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One of the basic things that any beginner researcher get to know and deal with is the citation of sources. Doing a research entails doing reading of different texts and from different resources, th...

One of the basic things that any beginner researcher get to know and deal with is the citation of sources. Doing a research entails doing reading of different texts and from different resources, th...

Ronny Edry describes himself as a father, a husband, a teacher, and an Israeli. What is he doing in theXtraordinary? Well, he started the Israel Loves Iran initiative by posting a photo of himself carrying his daughter who was holding an Israeli miniature flag. The caption read "Iranians, we will never bomb your country. We [heart] you." For the first time in his Facebook life, Ronny's post was shared and liked by many of his friends. Soon, he was talking to Iranians who agreed to post their images to reciprocate the message with "Iran [heart] Israel." To read more about Ronny Edry visit www.thextraordinary.org.

Meet the extraordinary William Kamkwamba. At 14 years old, William built windmills from scratch to power his house and irrigate their fields. When he was told he could no longer continue school, he kept reading and from there learned how to build windmills using diagrams. "We skip the problem by creating our own solutions." To read more about William Kamkwamba visit www.thextraordinary.org

Meet the extraordinary singer, songwriter and philanthropist who is most known for directing the film documentary "CALL+RESPONSE" and co-founding the website "Slavery Footprint", Justin Dillon. His story of turning away from a bigger career opportunity in order to devote his life into fighting slave labor continues to amaze everyone who reads it. "My mission is to use inspiration to 'create' activation." To read more about Justin Dillon visit www.thextraordinary.org

An important read in this age of hyperconnectivity and ubiquitous access to consuming and producing opportunity. Read it.

What a glut of books! Who can read them? As already, we shall have a vast Chaos and confusion of Books, we are oppressed with them, our eyes ache with reading, our fingers with turning. For my part I am one of the number--one of the many--I do not deny it... Robert Burton's 1621 work The Anatomy of Melancholy:

Speed Reading. Adjustments for wpm and chunking. Be sure to go to advanced setting to stop at breaks (.) and pause at breaks (.). Use spreeder bookmarklet to skip the copy/paste text step -- just highlight text and click "spreed!" on toolbar.

Speed Reading. Adjustments for wpm and chunking. Be sure to go to advanced setting to stop at breaks (.) and pause at breaks (.).

Study suggests 'hanging out' on Facebook, MySpace, etc. not a waste for teens... http://tinyurl.com/6nq3qn New MacArthur Study: Blog Must Read for Educators http://weblogg-ed.com/2008/new-macarthur-study-must-read-for-educators/

There was a time when books, newspapers, magazines and journals were the prime source of content and information.  It was always your move! navigating the authority maze,  enjoying slow reading of (limited) information sources in order to gain a knowledge base that matched a particular curriculum outline. This was when content was king and the teacher was the sage on the stage. Now communication is the new curriculum, and content is but grist to the mill that churns new knowledge. Why?  I came across a few good reads this week that set me thinking and wondering about the changes that we must support in our teaching and in our library services.

reading guide to this facinating novel

Wow, this is a PRACTICAL guide to info literacy, from step by step on how to read a website, to how students report the info. FULL of information I can use in my classroom without having to reinvent the wheel myself!

Whether you are downloading ebooks, gadget manuals, research papers or your monthly bank statements, chances are that all these documents are available as Adobe PDF files. That's because PDF is probably the only format that can retain the original formatting and can be read across all platforms or even on the web if you don't want to install any desktop software for reading PDFs.

FoxVox is a simple text to voice Firefox plugin that allows you to highlight text on a web page and then have that text read back to you in a digitized voice format

TeachersFirst offers this model for elementary (or middle) schools to build skills in reading, writing, speaking, and listening systematically in a schoolwide model including students, teachers, and parents. The free web 2.0 tools suggested here are by no means the only tools that might work. These exemplary tools were chosen by the TeachersFirst Editors for ease of use and versatility in classroom and home use, and could easily be implemented at grade levels other than those suggested here. As students and teachers master a new tool at each grade level, they develop rich literacy skills and vital technology skills, all in the context of reading, writing, speaking and listening across the curriculum.

started to read it - interesting stuff, worth reading much more

This is the fourth article in the series on Virtual Learning entitled VISUAL LEARNING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. If you have a special needs child that has encountered finding educational solutions that provide successfully for your child, then you should read this article about what Visual Learning and the use of subtitled educational videos offers for special needs children of all ages. Read more...

Links to Reading Street Spelling and Vocabulary, MacMillan/McGraw Hill Spelling, Abeka Spelling, Harcourt Spelling, Essential Vocabulary, Journeys and Treasures, and Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary are also listed here.