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Digital Education: Web 2.0: Are School Principals Falling Behind? - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 15 Apr 09 - Cached

Unless keeping up with tech trends is made a high priority by the administrator, I can see how keeping up with it all would quickly fall by the wayside because of other, more important priorities
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I do think that principals should keep up with technology mainly because luddite principals cannot possibly show the value of technology applications in the classroom if they are so deskilled themselves
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Administrators could subscribe to one useful blog, such as Instructify, http://blogs.learnnc.org/instructify, and read it on a regular basis. In today's day and age it's easy to access information quickly
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more services that are provided as open source/free, since they are quickly becoming a necessity in the online world to exchange information and ideas.
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The most important thing to teach a student is the desire to learn and discover. With that they can become a better learner. WHY?--because they are truly engaged as they are learning, researching, etc.
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I find it more important to teach a student how to learn efficiently
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the intelligent use of technology
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It's not the same world anymore, and fighting it is only stealing opportunities away from our children. They need to learn what will help them succeed, not learn what we learned because we want them to be like us
- Melissa Seifman on 15 Apr 09
  
  We are all aware these are not 'quick fix super tools' where the studenst will become instantly bright. But if it's a technology the students can use to problem solve, research, collaborate as if they were in the 'real' world, we are doing them a disservice by not teaching them how to use them intelligently, and giving them opportunities to do so.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">We are all aware these are not 'quick fix super tools' where the studenst will become instantly bright. But if it's a technology the students can use to problem solve, research, collaborate as if they were in the 'real' world, we are doing them a disservice by not teaching them how to use them intelligently, and giving them opportunities to do so.</div>
  
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By learning how to get the answers for something they already care about finding the answers to, they'll have the tools to do research for their paper when it occurs to them that it's time to do what they "gotta do" and complete their paper on time.
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Melissa Seifman on 15 Apr 09

Katie Ash is a writer and Web producer for Digital Directions and a co-author of Education Week's "Motivation Matters" blog. Kathleen Kennedy Manzo has been covering curriculum and standards for Education Week since 1996, including federal, state, and local policies, instructional materials, and teaching practices.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner"> Katie Ash is a writer and Web producer for Digital Directions and a co-author of Education Week's "Motivation Matters" blog. Kathleen Kennedy Manzo has been covering curriculum and standards for Education Week since 1996, including federal, state, and local policies, instructional materials, and teaching practices.</div>

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When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08 - Cached

Do the risque pages matter if teacher performance is not hindered and if students, parents and school officials don't see them? At what point are these young teachers judged by the standards for public officials?
- Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08
  
  I think this is a valid question to ask, especially if the school is developing a policy to cover use of social networking if their school is represented
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I think this is a valid question to ask, especially if the school is developing a policy to cover use of social networking if their school is represented</div>
  
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"I know that employers will look at that page, and I need to be more careful," said Webster, adding that other Prince William teachers have warned her about her page. "At the same time, my work and social lives are completely separate. I just feel they shouldn't take it seriously. I am young. I just turned 22."
- Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08
  
  Hmm... then the wise decision would be to have a work and a social site that are also completely separate....
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hmm... then the wise decision would be to have a work and a social site that are also completely separate....</div>
  
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Local school officials say they have no policies concerning social networking pages or blogs kept by teachers. But they said that online improprieties would fall under general guidelines requiring proper behavior in and outside school and that sketchy Web sites would be handled case by case.
- Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08
  
  I'm not sure that's enough. In this new digital age, the virtual identies established by social networking sites, gaming sites, and so one, should conform to some kind of code of conduct established by the school - similar to the code of conduct established by IMB at http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/virtualworlds.IBMVirtualWorldGuidelines.html. I think each school should be including something similar in their guidelines for both teachers and students, especially if their school is going to be mentioned in any way on these sites...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm not sure that's enough. In this new digital age, the virtual identies established by social networking sites, gaming sites, and so one, should conform to some kind of code of conduct established by the school - similar to the code of conduct established by IMB at <a href="http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/virtualworlds.IBMVirtualWorldGuidelines.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_projects.nsf/pages/virtualworlds.IBMVirtualWorldGuidelines.html</a>. I think each school should be including something similar in their guidelines for both teachers and students, especially if their school is going to be mentioned in any way on these sites...</div>
  
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Teachers caught with inappropriate Web sites could get a suspension for a first-time offense, said Michael Simpson, assistant general counsel for the National Education Association, a teachers union with more than 3 million members. If they can prove that no one at school complained about the page, then they might prevail in a personnel dispute "because there would be no evidence of any real or potential harm to the students or school," he said.
- Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08
  
  If they can prove no one complained about the page then they MIGHT prevail in a personnel dispute. Again, I go back to my previous comment - clarify the policies for what is appropriate/inappropriate in this new digital age. Teachers are people who are entitled to a social life - if their social life in no way references the school, workplace, job, etc. - why hold them accountable? And - if the teacher truly feels that posting such things on their social site is acceptable, then they should be very careful to make that site private or someone keep others from clearly recognizing the teacher as associated with that school..
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">If they can prove no one complained about the page then they MIGHT prevail in a personnel dispute. Again, I go back to my previous comment - clarify the policies for what is appropriate/inappropriate in this new digital age. Teachers are people who are entitled to a social life - if their social life in no way references the school, workplace, job, etc. - why hold them accountable? And - if the teacher truly feels that posting such things on their social site is acceptable, then they should be very careful to make that site private or someone keep others from clearly recognizing the teacher as associated with that school..</div>
  
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Melissa Seifman on 18 Nov 08

Interesting read for this new virtual world. What are your comments?

