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"All of the lessons include Common Core standards that can be addressed through the lessons. And all of the lessons can be copied into your Google Docs account. These are some of the Common Core standards addressed in Google's search lesson plans. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words."

Rewordify is a free site that was developed by a special education teacher and former computer programmer for the purpose of helping students read complex passages. At its most basic level Rewordify takes a complex passage and rephrases it in simpler terms. Students can adjust Rewordify's settings to match their needs. For example, students can add words to a "skip list" and those words will not be changed when they appear in a passage. Students can also use Rewordify to simply highlight difficult words instead of having them replaced.

allows students to watch custom video productions of shaelespeare's plays and at the same time scrol through the complete texts, word for word, scene by scene, stopiing starting, and rewinding the video as need or accessing definitions. Specifically created to correspond to shakespeare's original texts with no deviations unlike many modern film versions. The app is free with text-only versions of 8 plays at this time.

"Vocabulary.com is comprised of three sections - The Challenge, Dictionary, and Vocabulary Lists. After creating an account, students can immediately begin playing the Challenge's interactive game to build knowledge and create a learning environment on their level. The Dictionary offers basic and advanced searches going beyond just definitions. Explanations and usage examples taken from current publications and classic literature provide a fuller context that helps fortify students' understanding. Thousands of word lists are available in the Vocabulary Lists section which also lets teachers and students create their own word lists based on assignments and personal interests."

"View & Comment on Any Document Review a Word document, fill out a PDF form, mark up an image, and more... All with Crocodoc, all online, all for free." Similar to Google Docs but being used in Emerging Technology class for 8th grade

suggested by Linda Lawson 2/28/12

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"Masher lets you easily create a video by mixing together video clips, music tracks, and photos all for FREE! Mix... Your videos and photos, with our huge library of video clips from BBC Motion Gallery, Rip Curl and more. Mash... Your videos and photos together using our simple studio, then add some words, music and special effects. Share... Your video Mash by posting it to sites such as Facebook, MySpace, or by emailing it. "

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Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.

"Researchers have long known that the "classical" language regions, like Broca's area and Wernicke's area, are involved in how the brain interprets written words. What scientists have come to realize in the last few years is that narratives activate many other parts of our brains as well, suggesting why the experience of reading can feel so alive."

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Written? Kitten! provides an image of an adorable cat for every 100, 200, 500 or 1,000 words you complete.

Our free Text Readability Consensus Calculator takes a sample of your writing and calculates the number of sentences, words, syllables, and characters in your sample. Our program takes the output of these numbers and plugs them into 7 popular readability formulas. These 7 readability formulas (see below) will help you find out the reading level and grade level of your materials and help you to determine if your audience can read your materials.

"QR Wild® scavenger hunt games are perfect for trade shows, conferences and educators! Your audience scans trackable QR Codes placed at physical locations that you'd like them to visit. As the game pieces are scanned the player earns points and unlocks "badges" while spreading the word by sharing progress on their social networks. You can even display a scoreboard online or at an event!"

service offering free online booklet creation and publishing. To create a book using Simple Booklet just sign-up for a free account and click create. Select the layout template that suits your needs. To add content click anywhere on the blank canvas and a menu of options will appear. You can add text, images, audio files, videos, and links to each page of your booklet. In the field for adding text there is an option to copy from Word documents. Each page of your Simple Booklet can have multiple elements on it. To include videos you can upload your own files or select from a variety of provides including SchoolTube, TeacherTube, YouTube, and others. To add audio to your pages you can upload your own files or again select from the online hosts Last.fm, Sound Cloud, or Mix Cloud. When you're done building pages in your Simple Booklet you can share it online by embedding it into a webpage or you can share the unique link generated for your booklet.

Lets the user show slides from their tablets to the screen. Simply drag and drop a PDF, PPT, or Word File, share the URL with the audience, and it available on any device at that time. Presenters can also use any device to present. free

Have fun with words.

The Digital Dialects website features free to use online games for learning languages. Language resources include games for learning phrases, numbers, useful words, spelling, verb conjugation and alphabets. Games use Macromedia Flash Player. : audio has been added to extra quizzes in the Chinese Games and Spanish Games sections.

Groundbreaking method and interface to learn SAT Vocabulary words. Fun and entertaining cartoon illustrations summarizing a short story-like situation.