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25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area

25 Reading Strategies That Work In Every Content Area | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"Reading is reading. By understanding that letters make sounds, we can blend those sounds together to make whole sounds that symbolize meaning we can all exchange with one another.

Without getting too Platonic about it all, reading doesn’t change simply because you’re reading a text from another content area. Only sometimes it does.

Science content can often by full of jargon, research citations, and odd text features.

Social Studies content can be an interesting mix of itemized information, and traditional paragraphs/imagery..."

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Along with the visual that provides 12 reading strategies this post provides an additional 13 strategies and links to 4 additional resources. The strategies suggested go across curriculum areas.

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Cube Creator - ReadWriteThink

Cube Creator - ReadWriteThink | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

The interactive Cube Creator helps students identify and summarize key elements. It can be used as a prewriting or postreading activity. The Cube offers four options: Bio Cube, Mystery Cube, Story Cube and Create-Your-Own Cube. ReadWriteThinks provides lesson plans for this interactive (for Grades 3 -12) as well as additional resources. 

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Teenage app prodigy hits jackpot

Teenage app prodigy hits jackpot | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Forget Lord Sugar's precocious apprentices, meet a real teenager entrepreneur...who created an app that summarizes websites (iPhone, iPad, iTouch).

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34 Stunning Infographics To Understand The World Of Social Media | Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers

34 Stunning Infographics To Understand The World Of Social Media | Free and Useful Online Resources for Designers and Developers | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Infographics is a new way of showing information through graphical representation. We recently posted some interesting posts on infographics that you can also find on the net.
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Summarize Any Text Instantly with Text Compactor

Summarize Any Text Instantly with Text Compactor | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Robin Good: If you are looking for a simple and free tool that helps you synthesize and shorten up an otherwise long text, give a try to Text Compactor.

 

This web-based service works by simply copying and pasting the text passage you want to shorten up, and by then specifying the "amount" of summarization to apply to it.

 

Text Compactor produces in real-time a shortened-up version on the same page making the whole process extremely easy and fast.

 

No signup or registration required. The service is free.

 

Try it out now: http://textcompactor.com/ ;


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Summly Introduction

A simpler way to browse and search the web. Summarise web content into a concise and digestible format using our patent pending technology. Coming soon as an...
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Online summarize tool (free summarizing)

Online summarize tool (free summarizing) | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Copy and paste text or the URL and get a summary of the text. Options include number of lines, sentence length, list of 'best' words, and more.

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