Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 30, 2011

http://50ways.wikispaces.com/ - 50+ ways to tell a story - lots of links

http://edudemic.com/2011/10/twitter-hashtag-dictionary/ - A-Z dictionary of twitter hashtags - maybe this needs a hashtag!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqezbib5qpQ - dos/donts of using social networks - cute cartoon with advice
http://www.google-melange.com/gci/homepage/google/gci2011 - Google app programming contest for 13-17 yr -olds
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/09/12-useful-youtube-accessories-for.html - Useful YouTube accessories from FreeTech
http://ahead.com/#view/lilaspaces/main/welcome?scene=MAP - Ahead - produce and publish online workspaces with no programming
http://liveminutes.com/oneclick/ - LiveMinutes for easy web conferencing
http://www.slimekids.com/games/spelling-games/spellingfiles/before.swf - guess letters/words game
http://coursekit.com/ - course management tools to make your course come alive
http://goo.gl/qvjyC - tweet past history events as if they were current - could apply to science, for instance...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 29, 2011

http://www.sumopaint.com/home/ - seen this before - seems to be a very capable photo editing program

http://www.livebrush.com/ - drawing app - easy-to-use brush tool that reacts to your gesture
http://www.tuxpaint.org/ - an old standby with a new look - drawing program for 3 and up - even runs on a "Sharp Zaurus Linux-based PDA (handheld computer)"...
http://games.cs.washington.edu/refraction/ - teaching fractions through game play
http://www.educationeye.org.uk/ - weird: Maps hundreds of top educational websites, blogs, etc onto an interactive circular map you can customize
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/ - NASA solar system site - and I thought asteroids were what you use Preparation H for...
http://www.parade.com/health/2011/10/age-based-internet-guidelines.html - age-based guidelines for Internet usage
https://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/password-checker.aspx - passoword strength checker - this would make a great scam...
http://singularityhub.com/2010/10/30/we-dont-need-digital-textbooks-we-just-need-digital-education-video/ - digital media doesn't belong in textbooks...
http://www.wonderville.ca/ - very graphic science education site - impressive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XGK84Poeynk#! - cool mashup of Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye - "We are all connected"
http://goo.gl/l9NFq - students vote pass/fail on flipped classes

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 28, 2011

http://k12onlineconference.org/?page_id=824 - K12-Online conference - list of presentations, 2-days worth at a time

http://hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3/genres.htm - reading genre posters - would make a neat graphics assignment...
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8 - iPad whiteboard - with audio and sharing
http://www.htwins.net/scale/ - scale of the universe app - slide the slider and zoom in/out - but what is a "yoctometer"?
http://iamteacher.net/inter-activities/area-perimeter.swf - simple but effective area/perimeter app
http://slimber.com/index.php?r=1 - simple painting app - has size and separation options
http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/game1 - traveler IQ challenge - graphic, timer
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/02/embed-plus-clip-annotate-youtube-videos.html - add cue points, annotations, etc to YouTube videos - definitely cool!  Note that YouTube HTML parameters allow some of this (starting at a particular time...)
http://pewinternet.org/reports/2011/technology-and-social-networks.aspx - Pew research on social networking sites - not sure about doing regression analysis on some of the data...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 27, 2011

http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Main_Page - Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology - collaborative online book

http://www.hackcollege.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/google1.gif - Get more out of Google searching - infographic
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1xsfhG/www.grammarly.com - "World's most accurate grammar checker..."
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/06/cool-mod-iphone-as-digital-microscope - iPhone as a digital microscope - cool!  How about a digital X-ray - MRI - colonoscope!
http://titanpad.com/ - Titanpad - shared whiteboard
http://www.spellingcity.com/british-spelling.html - Spelling City British word lists - love the aluminium... (but the pronunciation is American - no fun!)
http://www.mrfoxhole.com/2011/11/standards-based-assessment-w-blooms.html - One teacher's ideas on standards-based assessment and Blooms
http://www.spore2d.com/ - creature-creator game
https://audioeditor.filelab.com/app/ - FileLab Audio Editor - lots of bells and whistles (literally!)
http://iss.astroviewer.net/index.php - Current position of the International Space Station - with google earth-like maps - pretty cool - go out and wave at them!

