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"The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age. When students create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their story, learning becomes personal. With digital storytelling, students can: * Improve their writing. * Show creativity. * Have a voice. Digital storytelling projects lend themselves well to portfolio assessment."

"This is a guest post from Karen Schweitzer. Karen writes about online colleges at OnlineColleges.net. Productivity has to be priority number one when you're a student. Between class, study time, and extracurricular activities, there just aren't enough hours in the day. That's why free web apps exist. These no-cost products are specifically designed to make your life easier and less stressful. Some have been around for years and others are relatively new-but they will all do their part to boost your productivity. Here are 20 free web apps that every student can use: "

GistWeb will give the gist of any web page's actual content. It's goal is to provide a "summary" version of any page, giving you the meat and discarding the fluff. This saves loads of time when doing research online. To use GistWeb, drag this -> Gist It! Open) and click your GistWeb bookmark. One last note: As a rule, GistWeb only works well on English documents. Using it on documents of any other language may produce low quality results.

"More than half of college students frequently or always consult Wikipedia for course-related research, according to a report published in First Monday, an online, peer-reviewed journal. Only 22 percent of respondents to the survey said they rarely or never use Wikipedia. The study"........

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"Welcome to the complete collection of our Photo Masterclasses. Just click on the images below to download a PDF of each masterclass and your photography skills will soon improve with our experts' advice. "

THis is interesting, links to all kinds of periodic tables, kinda interesting

"Letters and symbols represent numbers and objects in mathematics. However, many of us are probably not aware that we use them in different ways. Below are the different uses of letters and symbols in algebra."

"Curriculum teaches digital literacy and citizenship"

We Are In Deep Doo Doo Lois Weiner, who has been documenting the global neoliberal assault on teachers, posted a critique of Diane Ravitch's new book on her blog today that is worth every public school teacher's attention. "

"Alan November talks about the importance of making students contributors to their own learning. I have been following his work for years (seen him present in person a couple of times too). I have been especially paying attention to his thoughts about how, over the years, it seems that we have taken away the reason/relevance for learning of our children."

"Social Media Etiquette for Students: 50 Crucial Rules"

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"International School Bangkok 21st Century Literacy wiki!"International School Bangkok 21st Century Literacy wiki!

"Geography is a Separate Subject. Really?"

Classroom Project Join in the fun as we celebrate the 50th birthday of Green Eggs and Ham. (first published: Aug. 12, 1960)