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Babl Books – Multilanguage picture books (the physical kind)

Byryan July 22, 2016July 22, 2016

Babl Books brings you children’s picture books in all languages. Books in Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Tagalog, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and much more!

Source: Babl Books

This would be a nice resource for multiple language classrooms. The books I looked at were priced at $9.99 for paperback and $14.99 for hardback. The website allows you to search for books in a particular language.

They also offer special pricing for schools and libraries. My only complaint is that there are no samples of the books available online, just some artwork from the books.

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Freesound provides sound effects for your next great multimedia project

Byryan July 20, 2021July 18, 2021

Source: Freesound – Freesound You’re working on the perfect video or slide show, and it is awesome. But, it’s awesome like an ice cream sundae without the cherry. Great, but not fantastic. So you look for things to push the project to new heights when you realize that some well placed sound effects add not…

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Free high resolution public domain classical art from Artvee

Byryan June 29, 2021June 23, 2021

Source: Artvee Sure, you may have used Unsplash or Reshot to find photos to use in your work, but what if you wanted a more classic look for your productions? Artvee has you covered. The site searches for public domain work that is freely available across the web. Because the works are public domain, you…

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TeachingBooks has hundreds of thousands of premade resources for children’s and teen’s books

Byryan October 7, 2020October 6, 2020

Source: TeachingBooks | Author & Book Resources to Support Reading Education Via: How In The World Am I Just Learning About “Teaching Books”?! The site has an impressive collection of resources! After sign up you get 2 weeks of full access to everything, to continue after that there are various licensing tiers available. Resources are…

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The WordPress Openverse searches 500 million images for your reuse

Byryan January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

Source: Openverse vioa cogdogblog.com/2021/12/photos-wordpress/ WordPress has a Creative Commons search for over 500 million different images. To start searching, you enter your search term and click Search. If you are looking for photos for which you can use commercially or modify or adapt, check those boxes before searching. After your search completes, you can click Filter to…

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Want to improve your student’s brain power? Open a window.

Byryan November 2, 2015

Stuffy offices can halve cognitive scores The best way to tackle a tough task at work may be to crack a window and breathe deep. Compared with inhaling fresh air, gulping down the stale air found in conventional office buildings can stifle cognitive function by half, researchers report in Environmental Health Perspectives. The finding suggests…

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Sharing: Online Learning: Why Libraries Could Be the Key to MOOCs’ Success

Byryan April 27, 2016April 26, 2016

Online Learning: Why Libraries Could Be the Key to MOOCs’ Success | MindShift | KQED News For all the promises of online courses disrupting education, completion rates are notoriously low. Some studies found that about five percent of those enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs) completed the course. And those who took the…

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