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"Announcify is a free text to speech application that is available as a Chrome browser extension and as an Android app. With Announcify installed in your browser any time you're viewing a webpage you can simply click on the Announcify icon in your browser and have that page read to you. "

Excellent strategies for increasing comprehension--especially in content area reading.

MyClassroomIdeas.com is a Pinterest-like site for teachers to discover and share pictures of classroom design elements like bulletin boards, reading corners, and door decorations. Any teacher can register and share his or her ideas with the community. If you just want to browse for ideas, there are seven galleries that you can browse through.

"Information is Beautiful released their visualization awards shortlist a couple days ago and if you like visual stuff you will want to check it out." Interesting from both a reading-for-information and creating/composition standpoint.

Type a message and create a spoken message that can be read with a qr scanner.

Study Stream is a new service for learning to read and speak Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese. Study Stream takes an interesting approach to helping people learn these languages. The centerpiece of the Study Stream system is a collection of videos and articles in the language that you're trying to learn. The videos and articles are accompanied by side-by-side translations to help you follow along. From each video or article you can select words and phrases that you want to study through the study exercises provided by Study Stream. (Description coutesy of Free Technology for Teachers)

Linda Darling-Hammond and others uncover the inconsistencies of Value-added models designed to rate teachers on effectiveness.  A must-read!  

"To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, documentarian Ken Burns, along with numerous partners, has launched a national effort to encourage everyone in America to video record themselves reading or reciting the speech.The collection of recordings housed on this site will continue to grow as more and more people are inspired by the power of history and take the challenge to LEARN THE ADDRESS."