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Before you complain about how hard is your life and give up, just consider what life has already given you. What an inspirational story from a man with no arms and no legs. Includes several motivational clips where he is speaking to a crowd of teenagers.
It seems like everyone is using Twitter these days. You know, sharing little messages with each other on phones and computers. It turns out that all these little messages, if you look at them all at once, become an easy way to find people, news and trends. This is Twitter Search in Plain English. Let's get started by visiting Twitterville. This town represents all the people using Twitter.
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Clozes, also known as “gap-fills” or “fill-in-the-blanks,” are short texts with blanks. Students have to “fill in” what they believe to be the missing words. They are excellent tools for assessing reading comprehension and vocabulary development. We use them several times a year as a formal formative assessment. In addition, we use them at other times to help students develop skills in using context clues for understanding meaning (as well as opportunities for them to learn new information about the content). When we’re using them during these non-assessment times, though, the real value is in having students explain “why” they chose each word to complete the passage.open thinking » 90+ Videos for Tech. & Media Literacy
Update December 3/09: There has been much interest in this list so I have transferred this resource to a wiki. This post will remain, but I would be happy if others contributed to the wiki version found here . Thanks for your interest in media education.