Edcerpts for February 13, 2023
Internet Travels
Edcerpts are my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is
Bookshlf curates book lists using people
Source: Bookshlf
Can’t find a book for a student? Check out Bookshlf. It is a service where the curation
Children prefer storybooks with the how and why
A new study in Frontiers in Psychology finds that children prefer storybooks containing more causal information. The results could help
Duolingo is launching an iOS app to teach young kids how to read
Source: Duolingo ABC – Learn to Read on the App Store
Duolingo is known for it’s line of language learning
Epic offers free ebooks and reading activities for teachers
Source: Epic!: Read Amazing Children’s Books Online – Unlimited Access to the Best Books and Learning Videos For Kids 12
Google has added new fonts that improve reading speed to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
The Google Fonts team has teamed up with Thomas Jockin to create a series of fonts that are aimed at
Read text with the Reader Pen
Source: C-Pen Reader
Although it is pricey at $250, the C-Pen Reader could be very useful for people with reading
How does tech affect the brain and reading?
For anyone who has ever been a reader, there’s much to sympathize with in Maryanne Wolf’s Reader, Come
Subscribe to 550 literary classics with the iOS Serial Reader app
Our Internet-driven society has seen a decline in book reading, though not necessarily a decline in reading altogether. Despite book
