateway and how best to use the site to discover and access thousands of education resources. Our first webinar, Introduction to using the Gateway, will introduce users on how to search the Gateway efficiently and how best to locate resources. Other topics that will be covered include Joann's Picks and Peggy's Corner, two popular Gateway columns that each week focus on different themes of importance to educators and feature resources and classroom activities centered on these topics.

Looking for resources that have been correlated to standards like the Common Core or the NCTE/IRA Standards for the English Language Arts?  Now you can quickly and easily search the Gateway for standards based resources.  To begin you must be logged in.  If you don't have a free Gateway account, simply register and await the confirmation email.

The Gateway gets a complete new look and several new features!

JES & Co. announced today the launch of a robust build of the Gateway to 21st Century Skills (Gateway). The homepage (www.thegateway.org) has been simplified with easy to use icons. A daily contribution from Today in Literature provides a daily calendar of engaging stories about literary history. A resource recommendation engine will allow user searches to return a more-like-this list of similar resources. The new Gateway will also feature one click access to current and past weekly topics covered by Gateway columnists, Joann and Peggy.

Welcome to the new Gateway web site and the premiere edition of Gateway News! Each week, this section will keep you informed of the latest Gateway news, information, and updates. Whether you have been depending on the resources and tools on the Gateway for a long time or you are just discovering this valuable site for the first time, this section will help direct you to the new features on the Gateway. We would like to introduce our new users to our weekly columns: Joann’s Picks and Peggy’s Corner, two popular sources of timely resource suggestions and classroom tips to help teachers implement new ideas into the classroom.