ⓔ Ubuntu Tablet, game shows, and translating – Top Posts of the week

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First look at the Ubuntu Tablet

Last Friday I received my Ubuntu Tablet, and first impressions are definitely mixed. For $300 the hardware seems to be pretty decent, and feels pretty good in the hand. The software, on the other hand, is definitely a work in progress. Quick summary: This tablet is for early adopters only.

Sharing: Game show classroom: Comparing Kahoot!, Quizizz, Quizlet Live and Quizalize

Several digital tools created for the classroom bring those exciting experiences to students with learning as the focus.

Create an mp3 of translated text with Sound of Text

Sound of Text allows you to enter up to 100 characters of text in one of 44 languages. Once you click Submit, the site generates audio of the word or phrase.

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ⓔ Reddit for teachers

ⓔ Reddit for teachers

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Reddit is a curious beast. It’s an online discussion forum where people can congregate around particular topics. Although I would be cautious using Reddit with students (the language and topics can most definitely be inappropriate), teachers may find it a good resource to find answers to tough questions or to catch up on news. Here…

#b2s 13. Plan something fun for yourself to do before school starts!

#b2s 13. Plan something fun for yourself to do before school starts!

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This is part 13 of 13 things to do before the first day of school. Everyone likes a last hurrah of summer, before getting back into the swing of school. My wife, she likes to watch The Dead Poets Society, whereas I prefer Rodney Dangerfield’s masterpiece, Back to School. Other activities could include clothes shopping, napping, and…

Sharing: Use Google Drawings for brain-friendly visual notetaking {via @jmattmiller}

Sharing: Use Google Drawings for brain-friendly visual notetaking {via @jmattmiller}

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Use Google Drawings for brain-friendly visual notetaking | Ditch That Textbook A powerful way to take advantage of that is visual notetaking — recording ideas using both images and text. Some call it doodling, and many have gotten “in trouble” for doodling in class even though there were cognitive benefits of it over standard notetaking….