public marks

PUBLIC MARKS with tag reading

2010

Donefeed

by simon_bricolo
reading list aggregator

2009

Read Faster Now - ReadSpeeder, the Free Speed Reading System

by ycc2106
Click the buttons above to control the reader, or click 'Add Text' to copy and paste your own text or use the bookmarklet

American Girl for Grown-ups

by access2
The American Girl® brand was established in 1986 by educator & entrepreneur Pleasant T. Rowland. Mattel acquired American Girl's parent Pleasant Company in 1998. American Girl is the direct marketer of the popular collectible-quality American Girl 18'' dolls -- The marketing "hook" for their more widely distributed merchandise tie-ins -- primarily a well-regarded series of books aimed at the 4-13 year old age group.

LibriVox » The Ballad of Reading Gaol, by Oscar Wilde

by tadeufilippini
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Wilde’s meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross indecency. The charges stemmed from his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the son of the Marquis of Queensberry. It relates the story of an execution of a man who murdered his wife which Wilde witnessed during his internment. Published in 1898, it was Wilde’s last published poem as he would die in 1900 from cerebral menengitis, caused by syphilis. (Summary by John Gonzalez) * Gutenberg e-text * Wikipedia - Oscar Wilde * Wikipedia - The Ballad of Reading Gaol * LibriVox’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol Internet Archive page * Zip file of the entire book 15.7MB * RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day Read by John Gonzalez mp3 and ogg files * The Ballad of Reading Gaol - 00:33:12 [mp3@64kbps - 15.9MB] [mp3@128kbps - 31.8MB] [ogg vorbis - 15.7MB]

TidyRead Turns Your Web Reading into a Fast, Smooth, No-fringe Experience Again

by ycc2106
TidyRead is a service that extracts the text from almost any web site and displays it on an easy to read page that removes all of the clutter that can make reading on the internet so hard sometimes.

Word List Generator

by knann (via)
The Word List Generator Project has created a database of 2084 words that elementary school teachers can use to help students practice and build sounding out and word-form recognition skills. Learn more about the project and how you can help. To generate a word list matching your students' instructional level, select parameters below--eg, to generate a list of CVC words beginning with continuous sounds, check the CVC checkbox and select "are continuous only" from the Initial sounds drop-down menu.

2008

Ghotit Dyslexia Literacy Assistance.

by knann
Ghotit offers unique writing and reading online services for people who suffer from dyslexia, dysgraphia or people who are not native-English speakers. Download the Internet Explorer plugin with text to speech capability.

Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies

by knann
This is an outstanding resource.... Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Your class can watch our engaging 15-minute videos, and try the online interactive activities. Behind the Lesson provides teachers with information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch our 10-minute professional development videos, and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

Wordle: using word clouds in a lesson

by knann
Nice example of how to use wordle in the classroom as a pre-reading strategy.

Childtopia

by knann
18 online animated books for Listen and reading comprehension. When in listening mode, the text is highlighted. Browsers with magnification can enlarge the text. More activties for language, math, etc. Teachers should preview for younger students as the interface is a different (and flash based).

K-1 Early learning

by knann & 1 other (via)
These programs were designed to support many areas of the curriculum. They can be used with a range of assistive input devices including switches (emulating the spacebar or left mouse button); touch-screens and pointing devices. Our counting songs also accept input from keyboards including Intellikeys and Concept. All work brilliantly on an interactive whiteboard such as those produced by Smart or Promethean.

PUBLIC TAGS related to tag reading

article +   assistive technology +   audio +   blog +   book +   books +   bookshop +   burnett +   childrens +   classic +   crs +   culture +   district +   education +   eslc +   esvt +   fiction +   format +   free +   hs:english +   hslc +   hsvt +   ideas +   interesting +   language +   library +   lights +   list +   lists +   literacy +   literature +   ms:teacher +   mslc +   msvt +   news +   online +   philosophy +   prize +   publishing +   read +   reference +   resource +   reviews +   speed +   speedreading +   tools +   toread +   voice +   web2.0 +   writing +  

Active users

kemar
last mark : 03/12/2010 08:34

simon_bricolo
last mark : 19/08/2010 08:52

ycc2106
last mark : 25/10/2009 22:07

deltrintem
last mark : 10/10/2009 08:20

access2
last mark : 11/09/2009 09:37

tadeufilippini
last mark : 04/08/2009 17:11

naudjf
last mark : 28/04/2009 07:47

mbertier
last mark : 19/01/2009 13:03

knann
last mark : 17/01/2009 13:19

marco
last mark : 29/12/2008 18:10