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Annotary is a web/cloud based program that allows you to highlight and write notes on any webpage.  you can share your notes and use across platforms 

ChromeVis is a Google Chrome extension designed to make it easier for people with vision impairments to read the content of webpages. When installed ChromeVis allows you to highlight the text on any webpage and have it enlarged and placed on an easy-to-read background. Your highlighted text appears in a pop-up box over the original page so that you can quickly go back to the original source if you want to. ChromeVis can be adjusted to meet your text size and text color preferences.

automated bibliography, citation, research, and text highlighting tool that organizes content automatically generates a citation page for you. works best in Chrome or Firefox

HOw to get your Kindle notes into your Evernote account

Annotate and highlight on PDFs, today, 4/16/12 on sale for $.99

audiobooks which sink to the text of the book. The audiobooks are read by individuals. Most of the classic audiobooks are either free or very inexpensive. The recording is quite good and it synchronizes very nicely with text. It does not highlight the words as it reads but it will automatically turn pages when you get to the end of the page.

AppHappy writes about Tapose Collaborative Content Creation App All of the tools are hidden until you want to use them so there is no clutter taking over the screen as you work. When using the drawing function, turn on wrist protection so that they can write or draw in a way that is most comfortable without throwing off the touch screen input. can draw, highlight, type, add sticky notes, video, or images to the journal. favorite feature: multitasking within the journal

GoodReader for iPad $4.99 Here you have an option to type text directly on PDF pages, you can highlight paragraphs like a yellow marker or annotate pages using the various freehand drawing tools.

Here's a great Language Arts and ESL site called MightyBook that contains a wonderful collection of read-along activities. The story illustrations are wonderful and the words are even highlighted as they are being read.

Moon+ Reader Por provides text to speech and highlighting for books read on Android devices

free and paid ebooks for children. it highlights as it reads

allows you to highlight a webpage and select only the elements which you wish to print. Safari, Chrome, Firefox

You can filter the Add Ins and just look at those for Education.  There is a free Add in from Text Help that will help you collect your highlights of the document. Teachers can create documents and add the Add ins the students need. 

The digital tool permits one to paste any text into a space and, with a click on "Sift," see which words are "academic" words, or school words. What's more, WordSift also provides immediately sets of images that correspond to the words in the text. A student can click on that word and pull up images to get a better understanding of the word.

word highlight

The Harvard Graduate School of Education has launched a new website to share best practices and research with educators, administrators, and policymakers across the nation.   The site, Useable Knowledge, will highlight specifically the work and research of the University's faculty and their co-researchers across the globe.   K-12 and Higher Education content will both be featured on the site.  

article on how to use Diigo as your own research tool 

web based screen recorder, create and share screen casts, plays everywhere even on Ipohnes