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Two great text-to-speech extensions to use with students

Two great text-to-speech extensions to use with students | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it
 
 
"Below are two of the best text to speech apps out there. We have already reviewed these apps in previous posts and today we have them in one list for you to try and choose the one you like ..."
  1. SpeakIt
  2. Voice Instead
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Collaborative close reading

Collaborative close reading | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Close reading - observing the stylistic details of a text in order to analyze an author’s use of language - is a skill taught in almost all college literature classes. Often, I describe this to students as collecting the data that we will eventually use as the evidence to support an interpretation ..."

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Fifty everyday words that actually started as brands and trademarks 

Fifty everyday words that actually started as brands and trademarks  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The benefits and dangers of brands becoming generic terms/words and 50 surprising ones that met this fate ..."

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2017 Words of the Year

2017 Words of the Year | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"This year, every word of the year had a political meaning—some good and some bad. "Fake news" was the clear winner, but there were some WOTY surprises too ...."

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Are we teaching geometry backwards to children?

Are we teaching geometry backwards to children? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Summary: A recent webinar explains why it makes more sense to teach children about three-dimensional figures before they learn about two-dimensional shapes ..."

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Online resources for ESL/EFL teachers: Part 1

Online resources for ESL/EFL teachers: Part 1 | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"This post is about useful online resources for teaching and learning English. Although I had the chance to know some websites of the selection below, I think there are plenty of blogs and webs that provide useful activities and printable documents ..."

Juan Juan's curator insight, November 9, 2017 8:18 AM
There are useful online resources  in this post for teaching and learning English. There are plenty of blogs and webs that provide useful activities and printable documents to take to the classroom and have fun with your students. They could also be great for homework. 
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Rewordify.com | Understand what you read

Rewordify.com | Understand what you read | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Rewordify.com helps you read more, understand better, learn new words, and teach more effectively ..."

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Twenty-one phrases you use without realizing you’re quoting Shakespeare

Twenty-one phrases you use without realizing you’re quoting Shakespeare | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

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Snap makes a bet on the cultural supremacy of the camera

Snap makes a bet on the cultural supremacy of the camera | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Our rising dependence on cameras is changing our language, and the company behind Snapchat is counting on the eventual dominance of visual culture ..."

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Exploring the benefits of audiobooks for any reading level

Exploring the benefits of audiobooks for any reading level | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In today’s world, encouraging and developing literacy through exposure to language, storytelling and fluency requires multimodal options. Audiobooks speak directly to this need ..."

Phillip Morgan's curator insight, December 27, 2016 12:29 AM
Check out the benefits of audio books.
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How to teach with our picture prompts (and other Times images)

How to teach with our picture prompts (and other Times images) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"We’re introducing a new, accessible, image-driven feature for the school year. Here are several ways you can use it, with English language learners or with any students for whom Times articles can be challenging ..."

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The power of electronic speaking portfolios in the language classroom — Emerging Education Technologies

The power of electronic speaking portfolios in the language classroom — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Learning a new Language can be Quite Challenging. But Assessing Progress Doesn’t Have to be … Let’s face it: we live in a time of evidence-based teaching. Parents, administrators, and students alike now more than ever demand clear learning outcomes and ..."

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Using virtual reality to make experiments more realistic

Using virtual reality to make experiments more realistic | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Neuroscience News has recent neuroscience research articles, brain research news, neurology studies and neuroscience resources for neuroscientists, students, and science fans and is always free to join ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: Supercharge student self-editing skills with this writing checker for Google Docs 

Free Technology for Teachers: Supercharge student self-editing skills with this writing checker for Google Docs  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Analyzing your own writing with a critical eye can be hard to do. I know, I try to do it every day and I still miss things that a ..."

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Eight good language translation and dictionary apps for students 

Eight good language translation and dictionary apps for students  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"An important element that can help students strengthen their grasp of language and enhance their linguistic communication is a rich lexical repertoire ..."

  1. Google Translation
  2.  iTranslate Voice
  3. Reverso
  4. Ultralingua
  5. Dictionary.com Pro
  6. Collins-Robert Concise French Dictionary
  7. English Thesaurus
  8. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Pro
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Nine of the best apps for learning spelling

Nine of the best apps for learning spelling | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Spelling is a learned activity that requires formal/informal teaching and practice. You may pick up the oral part of a target language relatively easily (depending on your cognitive capacities, linguistic environment, and the level of your motivation and dedication, among other factors) ..."

  1. Simplex Spelling Phonics 1
  2. Montessorium: Intro to Words
  3. Spelling Monster
  4. Spelling Teacher
  5. Word Wizard for Kids
  6. Spelling Magic 3
  7. Spelling bus
  8. Spelling bug
  9. A+ Spelling Bee English Words
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Best editing tools for bloggers

Best editing tools for bloggers | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Here are some suggestions on finding the best editing tools for bloggers. After you spend hours or even days working on a single blog post and organizing ..."

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New free app helps residents learn to speak Arabic like a Qatari

New free app helps residents learn to speak Arabic like a Qatari | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Qatari Phrasebook aims to teach non-Arabic speakers more than 1,500 common Arabic words and phrases, all in the Qatari dialect ..."

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Too much jargon: A barrier to learning?

Too much jargon: A barrier to learning? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Most introductory courses contain hundreds of terms that are new to students, and those terms refer to things that are also unknown to students ..."

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Opinion | U can’t talk to ur professor like this

Opinion | U can’t talk to ur professor like this | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Formal manners and titles aren’t elitist. They ensure respect for everyone ..."

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Boost growth mindset with tech

Boost growth mindset with tech | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

“Growth mindset” is the idea that the brain -- or intellect -- is a like a muscle that when exercised can grow and change over time. It says that a person’s perceived talents or academic and interpersonal skills are NOT fixed at one level, but can develop, given the right tools and effort ..." 

  1. Quill
  2. Tinkercad

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How Mandarin can unlock our children's potential in an increasingly connected world

How Mandarin can unlock our children's potential in an increasingly connected world | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"With over one billion speakers worldwide, the global significance of Mandarin Chinese cannot be denied ..."

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If an algorithm wrote this, how would you even know?

If an algorithm wrote this, how would you even know? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"With software creating ever more of what we read, the idea that language is what makes us human is obsolete ..."

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How technology has changed our language (infographic)

How technology has changed our language (infographic) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"There is no doubt about what has had the greatest impact on our language and how we speak in recent years – technology and the internet ..."

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The emoji is the birth of a new type of language (� no joke)

The emoji is the birth of a new type of language (� no joke) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In essence, we're watching the birth of a new type of language. Emoji assist in a peculiarly modern task: conveying emotional nuance in short utterances ..."

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