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The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers – 2012 Edition

December 25, 2012

Dawson College Pedagogical Day – October 12th, 2012The Best Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers – 2012 Edition – Rafael Scapin, Ph.D. Coordinat

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The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You – Edudemic

November 25, 2012

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How to make a live presentation with authorstream and skype

November 22, 2010

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Authorstream is a powerful free online service for sharing presentations . In addition to the possiblitiy to embed presentations in blogs and websites , authorstream offers the possibility to broadcast live your presentation via a an url which allows your audience to follow your presentation the pace you present it . By adding a VOIP service such as skype , you get a fully featured conferencing tool for free ! All you have to do is :

upload your presentation to authorstream
Once your presentation is uploaded , click on the link marked ‘Present live’ made available in the right-side section
Copy the link of your presentation at the top corner on the right and send it via email to your audience .

Sharing starts as soon as your audience click on the link you sent them .The text chat box is available in your conference .However , use skype or any other VOIP makes your conference fully featured .

The easiest way to start a skype conference with your audience is the following :

Add your audience to the list of your contacts as a group or as individuals .
Start a conversation with one of your contacts then add the others .

With authorstream and skype , anyone can start afully featured live presentation for free !!!

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10 Best Online Rhyming Dictionaries

November 11, 2010

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Writing poetry and songs is real challenge to both beginners and professionals. Howevr , using rhyming dictionaries may help writers to find rhyming words that fit better .Here is a list of the best rhyming dictionaries I found on the web :

http://www.rhymezone.com/

You type a word and you choose to get its rhymes , synonyms , definitions and more . Moreover it’s a great database for quizzes , quotations and famous documents .

http://www.rhymer.com/

Rhymer offers six types of rhymes

End rhymes
Last syllable rhymes
Double rhymes
Triple rhymes
Beginnig rhymes
First syllable rhymes

http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html

Writeexpress is an online rhyming dictionary for poetry and songwriting . It provides rhymes five types of rhymes :

End rhymes
Last syllble rhymes
Double rhymes
Beginnig rhymes
First syllable rhymes

http://rhyme.poetry.com/

This service offers several additional features . In addition to rhyming words and synonyms , you have the choice to include phrases containing the word you are looking for .

http://www.wikirhymer.com/

WikiRhymer® is a free online rhyming dictionary and songwriter toolbox. Here, you can find rhyme words, phrases, acronyms, abbreviations, proper nouns , mosaic rhymes , near rhymes , end rhymes and slang–in all–some 100,000 entries

http://www.wordcentral.com/

Merriam-Webster’s Word Central is now reprogrammed for superior word power and language fun.The portal offers search in dictionary , Thesaurus and rhyming .

http://www.rhymeit.com/

Type a word and press enter to find rhymes in rhymeit dictionary.

http://www.findrhymes.com/

With findrhymes , you has the possibility to set your search to a number of coinciding phonemes .

http://rhymes.woxikon.com/

Woxikon offers a function which helps you to match words and terms. In addition to spelling , verb forms features , Woxikon offers the choice among eight languages available on their service .