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 26

http://scienceprojectideasforkids.com/ - guide to science fair topics, displays, etc. - looks useful

http://www.compadre.org/osp/ - Open Source Physics - simulations and curricula - some look collegiate...
http://www.i2pinyin.com/ - Chinese Pinyin - using an ASCII keyboard to enter Chinese - I saw a similar thing in Japan years ago - tedious!
http://www.mysusthouse.org/game.html - environment and building games in Flash - very well-made
http://tumblrplayer.com/ - music playlist player for a blog or website - I've seen these in webinars - unfortunately they never have Neil Diamond!

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 25, 2011

http://www.boxoftricks.net/internet-resouces-for-education/ - A to Z list of tech tricks for ed

http://drawisland.com/ - online drawing tool - esp designed for creating GIF's, including animation
http://sketch.odopod.com/ - sketching as opposed to drawing - subtle pen and brush types
http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm - crayola - pick different drawing/painting tools - simple and cool
http://edge.ascd.org/_Can-we-really-teach-creativity/blog/3577828/127586.html - can we teach creativity?  Some good ideas here
http://lifehacker.com/260296/distraction+free-writing-on-the-web - distraction-free web writing tools - also http://lifehacker.com/5689579/five-best-distraction+free-writing-tools - must be new trend (what, no ribbon...?)
http://www.pandamian.com/ - E-publication site - looks pretty simple to use...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 24, 2011

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/webinars.html - Google Apps for Ed webinars from Google

http://bakerframework.com/ - Open source, eBook publishing framework - what could be better...!
http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/ - Google: exploring computational thinking in K12
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2009/08/11/how-to-create-your-first-iphone-application/ - steps to create your first iPhone app!
http://www.learningregistry.org/ - open source technical system designed to facilitate the exchange of data and collaboration
http://www.studyblue.com/ - Make online flash cards with text, photos, audio - something like this belongs in Moodle...
http://www.freepoverty.com/ - game that generates donations to help the poor - remember freerice... how about freegasoline...!
http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/ - game to teach kids about electrical circuits
http://andrewdouch.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/myclassfacebookgroup/ - why a student facebook page worked better than a discussion forum
http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/lifestyle-roundups/80-apps-to-learn-a-new-language/ - Si - Yawohl - Hi!
http://whatworks.wholechildeducation.org/blog/the-movement-continuum/ - including physical activity in the curriculum - this should be more doable with mobile devices like iPhones...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 23, 2011

http://www.aviary.com/tools/audio-editor - online audio editor - Myna - looks impressive

http://edudemic.com/2011/11/app-review-rubric/ - education app review rubric - sounds useful...
http://www.edcomsteachers.com/free-resources/secondary/Science - 8 free secondary science teaching resources - carbon, engineering, organ donation (most 2ndary students have already given their brains...)
http://www.pebblepad.com.au/essentialquestions.asp - considerations for implementing an e-portfolio system - questions that are good for other personal content systems, too
http://www.webook.com/911writersblock - overcoming writer's block - really clever phone-pad format on page.  Wonder if they have one for grader's block...
http://labs.microsofttranslator.com/bookmarklet/ - translator bookmarklet - click to translate any page you're on - we need a translator from bad English to English...
https://www.filelab.com/ - user-friendly online video and audio editors - basic operations - suitable for kid-use - I'm impressed!
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams - Video, Animation, Film, and Webcam sites - plus good short summaries
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/high_school_v_college.htm - Some crucial differences between high school and college writing - from a noted source...
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/st_thompson_searchresults - why kids can't search.  And from the looks of it, Republican presidential candidates are not so good at it either... (Taliban in Libya...? afraid not, Herman...)
http://vimeo.com/32001208 - time lapse earth fly-over - Very Awesome - esp. the auroras and lightning storms!
http://goo.gl/nisMq - 10 Facebook pages for Educators
http://www.fosi.org/fosi-publications.html - Family Online Safety Institute publications
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/11/ten-search-tools-and-tactics-teachers.html - Search tools and tactics teachers and students need to know - from a great ed-tech blog

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 22, 2011

http://www.scoop.it/t/tools-for-learners - text-to-phonics, video resume, visualize words - more...

