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Overview. BlaBlaMeter - Bullshit detection tool. 100 Useful, Free Web Tools for Lifelong Learners | AdvantageEDU. Lifelong learners are constantly on the search for new information, and the Internet has made it even easier to track down authoritative journals, libraries and museums around the world, college courses, niche search engines, language tools, and other learners poking around online.

This mega list of 100 free web tools and sites will grant you access to courses at Harvard Medical School and MIT, social media sites that connect you to bookworms, videos and podcasts about everything from medical news to politics, government resources, and a lot more. The best part? Everything is free, and there’s no grading involved. Open Courseware These open courseware classes can connect you to the same syllabi and assignments being given at top schools like Harvard Medical School and MIT. You won’t get any academic credit for these classes, but if you stick with it, you’ll learn a lot.

MIT Open Courseware: MIT’s collection is one of the most comprehensive open courseware collections online. Podcasts. 100 Awesome, Free Web Tools for Elementary Teachers. 10+ Web Tools To Save Your Butt In School. It’s a new year, and the beginning of a new semester in school. Students who didn’t do so hot last year have probably made a New Year resolution to improve their grades. To help you all with the next semester, I’ve decided to make a list of extremely helpful web tools that will make school easier for all the struggling students out there.

Enjoy, and good luck with the new semester. 1. PinkMonkey / Shmoop Everyone already knows about Sparknotes and Cliffnotes, but there are very few who have used PinkMonkey. Another website you’ll like is Shmoop. Similar Sites: Sparknotes, Cliffnotes, LitSum, GradeSaver, Bookrags 2. One of the things I hate most about school is that for every paper you turn in, professors insist that you cite your sources. Luckily for you, there are a lot of websites that will put together a bibliography for you. My favorite site for this is BibMe. Similar Sites: EasyBib andOttobib. 3. Similar Sites: Quizlet, StudyStack 4.TadaLists 5. 6. 7. You have a paper due. 8. 9. 10. Welcome to the Learning Toolbox.

80 Online Tools, References, and Resources. 7 Online Resources To Help You Improve Your Writing. Although language relies on certain rules, a story requires more than simple definitions to unfold. Look at this example to see how a simple sentence can be rewritten word by word to turn into a whole paragraph. Certainly this is not art and it contains a considerable amount of redundant and superficial information. However, its creation did require imagination. The thing is, whether you’re writing a diary, a blog or a column for a magazine, writing remains a creative process. Now creativity can be an issue. 1. Stumble Upon is a great place to start in case you have no idea what to write about, since you can randomly stumble recommended websites. 2. 911 Writers Block This tool is provided by the WEbook publishing company. 3. one word If you cannot get your head around a story or a topic, give it a break.

Unfortunately, the words are not random, new ones are added every couple of days, and the purpose of the site in fact is to collect spontaneous thoughts on various topics. 4. 6. 7. Directory of E-Learning Tools: Personal Productivity Tools.