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Weaving books into the web—Starting with Wikipedia | Internet Archive Blogs

Weaving books into the web—Starting with Wikipedia | Internet Archive Blogs | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Internet Archive has transformed 130,000 references to books in Wikipedia into live links to 50,000 digitized Internet Archive books in several Wikipedia language editions including English, Greek, and Arabic ..."

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The importance of game-based learning (12 excellent reads) 

The importance of game-based learning (12 excellent reads)  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"There is currently a heated discussion in the United States around the probable role of video games in promoting a culture of violence, a contentious discussion triggered by Trump’s tweet. And without going into this fruitless polarized kind of debates, games (including video games) are important pedagogical elements that can help students thrive academically in school and outside of school ..." 

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Five great kids' digital libraries

Five great kids' digital libraries | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Here are five web platforms where you can access a wide variety of books and other reading materials designed specifically for kids. Features provided differ from one platform to the other ..."

  1.  The International Children's Digital Library 
  2. Epic
  3. StoryPlace
  4. Magic Blox
  5. MightyBook
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Eight great books on technology integration in education

Eight great books on technology integration in education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
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Twenty indispensable high school reads

Twenty indispensable high school reads | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"We asked our community which works of literature were must-reads for high schoolers. Here are your top picks ..."

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Six great books on digital literacies

Six great books on digital literacies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Digitality has radically redefined the concept of  learning expanding its breadth to unprecedented extremes. New epistemologies have seen the light and with them comes a bunch of new literacies, some call them digital literacies others call them 21st century literacies, but regardless of the nomeclature, these new literacies have rapidly morphed into learning forces driving much of the learning taking place in our current era ..."

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Beautifully-designed, downloadable Bauhaus architecture books

Beautifully-designed, downloadable Bauhaus architecture books | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Last year Monoskop delighted the architecture and art community by making many of the Bauhaus publications available to freely download.  ..."

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Best quotes and sayings about books

Best quotes and sayings about books | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Quotes and sayings celebrating the love of books ..."

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Free: Download 5.3 million images from books published over last 500 years

Free: Download 5.3 million images from books published over last 500 years | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Back in 2014, we brought to your attention an image archive rivaling the largest of its kind on the web: the Internet Archive Book Images collection at Flickr ..."

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University students are unable to read a whole book

University students are unable to read a whole book | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"University students are increasingly unable to read a whole book as they simply don’t have the concentration spans required ..."

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Placing Literature maps out real places you've read about in books

Placing Literature maps out real places you've read about in books | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"It’s always fun to visit the real life places you read about in books. There’s just something exciting about exploring the place the author had in mind while writing. Placing Literature is a fun tool that maps those places out for you ..."

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All CBSE books will now be available online for free #DigitalIndia

All CBSE books will now be available online for free #DigitalIndia | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In one of the biggest decisions, Edu minister Smriti Irani has announced that henceforth, all books under CBSE curriculum would be freely available for students ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: Three tools to help students find books to read this summer

Free Technology for Teachers: Three tools to help students find books to read this summer | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
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Know your why! What are your favorite formative assessment tools, web resources, and books? 

Know your why! What are your favorite formative assessment tools, web resources, and books?  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"For me, formative assessment is an essential tool or maybe I should say part of my philosophy connected to how I teach and how my students learn ..."

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Editor's choice: The 20 best books on technology in education

Editor's choice: The 20 best books on technology in education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"By Sarah Ambrose The time to embrace change in education is right now! In fact, it’s long overdue. Did you know that the model for modern-day public education was created by the need for on-time mechanical workers during the industrial …"

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Six good Android apps for book lovers

Six good Android apps for book lovers | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Looking for some good book apps to use on your Android ? The list below has you covered. It features 6 popular Android apps that will enable you to discover,  access, browse and read books on the go. Some of these apps provide access to huge libraries of free audio books and podcasts ..."

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Twelve popular Minecraft books for kids - Guides and novels for reading fun!

Twelve popular Minecraft books for kids - Guides and novels for reading fun! | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Pull your kids away from the screen with these popular Minecraft books for kids. Minecraft has a lot of official and unofficial guides and novels ..."

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Class tech tips: Five books to inspire digital reading responses | Tech Learning

Class tech tips: Five books to inspire digital reading responses | Tech Learning | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Are your students responding to reading with digital tools? Last year I  published two posts that featured some favorite apps and websites that give students a way to respond to reading. The first post 9 Reading Response Apps and Websites highlighted a handful of favorite tools for reading response ..."

  1. Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! 
  2. Pink and Say
  3. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust
  4. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
  5. Hidden Figures Young Readers’ Edition
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Cool Cat Teacher’s gift list 2016 edition

Cool Cat Teacher’s gift list 2016 edition | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"If you’ve ever struggled to buy presents like I do, you probably ask people what they like to buy. Therefore, I am always looking at the blogs and newsletters of the edtech gurus and leaders I love to see what they love ALREADY ..."

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Six great books on project-based learning for teachers

Six great books on project-based learning for teachers | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Whether you are a new or a veteran practitioner of project based learning approach in your teaching, the books below will provide you with a solid theoretical and pedagogical grounding to support your PBL methodology in class ..."

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Six of the most bizarre books to boost business innovation and creativity!

Six of the most bizarre books to boost business innovation and creativity! | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Accessing and referring to books to boost business innovation and creativity is definitely a great way to get detailed knowledge in these fields ..."

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The top eight professional reads for educators 2016 (plus more)

The top eight professional reads for educators 2016 (plus more) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Top 8 Professional Reads for Educators (plus more) as voted by you for your Summer reading list! After sending out a survey over the space of 2 weeks on Twitter and through other Social Media …"

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100+ alternative search engines you should know

100+ alternative search engines you should know | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Google is the most powerful search engine available, but when it comes to searching for something specific, Google may churn out general results for some ..."

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Download thousands of free technical and research books from Springer

Download thousands of free technical and research books from Springer | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"We’re always happy to find a large collection of free educational books, and it looks like Springer has recently made available over 50,000 books covering STEM subjects ..."

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They may not be brand new anymore, but will still be valuable.

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Our (bare) shelves, our selves

Our (bare) shelves, our selves | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The increasing absence of physical books, records and photo albums in homes can negatively affect developing intellects ..."

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