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21st century Pedagogy

Even if you have a 21st Century classroom, flexible and adaptable; even if you are a 21st Century teacher ; An adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and risk taker; even if your curriculum reflects the new paradigm and you have [...]

Text to speech tools

I have been foraging around for audio tools and I have found 2 text to speech tools that are free. One is an installed tool and the second an online one

http://www.naturalreaders.com/
This is a download for windows, this tool will allows you to convert any written text into speech, it also converts text to MP3. They [...]

How multimedia can improve learning

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53243 
This is an interesting article. The research is commissioned by Cisco systems and says (not that its surprising) that multimodal teaching - teaching that includes visuals and auditory input have better learning outcomes.
“An analysis of existing research supports a notion that already has begun to transform instruction in schools from coast to coast: that multimodal [...]