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Toodledo : 3rd Party Directory
3rd Party Directory
Toodledo has the ability to connect to many popular services and devices to allow you to access your tasks from anywhere. It’s your to-do list, so you should be able to take it with you. This directory lists many different 3rd party tools that were built upon Toodledo’s free and open API.
# iPhone, iPad and iPod touch ( 25 )
# Android ( 13 )
Toodledo : 3rd Party Directory
3rd Party DirectoryToodledo has the ability to connect to many popular services and devices to allow you to access your tasks from anywhere. It’s your to-do list, so you should be able to take it with you. This directory lists many different 3rd party tools that were built upon Toodledo’s free and open API.# iPhone, iPad and iPod touch 25 # Android 13
TitanPad
TitanPad
TitanPad lets people work on one document simultaneously
We are rescuing EtherPad for your use.
via TitanPad.
Cliffs, coles, and sparknotes have free pages on key concepts useful for EAP authentic reading
Cliffs, coles, and sparknotes have free pages on key concepts useful for EAP authentic reading, developing vocab in the major, practice for summary and paraphrase and using references
Example:
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Demand.topicArticleId-9789,articleId-9728.html
Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation – How to Pronounce English words
Useful when preparing presentations. My students have difficulty with words like definite.
When your entry appears in pink, mouse over to hear it pronounced.Create lists of up to 15 entries like this: cat;cart;cut;caught etc.There are currently 160381 entries in the dictionary.
via Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation – How to Pronounce English words.
APPS
http://www.howjsay.com/iphone.html
http://www.howjsay.com/android.html
OmniFocus for iPhone for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store
Description
OmniFocus for iPhone brings task management to your fingertips. Keep track of tasks by project, place, person, or date. With OmniFocus for iPhone, you’ll always have your important information at hand, whether it’s a shopping list, agenda items to discuss at work, things to do at home—whatever you need.
via OmniFocus for iPhone for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store.
Many historically important science papers including Newton’s letters at the Royal Society
This paper describes a possible structure for the paracrystalline form of the sodium salt of deoxyribonucleic acid. The structure consists of two DNA chains wound helically round a common axis, and held together by hydrogen bonds between specific pairs of bases. The assumptions made in deriving the structure are described, and co-ordinates are given for the principal atoms. The structure of the crystalline form is discussed briefly.
Use a mnemonic of the first letter of each word of a sentence with text expanders like http://www.16software.com/breevy/
Repeat Keyword from Previous Sentence
RKFPS
To give automatic feedback when using MS Word of Google docs to comment on student writing. EXAMPLE output from RKFPS:
OF “THIS/THESE + repeated keyword of a longer term from a previous sentence is an effective way to connect words without repeating a long technical term.
This shift, This finding, This problem, This increase, This theory, This technique, This change etc.
toodleTasks HD for HP TouchPad: Best task manager review | ZDNet
I use toodledo.com for my non-urgent to do lists. It has an iphone app and android. I find paper better for to do this day combined with my pomodoro sheet. http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
Summary: The Toodledo online task management system is popular, and toodleTasks HD for the HP TouchPad works seamlessly with the service. It may be the best task manager on any platform.
via toodleTasks HD for HP TouchPad: Best task manager review | ZDNet.