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2¢ Worth » What Does a 21st Century School Look Like? - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09 - Cached

The central theme of our BBQ flavored conversation was t he challenge of getting reluctant teachers to buy in to the spirit and practice of a 21st century school.  Since the principal was at the table, I suggested that the use of digital networked content be part of the evaluation expectations for teachers, and that it needed to go much MUCH deeper than just saying, “We want you to do one technology-infused unit this year.”  I suggested that all relics of learning and teaching that are shared, must be digital.
- Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
  
  I totally agree. A 21st century school, and instructors integrate real technology into their lessons. It is no longer sufficient to call a lesson with internet research and use of powerpoint or other office tools a "technology" lesson.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I totally agree. A 21st century school, and instructors integrate real technology into their lessons. It is no longer sufficient to call a lesson with internet research and use of powerpoint or other office tools a "technology" lesson.</div>
  
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Libraries will be filled with computers or Kindles rather than books. It will be hard to find the teachers since the students will be directing their own education
- Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
  
  Yes! Students having a buy in to what they are learning...Librarys that are no longer book and magazine repositories, but rich media centers with many different real technologies available... We'll just forget the part about.. *cough* funding the technology...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yes! Students having a buy in to what they are learning...Librarys that are no longer book and magazine repositories, but rich media centers with many different real technologies available... We'll just forget the part about.. *cough* funding the technology...</div>
  
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They will also need to dedicate much time to responding to discussion forums, occasional synchronous chat sessions, grading projects, and maintaining their online classrooms.
- Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
  
  Online classrooms are a must I think.. Today's students are to be much more interested and engaged by online learning environments than traditional text-book/lecture based ones because they have literally grown up in it. Their way of thinking has changed.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Online classrooms are a must I think.. Today's students are to be much more interested and engaged by online learning environments than traditional text-book/lecture based ones because they have literally grown up in it. Their way of thinking has changed.</div>
  
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Students would be working, but in the same spirit of the work they engage in when playing many of the video games that they spend time with. Their work would be such that they are constantly asking questions, and are in constant need of information and collaborative arrangements for inventing solutions
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When the community looks at the school, they see learning — not a school.
- Melissa Seifman on 14 Jan 09
  
  I especially love the last quote of this highlight - when the community looks at a school, they see learning - not a school. Communities need to be able to be just as activily involved..
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I especially love the last quote of this highlight - when the community looks at a school, they see learning - not a school. Communities need to be able to be just as activily involved..</div>
  
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Students don’t think of 21century learning - they live it
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Interactivate: Stopwatch - 0 views

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Stopwatch and timer designed for whiteboard

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Melissa Seifman on 13 Mar 09

A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks. A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks. A perfect way to count up, count down, record times, and include a buzzer. You can change the size of the numbers and otherwise play with it. If you are an elementary teacher, lesson plans are included for learning to use a stopwatch, and even connects with three different mathematical textbooks.</div>

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Purdue study: Hands-on learning better | www.jconline.com | Journal and Courier - 0 views

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shared by Charles Brads on 02 Feb 09 - Cached

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Youngsters taught science in classes where the goal was to design and build a device to perform a specific task scored significantly higher on a final test than students who got traditional classroom instruction

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Youngsters taught science in classes where the goal was to design and build a device to perform a specific task scored significantly higher on a final test than students who got traditional classroom instruction</div>

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Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb - 0 views

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ResearchSources

shared by Melissa Seifman on 24 Nov 08 - Cached

Google, the largest search database on the planet, currently has around eight billion web pages indexed. That's a lot of information. But it's nothing compared to what else is out there. Google can only index the visible web, or searchable web. But the invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web. The invisible web comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines simply are not able to index.
- Melissa Seifman on 24 Nov 08
  
  More students today really need to learn the difference between google and researching!
  
