Educational Origami

This is based on a post by Tony Karrer - http://elearningtech.blogspot.com 
Tony has put together a collection of sites for images, sounds, animation and other resources for media. Brilliant effort!
Photos
www.fotolia.com
www.photos.com
www.istockphoto.com
www.shutterstock.com
www.liquidlibrary.com
www.photospin.com
Stock xchng
bigFoto
FreePhoto
Wikimedia Commons
Free Images
Free Digital Photos
Free Foto
Artzooks
Dreamstime
iStockphoto.com
photosphere.com
Pics4Learning
Pixelperfect Digital
stock.xchng
Freefoto.com
Freeimages.co.uk
Fotosearch Stock Photography

Clip media
 www.clipart.com
JAC Clipart Archive
Absolutely Free Clipart
Animation factory
Classroom clipart
Clipart connection
Discovery School Clip Art Gallery
Animation
Animation Online
Animine

Icons
IconBazaar
Icongalore
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http://www.nwnet.org.uk
This is a UK site for the use of interactive Whiteboards or IWB’s. The site has resources primarily for:

literacy - Year 1 to 6.   - http://www.nwnet.org.uk/pages/literacy.html
Mathematics - Year 1 to 6.  - http://www.nwnet.org.uk/pages/maths.html
Leadership - http://www.nwnet.org.uk/pages/rev_imp.html
Software and guidance - http://www.nwnet.org.uk/pages/sof_guide.html

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This is an interesting report from BECTA about Primary Schools and the use of Interactive Whiteboards
Grab the paper from this link - download the PDF
In short……
Once teachers have experience they are able to change their teaching practices to make best use of the IWB’s.
Teachers teaching with IWB’s in grades 3 to 6 progressed about  2.5 [...]

http://www.kidpub.com/
KIDPUB is a children’s publishing service, its not free and has an annual subscription of  $12.95 per year. It started in 1995 and is now recieving 1000+ stories a week.
The student members are writing and publishing their own stories, poems, plays, etc to an audience of their peers. They can enter writing competitions, collaborate on [...]

http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
This is a brilliant article in a wiki and also noted in PBS Teachers
Alan has attempted to get 50 different web based ways of telling a story. A really really good effort

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http://www.mapwing.com/
This is a web 2.0 tool that lets you build and format your own virtual tours.
This is what they have to say about themselves
” Mapwing makes it easy to build, share, and explore virtual tours. Use Mapwing to turn your digital photos into virtual tours that include interactive maps, images, and comments. Then, [...]

 
http://xtimeline.com 
This is an easy to use tool, which allows you to develop a timeline which you can either link to (This is a quick example I put together using the BBC in pictures history of transistors and some other bits from Wikipedia. You can either upload images or link to them).

http://www.xtimeline.com/technology/history-of-transistors 
or embed as an iframe
OurStory [...]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7090811.stm
While perhaps a tad dull for some, this is a useful resource for computer science and Information Technology course. This is a BBC resource that looks at the history or the transistor, which of course has led to the computer.

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I am collaborating with the Alabama Best Practice Centre. Its a really interesting experience and one I am enjoying and getting benefit from.
One of the teachers asked me this question….
 
“Andrew,
What do you think is the best way to encourage teachers who may be reluctant to begin integrating technology into their lessons?”
 
 This is something many [...]

http://www.masternewmedia.org/learning_educational_technologies/media-literacy/new-media-literacy-critical-thinking-Howard-Rheingold-20071019.htm
This is well written critique and review of Howard Rheingold presentation recently in Australia by Robin Good
I like it.
This part about search engines  and validating information is well done….
” Unlike the vast majority of library books, when you enter a term into a search engine, I explained to my daughter, there is no guarantee that [...]