I've enjoyed Larry Ferlazzo's tweets and posts for several years now, but seeing the wealth of links on his blog and trawling through a fraction of them just reminds us that no matter how much we know... it is only a fraction of what we can learn from others! I loved these simple activities for pedagogically exploiting images in the EFL classroom.
“We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.”
We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?
Gilmar - I just realized that you are the same Adviser Gilmar. We are doubly brothers/sisters. Good job, by the way; you have a lot to teach us. Hugs, Judy
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Top 10 sites for Creating Digital Magazines and Newspapers by David Kapuler
September 13, 2010
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While creating digital magazines or newspapers can be done in a word processor, there are dedicated sites that elevate this art to a whole new level.
Top 10 sites for Creating Digital Magazines/Newspapers
1. Issuu - One of the most popular and successful online digital magazine creators/publishers around, with a very nice user interface.
2. Yudu - Upload a document or PDF to create an online magazine that can be emailed our or embedded into a site.
3. Openzine - Very user friendly site with an abundance of templates and layouts to create a professional-looking magazine and share online.
4. NewsCred - Create a terrific looking online newspaper in 5 minutes, similar to Openzine.
5. Scribd - A very popular Web 2.0 site for creating online content and publishing.
6 Fodey - A fun site to create a newspaper and then download to print out or put on a blog or site.
7. Zinepal - A great way to bring the news to students by "clipping" online articles. This is a wonderful site for those making the move to ebook readers.
8. Paper.li - A fantastic site to turn Twitter into an online readable magazine.
9. Guzzle.it - Is a news aggregator that puts online news in one customizable place.
10. Crayon - Create a professional-looking newspaper with this nice online creator. There are several options to choose from, so it has a bit of a higher learning curve.
David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment. For more information about his work, contact him at dkapuler@gmail.com and read his blog at cyber-kap.blogspot.com.
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