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Text message reminders to students / parents. Students and parents also have the option of receiving email alerts instead of text messages.

WordSift is a tool that was created primarily for teachers. Mainly, think of it playfully - as a toy in a linguistic playground that is available to instantly capture and display the vocabulary structure of texts, and to help create an opportunity to talk and play with language.

WordSift provide a place where user's can put text into a box and then press sift to bring the text to life with a visualization.

automatically recognizes text in pictures and converts it to a text file we can work with - preserving the layout.

Google Voice can be used by students who are hearing impaired can use this tool to take advantage of text-messaging features to participate in activites that require oral communication. Google Voice will let them view text transcripts of voice-mail messages. Any student can post audio files or podcasts using google voice. Google voicemail and text message communications are archived so there is a running record of all activities and progress. A teacher could make oral quizzes into podcasts by uploading them to a podcasting service, such as ITunes, and students could subscribe to the podcast.

Publish full articles without needing a blog or site. There's no setup or login. Just write your text and Write4net will publish it using your Twitter account. That's it. So easy. And free! You can format your text with several features, including pictures and YouTube, Vimeo and DailyMotion videos. Your text will be published and instantly tweeted. Plus you get a personal page, blog style, where everybody can find all your articles (it even has RSS!).

People have been using Poll Everywhere to make word clouds and tag clouds for years. Now, we've made it even easier with a simple two-step process for our favorite word cloud services: Wordle, Tagxedo, and Tagul. You'll find a new view called "Word cloud" on your Free Text Polls.

Use a cell phone with no data plan to retrieve information from a website in the form of a text message.

Use a cell phone with no data plan to retrieve information from a website in the form of a text message.

"Copy / Paste text in CarryoutText to convert it to a MP3 file that can be downloaded and used in your favorite MP3 Player. "

This is a collaborative text synchronized as you type. This means that others with whom you are sharing the page can see what you are writing as you write it.

MixedInk is a free and democratic collaborative writing tool. With MixedInk, any group can weave their best ideas and opinions together to collectively write reviews, op-eds, letters to the editor, petitions, mission statements, blogs, and more.">This is a cached version of http://mixedink.com/main.php. Diigo.com has no relation to the site.x

New web application that allows users to compare and merge text documents online. You can upload different versions of the same text document and see what has been changed. It automatically color codes changes it finds between the different revisions of a document and provides user with an easy way to approve, reject, or set aside a change.

Class Parrot - Text Students and Parents for Free http://t.co/a0kVnnNA (via @rmbyrne) RT @bhsprincipal

Lessonwriter creates lesson plans and instructional materials for teaching English language skills from any reading passage. * Copy & paste any text you choose into LessonWriter. * LessonWriter analyzes text for vocabulary, grammar and usage, pronunciation, and word roots and stems. * Then, LessonWriter writes a lesson plan and a lesson that teaches the skills you chose in the context of the passage - automatically.

"We'll be exploring the new Common Core State Standards, and how teaching with The Times can address them, through a series of blog posts."

AwesomeHighlighter is the easiest way to highlight texts on Web pages. When you finish highlighting, you get a link and share it with others. If you like this, you should also try Markkit.

"Simply enter some text and create your word cloud! * Customise many settings * Share your word cloud (or keep it secret!) * Embed it on your own website"

Capzles helps anyone create beautiful, interactive, rich-media timelines online using videos, photos, text, music, audio and most documents..

turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurence within the body of text.