Apple’s Entrance into Digital Textbooks: revolutionary? Apple announced its entrance into digital textbooks, now selling through its iTunes and iBooks online. Though this has been somewhat expected, it’s exciting news. Believe me, this is not even the tip of the iceberg. I’ve already downloaded samples of the 8 textbooks listed in the iBooks store. While [...]
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wohnai/flickr From Good.is The average community college student in Washington spends about $1,200 per year on textbooks. I know that as a society we’re probably in the infancy of this movement to digitize textbooks and in a variety of ways, bring down the costs of textbooks to students. I don’t understand how they deal with [...]
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Image: Courtesy of Christian Boer I’ve heard of this before and can’t quite make up my mind about it. This article in Scientific American describes a typographic font created by a graphic designer from the Netherlands, that supposedly makes reading print easier for some people with dyslexia. I suppose if it’s helpful to some then [...]
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Learning Chocolate This website provides free vocabulary learning material for students to learn English vocabulary online. Very clear sound, simple illustrations. On older systems the flash applications might take a second to load so be patient.
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Math Worksheets World Free math worksheets by email or download.
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Washington Reads Card games that engage students in play that strategically builds reading skills. I have two friends who teach reading who use these materials and like them. That means a lot. Recommended.
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One-Day Math Kit Kit Contains Audio CDs (6 hours) Set of 34 lesson cards (8.5″ x 11″) 2 Pocket Reference Cards (2″ x 3.5″) Color illustration card with photos, diagrams, & examples 12″ / 30cm Ruler 6 colored dice Pocket carrier to hold all supplies
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English Gateway www.englishgateway.com/ English Gateway offers ESL students around the world a unique way to improve their vocabulary.
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Stress Free ADHD is a comprehensive behavior management system for parents of children with ADD or ADHD. Meeting American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines, this system includes proven techniques, tactics and tools developed by leading authorities. Special management tools will help monitor a child’s behavior, develop daily and weekly routines and assist parents in creating an [...]
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Alphagram Learning Materials Inc. 25 Whitetail Road Irvington, NY 10533 Tel 914 693-7799 Fax 914 693-7788 24hrs 1-888-710-READ www.alphagram.com/
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