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/07/142089991/poisoned-places-air-pollution-in-your-town - high-polluters in your town
http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/welcome-to-massively-minecraft/ - Group of educators exploring virtual worlds & learning - looks similar to Roblox to me...
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfc7f644_22cz4scmhf - online geography gaming - slideshow of simulation websites on dozens of geo/environmental/science simulation games - looks interesting!
http://www.similarsites.com/site/teachertube.com?ref=dg - List of websites like teachertube - edicatioal videos & curricula
http://mrsgebauer.com/smartboard.html - collection of Smartboard resources - lessons, blogs, websites, tutorials
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM - Story of "stuff" - 21 min - entertaining/informative look at the creation and disposal of everyday stuff
http://conf.vwbpe.org/index.php/VWBPE/vwbpe12 - virt worlds best practices for ed - conference coming (for me...)
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/gabe_zichermann_how_games_make_kids_smarter.html - TED talk (maybe a rerun...) on games making kids smarter (doubtful - need to watch the terminology - what is "smartness"?)
http://kulowiectech.blogspot.com/2011/07/google-docs-x-organizing-promoting.html - Google docs for promoting the writing process

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Diigo ed picks - Nov 21, 2011

https://edutechdebate.org/ict-in-schools/there-are-no-technology-shortcuts-to-good-education/ - more discussion about not relying on technology as a cure

http://www.chromeexperiments.com/globe - Cool! Globe and stick visualization of various kinds of data - Chrome only... :-(
http://www.meeting-ofthe-minds.com/home - an "unconference" on tech and pedagogy
http://animoto.com/education - animoto's education link - we've used it a little here
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/appy-kids-making-big-bucks-20111116-1nj3u.html - kids making and selling iPhone apps - future Steve Jobs's - of course, they'll probably drop out of school now...
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/instantwild/ - decidedly cool - remote webcams of live images of wild animals in various locations
http://www.freestockmusic.com/ - free stock music for your production
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html - excellent cr20 session on Moodle, including Google Docs - Beth Sill was Featured Teacher

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 20, 2011

http://innovativeedu.visibli.com/share/f4YZcS - Games for Learning - Why Not?  Plus some other provocative titles

http://chronicle.com/article/Is-Technology-Making-Your/66128 - Questioning the wisdom of Teaching with Tech - sounds like some heretic to me!  Actually some good arguments
http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Intro-to-iPads-in-SE_Handout1.pdf - iPad 2 Special Ed handout - accessibility
http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2011/11/7-tips-for-citing-an-app-in-mla-format/ - citing in MLA format (for my students...)
http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/ - gentle intro to teaching with iPad
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/11/map-fast-find-books-about-places-via.html - mapFAST - google maps app combined with text lookup

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 19, 2011

http://thirdgrade.okaloosaschools.wikispaces.net/Reading+Resources - 3rd grade reading resources for teachers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15791236 - neutrino warp speed confirmed - the world as we know it is coming to an end!!!
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/2-ways-annotate-pdf-files-online/ - couple of PDF annotators
http://goo.gl/Gpuw9 - computer programming for kids - good geek food...!
http://digitallife.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/18/8862222-report-more-kids-cyberbaiting-teachers - 'cyberbaiting' teachers - new to me!  Better take those iPhones away from the first graders!
http://www.blockposters.com/ - make any size poster from image - could be done manually in Photoshop or other, but looks useful!

