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Intute is a free online service designed to help students find and use the best academic web resources. Intute is a product of the collaborative efforts of seven universities in the UK. A couple of the services offered by Intute are a catalog of reviewed websites and a series of virtual trainings to help students develop web research skills. The virtual trainings offered by Intute are designed to teach students how to locate, evaluate, and utilize the best of the web. Trainings are tailored to meet the needs of students studying a wide range of topics including mathematics, economics, medicine, philosophy, and much more. Intute also offers a virtual training on locating and using images from the Internet. Applications for Education Intute's resources are best utilized by high school students and college students who are in need of some guidance in locating resources for their research projects.

Intute is a free online service designed to help students find and use the best academic web resources. Intute is a product of the collaborative efforts of seven universities in the UK. A couple of the services offered by Intute are a catalog of reviewed websites and a series of virtual trainings to help students develop web research skills.

"The program produces professional sounding, individualized report cards in the shortest possible time. It uses a set of statements written by the teacher or downloaded from the net which can then be tailored to suit individual students needs. "

Make picture collages in less than a minute with just a few mouse clicks Via Randy Rogers

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Websites and resources to assist with integrating the iPad into K-12 schools.

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iCivics is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

The online role-playing games on iCivics are free, teacher-friendly, and effective

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