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"iFixit is the free repair manual that you can edit."

dotEPUB is software in the cloud that allows you to convert any webpage into an e-book.

Students today have instant access to information through technology and the web, manage their own acquisition of knowledge through informal learning, and have progressed beyond consumers of content to become producers and publishers. As a result, traditional teaching and learning methods are becoming less effective at engaging students and motivating them to achieve.

"27 Apps that have changed my Teaching and Learning Practice - Updated"

"At EdTechTeacher, we believe in supporting all educators. This section of our web site is dedicated to providing the best possible resources to help teachers leverage technology to improve teaching and learning."

"School is a time in a students life where they are learning as much about how to be students and operate successfully in a school as they are about how to read, write, and think. But oftentimes, the demand for pure academic instruction and practice can fly in the face for a student's need-at any age-to play, build, interact, explore, and construct their own learning experience. Issues like these can make mobile technology like tablets a boon to learning, as they can allow individual access to the right app-and the right content, creative opportunity, game, or learning simulation-at the right time. It is the collision of the need for interaction, personalization, creativity, and constant feedback that can make video games powerful tools for learning-and the following 38 games, curated by Sam Gliksman-and excellent place to start."