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 18, 2011

http://www.teachersdomain.org/ - digital media service from PBS

http://methow.org/staff-resources/web2-literacy-tools/ - web literacy tools from a school district - might be nice to have a collection at your school...
http://www.scrible.com/tour - worth a reminder - lets you annotate web pages - it remembers the annotations, so when you view the page again, the annotations show up...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/firewall-law-could-infringe-on-free-speech.html?_r=3 - another op-ed on the Great Firewall Law...
http://modsim.wikispaces.com/%2AMODSIM+Web+Resources - somewhat higher level, but has some interesting simulation tools
http://thejournal.com/Articles/2011/11/09/7-BYOD-Myths.aspx?Page=1 - myths about BYOD debunked - t.h.e. looks like a good journal to follow...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 17, 2011

http://www.markbrumley.com/2011/07/02/5-free-web-2-0-brainstorming-tools/ - not really brainstorming, these are mind mapping - for an example brainstorm tool, see http://www.promato.com/brainstorm/ - Brainstorm Bungy

http://blog.simplek12.com/education/21-signs-you%E2%80%99re-a-21st-century-principal/ - tough criteria for checking if you're a 21st century administrator!
http://show.mappingworlds.com/ - very cool - countries animate to show statistics
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/maths/echalk/rotation/rotation.html - neat interactive triangle/protractor site - Idea: Let's lay our real protractors down on our iPads!  That's augmented virtuality!
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/element.asp - chemistry week - online radio of the Royal Chemistry Society - love those BBC accents! But- isn't there more to chemistry than just the #$f% Periodic Table!
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/accessing-your-zotero-library-on-an-ipad-with-mendeley/33021 - Zotero on iPad - document management and sharing
http://wildcatwebsafety.wikispaces.com/ - web safety site by kids - interesting...
http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/GP4/PracCongTri.htm - triangle proofs - no wonder kids hate math... IMHO: this might have turned Euclid on, but not today's young thinkers.  (I actually enjoyed geometry proofs, but I'm a bit geeky...)
http://www.talkingpyramids.com/make-a-paper-model-of-the-great-pyramid/ - clever, but I think they really ought to do it full size!

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 16, 2011

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/essay-grader/id404467835?mt=12 - Mac App for grading - a bit spendy for an app!

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/11/10-online-ed-trends-coming-to-high.html - 10 online Ed trends for HS - perhaps relevant to Faith Lutheran...?
http://www.jolicloud.com/download - interesting!  Repurpose your old computer to become a new cloud device... Might try this.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/11/playing-with-pearltrees-great-way-to.html and http://www.pearltrees.com/ - combine social networking with mind mapping - interesting but probably too complex for social networkers...
http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html - Internet censorship bill - hearings start today - Why do some people think this is necessary???

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 15, 2011 - (computer-aided grading)

http://www.11trees.com/ - annotation tool bars for word and excel - also http://tatoolbar.com/ - and http://knology.net/~justible/buy.htm - Semi-automatic grader (horrible product name!)

http://cai.ucdavis.edu/gradingwithcomputers.html - Computer Aided Instruction workshop on computer-assisted grading
http://www.top20sites.com/Top-Grading-Software-Sites - top grading software sites - but who grades the graders...?
http://blog.nus.edu.sg/thetablet/2011/09/24/reading-pdfs-grading-papers-and-reading-articles/ - app for grading papers
Note: we need an audio feedback tool - highlight and speak - the mp3 gets embedded in the returned document... maybe my first app project!
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/paperless-grading-with-grademark/22898 - paperless grading and plagiarism sites like Turnitin - I wonder if you could make a site for images, PowerPoints, etc...?  Use image metadata to track plagiarism...
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/using-text-expansion-software-to-respond-to-student-writing/27119 - text expansion software to improve written feedback to students - interesting!
http://sloanconsortium.org/conferences/2011/aln/instructor-generated-microsoft-word-macros-comments-result-student-success - using Word macros in responses to students improves scores
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html - biomes of the world - very visual introduction to world biomes (Stephen: are there 'chemomes"?)
http://chriswejr.com/2011/09/16/they-need-teaching-not-punishment/ - why do we treat behavior problems differently from learning problems...?  Interesting thought.

