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Text to Speech (TTS) software allows you to have text read aloud to you. This is useful for struggling readers and for writers, when editing and revising their work. You can also convert eBooks to audiobooks so you can listen to them on long drives. We've posted some websites here where you can find some good TTS software programs and online tools that are free or at least have free versions available.

If you have a PDF file that you need to display on the web in HTML, than this website is exactly what you need. PDF files were not designed to be displayed right in browsers, and sometime converting them to HTML is the best way to display them. Using this service, the process couldn't be easier.

"Welcome to Piazza-a place where students can come together to ask, answer, and explore under the guidance of their instructor. It'll save you time, and your students will love using it. It's also free, and easy to get started."

ThisMoborobo is an application for Android users that allow them to do pretty much everything with their Android smartphone - in terms of management. The software can be used to easily back up and restore data that includes backing up contacts and apps to PC and easily transferring them between Android and iOS devices.

 Sharing files is a core Internet activity. It is done through e-mail, instant messages, posting links in Twitter, or by using Dropbox and Google Drive. But what if you just need a simple drag-and-drop interface and a quick link? Dropcanvas is a simple app that does exactly this. 

"Check out our list of 50 awesome videos for gaming teachers to discover what experts, teachers, and even students have to say about using games for education."

iPiccy makes your photo awesome with many easy to use photo tools. Edit pictures, apply beautiful photo effects, add text and even paint! Enjoy free photo editing online and show your creativity with iPiccy editor!

College teachers are always on the lookout for better ways to interact with their students. With technology bringing numerous innovations every day, teachers have a lot of interactive options to choose from. One of the best options available is a website called Coursekit, a free to use web service for teachers and students.

styleguide for Canvas including basic styles, scaffold/layout, components and design patterns - you can use the CSS classes in the code editor to jazz up the appearance of course pages without breaking baked-in functionality

Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning book website sponsored by NCTE and Corwin Press. This webpage has several online websites developed by the Media Education Lab at Temple University.

Use bFree to open a Blackboard™ course archive file and display an outline of the course. Preview and extract individual content items, or extract any or all content as an independent web site that mimics the original Blackboard™ course.

This tells us how to add page numbers to Google docs ... not for the faint of heart (like our students) but pretty damn cool.

Blog post on a day-long certificate workshop at the inaugural mLearnCon in San Diego titled Creating a successful m-learning strategy: From Planning to Implementation conducted by Judy Brown, Rovy Branon, Jason Haag, and Chris Raasch. The workshop was well designed and gave a wide range of information along with templates and charts that could be useful for the beginners and the slightly more experienced professionals in the field.

Over 100 free iPad apps to help you get started. Many of them are only free for a limited time as an introductory special so you'd better grab them fast!

If you own a digital camera or handycam, there is a good chance you have had to use video conversion software. The best ones often come with a price tag. Only a handful of freeware video conversion tools pack impressive features into a user friendly interface; Freemake belongs to these handful of programs.

GroupMe - is a mobile real-time group text messaging tool that helps you easily communicate with a group of people via text messages on your cellphone. You need to enter your phone number that'll register you for a free account. Once that's done, GroupMe sends you a phone number that can be assigned to a group and used for sending text messages.

MarkUp lets you draw on any webpage with a variety of tools to express your thoughts, make a point or just simply edit. Try MarkUp now by choosing a shape below. Then grab and drop on your bookmarks bar to use any time. Yes, no downloading needed.