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Thoughts on Assessment | blog of proximal development - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 06 Mar 09 - Cached

The student participants in my study engaged in writing and reading through a variety of complex and rich interactions. They posted their own work on their blogs, commented on the work of their peers, linked to each other’s work, and initiated numerous conversations in the class blogosphere.
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the students would not respond well to a teacher who enters the class blogosphere only to assign work or to evaluate their writing.
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Only two days after I asked the students to compose a written response to the work we had covered, they began to use their blogs not only to brainstorm but also to request feedback from their peers and engage them in discussions about the work they were doing for this assignment
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- the students had turned to the community of their peers to request feedback. Then, I realized that none of the children asked me for feedback. It didn’t take long to realize that, a) they didn’t see me as a contributor in the community, and b) they associated me with corrections and grades.
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. But this experience helped me realize that we don’t spend enough time providing feedback for our students and that most of what teachers consider teaching and assessment consists of marking and correcting student work. This kind of practice does not engage our students in those rich interactive processes of talking about their work and their ideas.
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What is the Wiki Tool? - 0 views

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shared by Jared McLear on 04 Dec 08 - Cached

As the instructor, you need to configure and make it available.
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Participation details can also be viewed for a student in the course showing pages they have edited
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When instructors create a Wiki in a content area of the course, an entry in the gradebook can be automatically generated so that participation in the Wiki can be included in the student grades.
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Other options for wikis include allowing students to edit the pages, allowing students to delete or “purge” individual pages, controlling who can comment on pages, and limiting access to the wiki for a specific time period
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and a history of the changes made
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Jared McLear on 04 Dec 08

Wiki overview from Duke University

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The Three-E Strategy for Overcoming Resistance to Technological Change (EDUCAUSE Quarte... - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09 - Cached

Consider for a moment the impact of Web 2.0 on a professor working in academia for 20 or 30 years. The flattening of knowledge production and the ease of access to information represented by Web 2.0 technologies in many ways negates the concept of the “sage on the stage” or even traditional notions of scholarship. This world is not what most professors are used to, and many are threatened by and therefore resist this kind of change.
- Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09
  
  In a nutshell! The very notion of how to learn has changed
  
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These concerns must shape our strategy for gaining acceptance of any new technology. First, a technology must be evident to the user as potentially useful in making his or her life easier (or more enjoyable). Second, a technology must be easy to use to avoid rousing feelings of inadequacy. Third, the technology must become essential to the user in going about his or her business. This “Three-E Strategy,”
- Melissa Seifman on 09 Apr 09
  
  Evidence of usefulness, easy to use, and essential - Professional development needs to focus on these 3 E's in order to poise ourselves for social learning
  
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Educational Leadership:Giving Students Ownership of Learning:Springing into Active Lear... - 0 views

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Belief 1: The rules of a classroom and a content area are based on what the teacher wants.
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Belief 2: What the teacher wants me to say is more important than what I want to say.
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Belief 3: The point of an assignment is to get it done.
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Belief 4: Once an assignment is finished, it's off the to-do list.
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Belief 5: If I make a mistake, my job is to replace it with the right answer.
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Belief 6: I feel proud of my work only if I receive a good grade.
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Belief 7: Speed is synonymous with intelligence.
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Belief 8: Once I get too far behind, I can never catch up.
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Belief 9: What I'm learning in school doesn't have much to do with my life—but it isn't supposed to—it's school.
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To what extent do the classroom rules encourage the "neatness" of compliant behavior instead of the inherent messiness of engagement?
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To what extent do scoring tools over-reward students for packaging their work and underreward the quality of thinking?
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To what extent do school staff members "save" students from having to struggle?
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To what extent do students revise work?
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To what extent has the pace of the curriculum compromised the opportunity to go more deeply into the discipline?
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Charles Brads on 25 Nov 08

How students' beliefs work against active learning.

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Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds - 0 views

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Carmen Hartzell on 25 Nov 08

This is a great way to make words into a snazzy visual.

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Carmen Hartzell on 25 Nov 08

Make a word cloud.

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ClassTools.net: Create interactive flash tools / games for education - 0 views

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Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!</div>

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Wikis in the Classroom - SlideShare - 0 views

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shared by Jared McLear on 16 Dec 08 - Cached

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A slideshow presentation on why to use a wiki in the classroom.

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eyePlorer - 0 views

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Search Engine that displays results visually, and includes a notebook to drag and drop quotes. Quotes can then be copied to the clipboard to use where neededSearch Engine that displays results visually, and includes a notebook to drag and drop quotes. Quotes can then be copied to the clipboard to use where needed

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Melissa Seifman on 25 Mar 09

Search Engine that displays results visually, and includes a notebook to drag and drop quotes. Quotes can then be copied to the clipboard to use where needed

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Motika's Home Page - 0 views

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shared by Melissa Seifman on 17 Feb 09 - Cached

Melissa Seifman on 17 Feb 09

A blog by an educator that demonstrates instead of tells how to use a blog in your classroom

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Using Challenging Concepts To Learn Promotes Understanding Of New Material - 0 views

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While most teachers progress from easier topics to more advanced ones, that may not always be the best approach, according to a new study.

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Blogs for Learning | Articles - - 0 views

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Great article with practical suggestions for Blogging in a classroom

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Read The Words - 0 views

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