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Flip your Library - video tutorials for students to watch at home, then discuss the concepts in class.

"The Apple iPad may be one of the biggest updates to the modern classroom in recent memory, but what good is a new tablet without any content? How do you turn the tried-and-tested (and loathed?) textbooks that you're accustomed to using into a digital eBook? A new visual guide lets you in on the 'behind the scenes' of how a standard printed book becomes an interactive eBook."

Upload your own pictures and add speech bubbles. No login or account required. Easy and fun.

For all of the free literature and essays available online, a surprisingly small amount is geared toward children. Even less is aimed at children who speak foreign languages. The International Children's Digital Library offers children ages 3-13 free access to the best available children's literature in more than 40 languages.

Whether you're actually a young adult or not, these books captivated us in 2013. Ranked in no particular order.

Corridor of Uncertainty - Assorted thoughts and reflections on technology in education.

Create your own comic strips online with phrase.it, the free and easy to use speech bubble photo editor.

Interactive PPT features - demonstration of how to enliven PPT slides for elearning.

- Your Creation and Presentation tool Simplified

PDF files for making bookmarks with a variety of themes

The IFLA Trend Report identifies five top level trends which will play a key role in shaping our future information ecosystem.

"The positions of the Australian negotiators have been mixed. In relation to some provisions they are acting in accordance with domestic developments, including the recommendations of the IT pricing report on parallel importation and the abusive assertion of IP rights; on other issues, such as the extension of the term of copyright and the omission of "fair use," their position is not so strong. On these matters, and on the proposed cooperation between ISPs and copyright holders - which is controversial domestically and represents a significant change - the treaty terms ought to be open to public debate. *"

Excellent report on teenagers and digital identity