March+2013

=**March 2013**= =How To Turn Text Into Speech With Microsoft Office Word= =Educational Technology's Website Gems of the Month= =Quick Search For Hard to Find Books and Best Pricing on Titles With FetchBook= =Snopes: Internet Reference Source For Urban Legends, Folklore, Myths, Rumors, and Misinformation = =Featured Math Apps: MyScript Calculator, Division, and Khan Academy Algebra I and II=

 = How To Turn Text Into Speech With Microsoft Office Word =

Students can have the computer read back to them what they've typed.
=Click Hereto view a tutorial on how to enable Text to Speech in Microsoft Office Word.= =The tutorial will continue toto be available in Safari Montage.=

 =** Educational Technology's Website Gems of the Month **=



You'll be able to find activities tailored by grade level on the website. The sampling below is across grade levels.

 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-07 at 11.02.47 AM.png width="170" height="76" link="@http://www.abcya.com/parts_of_speech.htm"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-07 at 11.01.11 AM.png width="173" height="75" link="@http://www.abcya.com/keyboarding_practice.htm"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-07 at 10.59.58 AM.png width="173" height="74" link="@http://www.abcya.com/nouns_and_verbs.htm"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-07 at 11.02.07 AM.png width="170" height="74" link="@http://www.abcya.com/dolch_sight_word_bingo.htm"]] ||
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-07 at 10.59.32 AM.png width="173" height="77" link="@http://www.abcya.com/spelling_practice.htm"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-07 at 11.02.32 AM.png width="171" height="75" link="@http://www.abcya.com/friendly_letter_maker.htm"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-07 at 10.59.21 AM.png width="173" height="76" link="@http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-07 at 10.59.48 AM.png width="175" height="80" link="@http://www.abcya.com/antonyms_synonyms_homonyms.htm"]] ||

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Interactivate is by Shoder. Find a variety of interactives to help demonstrate or interact with when teaching or learning concepts in:
> ===...and more!===
 * ===Numbers and Operations ===
 * ===Geometry ===
 * ===Probability===
 * ===Statistics===
 * ===Modeling===
 * ===Calculus===

 = Quick Search For Hard to Find Books and Best Pricing on Titles With FetchBook =

= Featured Math Apps: MyScript Calculator, Division, and Khan Academy Algebra I and II =

=== MyScript Calculator is currently a free app in the iTunes store and is available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPads running iOS 6 or later. ===

The Division app is great for practicing and learning long division.
===There are a number of Khan Academy Apps available in the iTunes store. Here we're featuring two of those apps (Algebra I and Algebra II).===
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-25 at 11.08.50 AM.png width="91" height="86" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/khan-academy-algebra-1/id358519986?mt=8"]] || [[image:Screen Shot 2013-02-25 at 11.10.26 AM.png width="89" height="85" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/khan-academy-algebra-2/id358521128?mt=8"]] ||