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Command of the written word is a vital 21st-century skill, even if we are using keys, buttons, and tablets instead of pens and pencils. In fact, in our digital world, communication is now more instantaneous than ever. How do we prepare our students to meet the challenge? Blogging can offer opportunities for students to develop their communications skills through meaningful writing experiences. Such projects not only motivate students to write, but motivate them to write well. Furthermore, student-blogging projects can be designed to address the Common Core State Standards for writing. For example, see anchor standard six, which calls upon students to use technology to "produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others." Score!

A Mother is someone who protect and guide us.Words are not enough to describe her character but we can do some thing for her on this day so here we have arranged happy mother's day 2016 Greetings, Wishes, Messages, Quote, Pictures, Photos, Pics, Wallpapers,funny Message, Sayings, Ecards, Sms,Text Messages, Words, Poem, song, rhymes, flowers, Crafts and many other things which hope help you make you Moms smile and that's all we need.

"What types of sounds can be found on the Web using FindSounds? Below is a partial list. Click on any link below to perform a search, or enter one or more words in the search box above and then click on the Search button. "

Listen to the word spoken then find the correct letters to spell it

Automatically adapts to your spelling ability, and includes voice reading and diagrams of similar words

Activities and games, words grouped by spelling patterns, plus audio

Great use of Twitter as a tool to teach writing / literacy skills

Write Well is a web-based application with interactive templates that help students organize their thoughts and ideas, while writing more effectively. When students are finished with a project, it can be exported to Microsoft Word, Google Drive, or as a PDF.

MeeGenius is an online library of picture books that kids can read independently or as a read along. Books can be personalized with students names, just answer a few quick questions and the book is rewritten for you. Each book comes with audio playback and word highlighting, perfect for beginning or struggling readers to read along.

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Shared today, by our own @hurricanemaine on twitter

With Got Free Fax, you can send up to two faxes in a day for free to any number in the U.S. and Canada. You can either use its online rich text editor to compose a fax or upload a PDF /Word file from your computer, type the recipient's fax number and hit send. The service won't add any advertisements or branding to your faxes. If you would like to send a fax to an international number, you can buy credits through PayPal.

"sim­ple. you'll see one word at the top of the fol­low­ing screen. you have sixty sec­onds to write about it. click 'go' and the page will load with the cur­sor in place. don't think. just write."

from jgates

very easy

video dictionary -- user-generated. Searchable. Word of the Day.

PicLits.com is a creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture.

Good lord, Beth O'Marr demo'd this site and I had a language-gasm! Check this out!!

Drop in a relatively small text (800 words or less), and this little wonder creates graphic organizers, finds vocabulary, builds questions, does pronounciation, prefixes, suffixes.

Maybe the fastest way to download a youtube video

Maybe the easiest, non-software youtube downloader, as reported by LifeHacker - just insert the word kick ahead of any youtube url - see article for details

Three easy steps to create a visualization: 1) choose a data set, 2) choose a visualization, and 3) customize & publish. Visualizations include maps, graphs, charts, scatterplots, treemaps, tag clouds, word trees, and more.

Make sure you're sharing the facts with students. Wording advice for internet safey as well as internet tips for teens.