Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.
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Eclectic learning and leading through technology and the arts
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Andrea Zeitz
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Do you need ideas for art journaling? Here you'll find fun doodling ideas to download as well as other art journal prompts and art journal tips. Sometimes a doodle is more than a doodle. In this 
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PebblePad, the eportfolio system that is much more then just a Personal Learning System - it's a Personal Learning Space.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Need to send large files to someone, and it can't fit as an email attachment? Here are several methods to help you out.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Timo Ilomäki
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You may be a “tech-head” already, but you don’t have to be to make any of these 50 user-friendly websites and apps a part of your everyday life.
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Excerpted from Will Richardson's new TED Book Why School: How Education Must Change When Learning and Information Are Everywhere.
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A creative studio space to explore storytelling and the moving image. Download free video, images and sound and upload your own media. Create your own storyboards and share them online. *Check out their Storyboard Generator
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Google is celebrating World Teachers’ Day with a couple big announcements. In an effort to increase the connections between educators and learners around the world, they’ve assembled a whole slew of interesting Google+ Hangouts as well as a daily topic for each day of the week.
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British photographer Julian Germain traveled around the world from 2004 to 2012 and through his recent travels he photographed classrooms of students. Having them stare blankly at his camera, his intention was to create a presence where the viewer of the image could look into the eyes and faces of these youth and wonder what the future holds for them and what they will do as the next generation on this planet.
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![How-Many Guide to Kitchen Conversions [infographic] | Visual*~*Revolution | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/Xy_okw306YK5isJzn2mHCTl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Designed by Shannon Lattin at S.B. Lattin Design, the Common Cook’s How-Many Guide to Kitchen Conversions is a super-helpful infographic design. Very quickly the reader can lookup to the conversions between many of the most common recipe measurements.
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Creating a supportive and bully-free classroom takes time, energy, and determination. It can't be done overnight and certainly can't be done without a ton of effort on the teacher's part.
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![A Storm of Confusion: What People Really Think About Cloud Computing [infographic] | Visual*~*Revolution | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/Fnp-6UcdzVH-aCOwoKZHgzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
“What is the cloud?” I hear that question a lot when speaking to my non-nerd friends. I try to explain it the best I can, but I usually just call it magic and point them to Google Music. The cloud is used almost daily by all of us.
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![Halloween Freakynomics [infographic] | Visual*~*Revolution | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/oWiXuix160IV6uwxjPti8zl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
This infographics shows some of the ways in which North Americans spend their $$ on making their Halloween a scary fun time!
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October 9, 2012 1:19 PM
Thank you posting and scooping our Halloween Freaky-nomics infographic!
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Looking to become an expert in something? Need a hand with your research? Forget Google for a minute and check out these 50 other search engines you should start using.
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"Organization, grammar, and sentence structure may make a piece of writing intelligible, but they have very little to do with what makes a piece of writing great.
"Because at Deep we believe that my students are capable of something much greater than merely intelligible writing, I have invented a new rubric for them that measures artistic merit, rather than mere competence. This rubric requires that their writing be three things:" Via Lynnette Van Dyke, Jim Lerman
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According to a recent study, not only does the US have a lower percentage of households with personal computers, but also offers slower bandwidth per user than countries such as Canada, Ireland, Sweden, Japan, and others.
Via Gust MEES
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To innovate, stop worrying about "failure" and start thinking of "learning."...
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October 6, 2012 1:19 AM
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An art education curriculum is important to students at all grade levels. At the elementary school level, art education helps students enhance their language development. Students are encouraged to describe their art and the art of others. This requires them to use descriptive words and to develop critical linguistic skills.
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Susan Volinski's curator insight,
October 10, 2013 5:19 PM
Art education will enhance a child's development in the early years to allow him or her to explore his or her talents. In contrast from the traditional subjects taught in a classroom, a child may find his or her strengths in this subject area.
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October 5, 2012 2:19 AM
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Do androids dream of electric sheep? With Electric Sheep, Scott Draves, a Google engineer, made an attempt to reproduce the essence of life in digital form. He created an open-source visual arts program with a genetic language that evolves. When the Electric Sheep program is installed, the images appear when the computer is in sleep mode, thus representing that computer’s dreams.
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October 5, 2012 2:10 AM
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From the corporate workplace to the elementary school classroom, leaders are everywhere. Even born leaders need inspiration and practical tips to help them reach their highest potential.
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October 5, 2012 1:55 AM
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One of the lesser-known features of Pinterest is possibly one of the most helpful one for content marketers.Shared pin boards are a great way to introduce yourself to industry influencers and get your content noticed by them.
