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"Game-based learning doesn't have to break the bank. That was the key point of my presentation at The Learning Assembly in Melbourne last week. Sure, you can spend an obscene amount of money on gaming technology if you want to, but you don't have to. Take Diner Dash for instance. In this free online game, you play the role of a waitress in a busy restaurant. As the customers arrive you need to seat them, take their order, submit the order to the chef, serve their food, transact their payment, clean their table, and take the dirty dishes back to the kitchen."

"Adobe has unveiled Slate, a new tool for iPad that allows students and teachers to produce multimedia presentations that are viewable on any platform."

Make your own whiteboard video animations with Sparkol VideoScribe - award-winning video scribing app for PC, Mac and iPad. Free trial available.

"Planning to use Google Presentations with your students this year? The video tutorials below are definitely worth checking. There are a plethora of reasons why you would need to start using this Presentation software. First, Google Presentation is web based and therefore does not require any software installation. It is also part of Google Drive productivity suite and as such it is integrated with other services such as Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Drawing. Also, Presentations you create on Google Presentation are automatically saved to your Drive and become accessible anywhere you go with an Internet connection. Google has also recently added a bunch of new updates that enhance the overall performance of Presentations among these updates are the ability to crop, edit, and add borders to images."

"Present your documents with video "Even easier than before" Now you can make and send a video presentation directly from your Gmail."

"Make poster-sized collages Use your or friends' Facebook photos Use free poster backgrounds or upload your own Get big, high quality posters up to 3 feet tall Free downloads, prints from $7.50 + shipping" Saw it used to create posters of quotes that can be embedded in powerpoints. Great for exhibiting ideas.

PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images.

"DESIGN EASY INFOGRAPHICS Piktochart helps you to create infographics, share and get results in 3 easy steps No design experience required"

Student Literate Leaders. Getting students to be literate on the internet from Andrew Schwab

"This site will be both a support site for my presentations about iPad use for teaching and learning and also include links to other iPad information pages. If  you are tweeting a URL of a site dedicated to the use of the iPad in support of teaching and learning, use the hashtag #edtablet And here are some tools to help you begin the process of gathering apps -- an evaluation form for a content iPad/iPod application and one for a creation iPad/iPod application. Google versions you can use: forms for content and creation apps, resulting content spreadsheet and resulting creation spreadsheet. I also have started a page to allow you to submit your favorite apps to share with others -- App for That For information about collaboration, assessment, and workflow with the iPad, see my iPads4Teaching page!"

"At EdTechTeacher, our mission is to help teachers and schools leverage technology to create student-centered, inquiry-based learning environments. We offer keynote presentations, hands-on workshops, online courses, and live webinars for teachers, schools, and school districts. Whether you are a teacher looking to enhance your instructional practices, or a school leader seeking to foster change, we have services to fit a variety of needs. We understand teachers and students because all of us have been in the classroom."

A Christmas Carol is probably best known now as a story exploited by Hollywood repeatedly in straight adaptations (Disney's included) and altered versions such as the Bill Murray comedy Scrooged. Regardless of how it is now known it is certainly well known, and its anti-hero Scrooge represents curmudgeonly and stingy attitudes outside the context of the book. It was published a Christmas book in 1843 and is quite a simple tale but successful for that reason. Scrooge is avaricious, misanthropic and heartless, showing no feeling for the Christmas spirit After he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Marley, he sees visions of his past, present and future that inspire him to become a zealously kind and amiable individual who sends a turkey to his clerk Bob Cratchit and gives to Christmas charities generously. It is a somewhat saccharine tale and is not one of Dickens' finer works but the story itself is heartening and is a proposed alternative to the grim and stern Puritan values of the Victorian age.

"The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The goal of the Library's National Digital Library Program is to offer broad public access to a wide range of historical and cultural documents as a contribution to education and lifelong learning. The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Library of Congress does not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers."

The Encyclopedia of Life is an online project chronicling every single named plant, animal, fungus and microorganism species on earth. While currently a work in progress, the goal is to create a detailed Web page for each species.The EOL favors substance over style; users won't find flashy animation or crazy layouts here. Instead, visitors get quality scientific information, presented in an easy-to-digest package that doesn't overwhelm the senses.

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"Built For Online Learning BigBlueButton enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote students."

"Keeping your students engaged is hard. PowToon generates excitement and motivation in any classroom - no matter the age of the student."

"A Different Kind of 'Flipped' Learning: Students Teaching Students Posted by Ian Jukes on July 9, 2013 "Flipped learning, as you'll find out in the following article from the staff at eClassroom News, isn't just about digital technology. Here we look toward human technology, in which students become teachers in their own right in the quest to better themselves and their peers with relevant learning experiences that put them at the controls.""

"Creating a presentation or slideshow is a staple of any 21st Century Classroom and a skill that every successful educator has and every successful student should learn.  It used to be that only programs such as PowerPoint could create presentations.  However, now there are lots of sites and apps that not only create stunning presentations but also make it easier then ever. Below is my list of some of my favorite tools for creating beautiful-looking presentations and slideshows. This list is in alphabetical order. "