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"Reading is inherently time consuming because your eyes have to move from word to word and line to line. Traditional reading also consumes huge amounts of physical space on a page or screen, which limits reading effectiveness on small displays. Scrolling, pinching, and resizing a reading area doesn't fix the problem and only frustrates people. Now, with compact text streaming from Spritz, content can be streamed one word at a time, without forcing your eyes to spend time moving around the page."

"Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos"

Useful app that might also be useful for our international students as well as some of the visually impaired (and dyslexic) students.

This is a neat website for finding all the FREE AMAZON BOOKS!

"Subtext is a free iPad app that allows classroom groups to exchange ideas in the pages of digital texts. You can also layer in enrichment materials, assignments and quizzes-opening up almost limitless opportunities to engage students and foster analysis and writing skills."

"E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages" Scientific American article

There's more to this than meets the eye! Had paper been the only medium though which I could read this article, I would never have had access to it.

Wow what a great chrome extension. This looks like a great tool for all writers. I especially like the 'collect highlights' tool. Make sure you watch the accompanying video to see how it works. 

Read&Write for Google Docs is a cool extension I found on Web App Reviews that can benefit ELLs and struggling readers. The extension provides you with a special toolbar on the top of your Google documents.

"What works in education? The Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE) presents reliable, unbiased reviews of research-proven educational programs"
(John Hopkins University)

The Boys' Reading Commission has found that boys' underachievement in reading is associated with the interplay of three factors:
-  The home and family environment, where girls are more 
likely to be bought books and taken to the library, and where 
mothers are more likely to support and role model reading;
-  The school environment, where teachers may have a limited 
knowledge of contemporary and attractive texts for boys 
and where boys may not be given the opportunity to develop 
their identity as a reader through experiencing reading for 
enjoyment;
-  Male gender identities which do not value learning and 
reading as a mark of success.