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 14, 2011

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/Top_100 - good selection of free audio books - download or listen online - lots of classics - like Librivox

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/carbon_cycle.html - carbon cycle game - is it a game we are losing...?
http://iphone.childrenslibrary.org/cgi-bin/view.py?b=4iuok43iqfpk2fi5snkh - storykit journey to Sydney observatory - cute format - like Voicethread without the comments...
http://www.text2mindmap.com/ - converts text to mind maps - this reverses the way mind maps normally work - is a good idea for certain learners
http://goo.gl/Qfq81 - Educational technologies with biggest impact on students - interestingly, professional development of teachers came in first...
http://www.showme.com/ - open learning community where you can teach or learn anything - whiteboard lessons plus narration - this would be great for peer-teaching

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 13, 2011

http://indianajen.com/2011/11/13/field-trip-experiment-kids-using-google-goggles-at-the-museum/ - students found Google Goggles easy (and even fun) to use. However, it does need some further development

http://techtutorials.edublogs.org/2011/11/09/timelapse/ - time-lapse videos - my camcorder has time-lapse - I wonder why movie making programs don't have the capability to skip frames...?
http://www.readingbear.org/ - teach reading by introducing phonics painlessly - (unlike the site readingbare.com, which has more adult appeal)
http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2011/10/19/01cloud.h05.html - publishers turning to cloud computing to offer digital content

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Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 12, 2011

http://duckduckgo.com/ - new search engine - seems to be for ducks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA - quantum levitation - locking an object in a magnetic field - cute
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Build-Tools/ta-p/700039 - object building tools for 2nd Life - I'd love to try some of this...

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Nov 11, 2011

http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/15/12-dozen-places-to-self-educate-yourself-online/ - brain candy...

http://www.zotero.org/ - citation organizer - is this for traffic tickets, too?
http://news.discovery.com/ - just a reminder about a cool website
http://visionlearning.com/ - well-presented collection of peer-reviewed materials for learning science - looks useful
http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?divid=Smithsonian_InventionChallenge - link to a kid's invention challenge at the Smithsonian
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-utility.htm#DuckCapture - capture tools - incl. scrolling windows

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Nov 10, 2011

Diigo Ed Picks - Cream of the Ed-Tech crop

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-utility.htm#DuckCapture - screen capture tools, including scrolling windows
http://www.abcya.com/ - tools for grades 1-5 - has a cute animation tool
http://littlebirdtales.com/ - capture a child's voice and imagination - like a mini-voicethread
http://sites.google.com/site/melindamlarsonapps/ - Melinda's apps for education - good looking site - lots of apps - short descriptions
http://www.phoneskillstrainer.com/Phone_Skills_Trainer_Free_Stuff.html - Training in phone skills - seems mundane, but could be very useful - free PDFs - buy DVDs
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/09/exertion-games-lab-where-physical-meets-digital - GeekDad site - includes flying robot that follows you as you jog - combines exertion with technology

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Nov 9, 2011

http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/microsoft-predicts-the-future-without-laptops-photos/6325949 - Microsoft predictions

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id472006138 - coach's eye app - analyze sports action (swimmers!) - and http://www.youtube.com/user/coachseye - the Youtube channel
http://alphabetimals.com/ - alphabetimals - alphabet animals for little kids...
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2010/08/blogging-in-education-today-a-multipart-series/ - blogging in education today - part of a series
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/microsoft-office-system.aspx - tips for using Office and SkyDrive in the classroom
http://xkcd.com/438/ - interesting stick-figure comic site - check the Store link for some interesting graphics - good artist
http://waterbearlang.com/ - drag/drop computer programming - like Scratch and Alice
http://free.yudu.com/ - publish a magazine online

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http://www.screencast.com/t/z4eNPt1rSC6 - screencast showing how to create macros in Word for grading
http://www.mackenty.org/images/uploads/how_to_annotate.pdf - PDF discussion - not on macros, but on commenting and other grading tools
http://11trees.com/annotate-for-word.html - Annotate macros you can download - the free version has 10 pre-configured macros that you can edit to say whatever you want.

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