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Tech tools that assist all students to be independent learners & teachers to become better teachers
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A Web & Mobile App for Reading Comfortably: Readability

A Web & Mobile App for Reading Comfortably: Readability | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Readability is a web and mobile app that zaps online clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view.
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Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles" | Video on TED.com

TED Talks As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could...
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Collaborative Classroom eBook on the iPad Download | Langwitches Blog

Collaborative Classroom eBook on the iPad Download | Langwitches Blog | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Here is the Collaborative Classroom eBook on the iPad Step-by-Step guide in an easy and more visual format to download and share with your students and colleagues.
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Quixey

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Quixey finds apps on all platforms - including Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Web and more. Quixey also builds custom search solutions for partners.
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Seriously, It’s Time To Manage Your Online Reputation [Infographic] | Edudemic

Seriously, It’s Time To Manage Your Online Reputation [Infographic] | Edudemic | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"Assembled by digital marketing firm KBSD, the infographic below has tons of tips, techniques and information about what companies and individuals are looking for inside your personal profiles and social information, and what you can do to show off your best side to those who might want to find out unflattering things about you. It’s not too late to protect yourself and polish up your online image."

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Above And Beyond

Created through collaboration by members of Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the talented folks at FableVision, Above & Beyond is a story about what i...
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Getting FLUENT with the 5 FLUENCIES…

Getting FLUENT with the 5 FLUENCIES… | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
A couple of weeks ago we started a “series” based on the work of those lovely chaps at the 21st Century Fluency Project – Lee Crockett, Ian Jukes and Andrew Churches very kindly gave me pe...
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12 Tech Tools That Will Transform The Way You Teach! | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher

12 Tech Tools That Will Transform The Way You Teach! | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
12 Tech Tools That Will Transform The Way You Teach!
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Awesome website on 12 tech tools to integrate technology into your classroom to engage student learning

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Education Video Slideshows

Education Video Slideshows | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Enhance your digital classroom with Animoto. Turn photos, video clips and music into stunning video slideshows which can bring your lessons to life.If you are a teacher or educator, apply for a free Animoto Plus account for use in the classroom.
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Fantastic Tools for Schools

Fantastic Tools for Schools | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Some fantastic tools that I use in my classroom. I created this to share with others in a speed round of sharing.
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Visual Dictionary Online

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The Visual Dictionary Online - 15 themes with 6,000+ images..."see words like you have never seen them before."

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Screen Time, Young Kids and Literacy: New Data Begs Questions

Screen Time, Young Kids and Literacy: New Data Begs Questions | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
The larger picture painted by today's statistics is hard to miss: Media is embedded in children's lives and dominating hours of their days, while reading is trailing behind.
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A Cleaner Internet

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Browser Extensions and Add-ons for Chrome, Firefox and Safari that clean and declutter Amazon and YouTube...
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15 digital citizenship resources for schools

15 digital citizenship resources for schools | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Resources to help teach digital citizenship.

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Mobile integration (iPad, iPhone & Android) - Pagegangster

Mobile integration (iPad, iPhone & Android) - Pagegangster | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Pagegangster is a quick & easy way to convert PDF to flash flip book in seconds, you can convert your PDF to a flash magazine and publish it online. Click here for a 7 day free trial.
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Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Tools Students Can Use to Create Music Online

Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Tools Students Can Use to Create Music Online | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
RT @willie42: Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Tools Students Can Use to Create Music Online http://t.co/JEuPSgNa
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Are We Wired for Mobile Learning? | MindShift

Are We Wired for Mobile Learning? | MindShift | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
A nice visual explanation. Via @MindShiftKQED: Are We Wired for Mobile Learning?
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Silk

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"A new way to create and consume content." In beta private and appears to have great potential and possibilities.

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Screen Time, Young Kids and Literacy: New Data Begs Questions

Screen Time, Young Kids and Literacy: New Data Begs Questions | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
The larger picture painted by today's statistics is hard to miss: Media is embedded in children's lives and dominating hours of their days, while reading is trailing behind.
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Beautiful web-based timeline software

Beautiful web-based timeline software | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Welcome to TikiToki, a web app that makes it dead easy to make stunning, animated timelines that work in your browser.
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Educational Origami - Digital Learning

Educational Origami - Digital Learning | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

The underlying assumptions are core values and processes that enable Digital learning to flourish. They are:

A relevant and contextual curriculum

Assessment that is both challenging and transparent (since this lies in a relevant and contextual curriculum, it is also by definition relevant and contextual)

An emphasis of higher order thinking skills (analysis and evaluation – creativity is a core aspect of Digital learning)

Valuing student voice and providing the students with ownership of their learning and assessment.

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Collage Overview - The canvas for your stories! :::::: VUVOX

VUVOX allows you to create interactive slideshows and presentations from photos, video and music from Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, YouTube, Facebook or your PC. You can share them with friends, and embed them on your Myspace page, blog or website.
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Carrot2 Clustering Engine

Carrot2 Clustering Engine | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

A more visual search engine Carrot2 organizes your search results into topics. They may also be viewed with the top five categories or as a foam tree (check out the picture here).

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Free ePub Converter - PDF To ePub - Convert Books to ePub Format

Epub converter allows you to convert pdf, doc and other types of documents and e-books to EPUB format. 2epub is 100% free online converter.
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