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is magazine is the official magazine for ECIS (European Council of International Schools) members and reflects the diversity and professionalism of international educators; written by teachers and administrators of international schools it is published three times a year and received by schools in 157 countries, catering for students aged two to 19 years.

"The Ref Desk is a fantastic place to find all sorts of free reference materials, including information on recent news and current events. One section of the site that is definitely worth checking out is the Encyclopedia Collection|http://www.refdesk.com/factency.html] "

There are numerous sites that are now offering Tutorials and how-to guides for creating ebooks in iBook Author. As teachers are now comfortable with the idea of creating their own e-textbooks more and more people are looking for resources to learn how to build touch enabled books that take full advantage of the iPad capabilities. Inserting video and high resolution photographs is one thing but how about inserting 3D manipulatives and models that are touch sensitive. Here is a list of some of the resources online. If you know of other good ones please add them in the comments section and we will update the list.

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" Creating customized magzine on Themeefy is simple! All you have to do is : Research web sites and add interesting links directly from the Web. Pull in interesting social content from Twitter and Facebook. Upload photos, jot down notes and add a personal touch to your magazine. Customize the Theme magazine, publish it and share it with your peers and colleagues! Isn't that a cool way to share your knowledge with your social networks?"

A superb site with animated videos of Shakespeare plays. Watch short explanations about some of the most famous plays and watch videos exploring the characters. The text that goes with the videos is useful and child-friendly.

UniFlip takes your documents, brochures, catalogs or magazines and publishes them into a multi-media format that looks like a physical binded book with pages that actually flip. UniFlip requires no software installation, is online and can be distributed electronically to all your customers, suppliers, retailers, clients and other stakeholders. Users have round-the-clock access to their accounts, and cooperation with marketing/sales and/or external webmasters can be carried out via the internet software - 24 / 7. The system even allows you to make a download of all the files to publish from your WEB hosting / server (URL), USB, CD/DVD and run locally from your PC or Mac.

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"Textbook Revolution is one of the best sites on the web to find free textbooks and other educational materials. "

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"With more than 25,000 titles, Project Gutenberg is widely be considered the ultimate source for free books online. The site has tens of thousands of volunteers, which means that new books are constantly being added to Gutenberg's online catalog. "

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The Literature Map will give you the names of other authors who have books that have similar themes to those of the author you chose. The closer the authors are to each other on the literature map, the more likely it is that you will like both author's books.

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"Download free books and texts. The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books. Try the archive's site OpenLibrary for an interface to the published books on archive.org and links to other online book collections. This collection is open to the community for the contribution of any type of text, many licensed using Creative Commons licenses. Check our FAQ for more information. "

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