A brief look at ten of the best distraction-free programs for writers and non-writers alike.
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Whether you've found a replacement for Google Reader or you're still looking, you probably spend part of your time reading news feeds, and part of your time reading the links and stories your friends share on Twitter or Facebook. Delete the scoop?
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Table Of Contents §1 – Can Self-Publishing Make Your Book a Reality? Delete the scoop?
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A cool new news-as-literacy platform launched this week. Newsela “is an innovative way for students to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news.” Delete the scoop?
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Here are 10 free tools for creating puzzles and quizzes to use with your class. Delete the scoop?
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The Framework presents a holistic view of 21st century teaching and learning that combines a discrete focus on 21st century student outcomes (a blending of specific skills, content knowledge, expertise and literacies) with innovative support systems to help students master the multi-dimensional abilities required of them in the 21st century. Via Nik Peachey, Rui Guimarães Lima 
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Because these broader concepts are only helpful for big-picture considerations, challenging student teachers to brainstorm the subordinate concepts might make this visual more meaningful and even useful. For instance, what lessons teach critical thinking skills in the English/Language Arts classroom? Delete the scoop?
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From Text To Speech is a free online text to speech converter that helps to listen to added text online and you can even download audio in Mp3 format to listen it later. This free text to speech online service provides multiple languages to listen to text. Thus unlike some other similar services, you can select desired language, voice and speed for output audio. It supports English (US and British English), French, Spanish, German, Italian and Arabic. After converting your text, you can download it to your PC and can listen it later. This is helpful if you have some work and need to go outside, so enroute you can listen to that audio on your phone. Via Frédéric DEBAILLEUL Delete the scoop?
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The U.S. National Gallery of Art hosts more than 25,000 images of famous and not-so-famous works of art. Nearly all of the images can be downloaded and re-used for free. NGA Images also allows you to register and create online collections of images. Delete the scoop?
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Description:- Gooru is a educational content search platform for creating digital content collection and creating online teaching environment while having control over the content and also keeping the same highly sharable while following... Delete the scoop?
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Many teachers, especially newer ones, struggle with creating new and exciting lesson plans for their classes. It’s definitely hard to be innovative and creative all the time, but if you ask me,... Delete the scoop?
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GoSoapBox is a nice tool for surveying your audience on realtime. I first tried the service a couple of years ago when it was still in beta. GoSoapBox allows you to have your audience respond to questions through their laptops, tablets, and phones. Delete the scoop?
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It's not easy being an effective instructor. But this step-by-step guide should help you understand what it'll take to reach your students. Delete the scoop?
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Apart from Evernote's basic note and archive tools, these products expand the functionality of the app for a richer, more organized experience. Delete the scoop?
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Google Reader users have 13 days left to figure out how they are going to subscribe to and read their favorite blogs after Google Reader shuts down. Delete the scoop?
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June 16, 3:18 PM
Authors are like teachers...their words enlighten, enrich and empower! And like teachers, there are never enough resources! Delete the scoop?
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WeSpeke is a free and open global language platform and marketplace cultural exchange where users teach, learn and practice languages. Via Nik Peachey 
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June 17, 3:08 AM
This looks like a well designed tool to partner people up for language exchange and peer leaning through video conferencing. Lots of language support and safety features. 
Julia Clarke's comment,
June 17, 12:51 PM
Thanks Nik this looks really useful for students planning to do study abroad
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Pixntell is free app that allows users to quickly create and share a narrated slideshow of pictures. Just add photos, record narration and share newly created videos via DropBox, FaceBook, YouTube or email. Delete the scoop?
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I often receive a lot of questions about how to make online quizzes for free. Here is a collection of 12 free online quiz making applications I collect after Via Felix Val, juandoming Delete the scoop?
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I love Google Drive and use it to create every document that I plan to share with others. Delete the scoop?
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This one goes out for my writers! List can be a little redundant, but it's solid!
No one is immune to distractions. These apps look great.
Love the idea recording app.