Educational Origami

…..but its on Mac
http://js8media.com/quartzcube/
The quartzcube - a picture/video player for those down times on your computer.

Is there something similar for PC? Very nice, not nice enough for me to turn to the dark side though….

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This is a fun site for students of all ages.
Hosted by the Smithsonian, this is the Lemelson Center for study of Invention and Innovation.
Full of games and activities this is a great site to visit, explore and use.
Does play matter? - http://www.inventionatplay.org/matter_main.html
Inventors stories - http://www.inventionatplay.org/inventors_main.html
* Stephanie Kwolek - inventor of Kevlar
* James McLurkin - Robotic [...]

If you have watch Sir Ken Robinson’s presentation at TED TALKS you will have been amazed by the vast amount of data he mentions.
Tony Karrer has compliled a list of the key facts from this presentation.
Here is the link to his blog entry - Click Here
Here are the links to the TED Talk Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4964296663335083307&q=sir+ken+robinson+ted+talks&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

Here are [...]

 
This is a video tutorial on how to podcast using First Class Web Publishing
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e8db0290009ba6abd673 

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Web 2.0 video created by Jeff Utecht

Good video and a good resource to be able to use with students and staff alike.

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http://www.eduhound.com/ 
This is a useful resource site for Education and educationalists.

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http://stcharlesjournal.stltoday.com/news/sj2tn20071110-1111stc_pokin_1.ii1.txt
This is a frightening insight into malicious use of technology. It is well worth reading the article.
It is a stunning example of the impact and importance of social spaces like myspace on youth and the consequences of vindictive action.
Read, Consider and ponder. We can stop them using it, nor should we. But we must teach [...]

This is a favourite of mine. Maya is a 3D development environment, its used by companies the world over including Weta Digital.
Autodesk put out a personal learning edition (PLE) of the product. It carries a watermark on the image so you can’s use it commercially but otherwise it is a fully featured product.
The download [...]

http://www.fsf.org/ 
The Free Software Foundation is group established in 1985 to distribute free software. The free Software Directory is part of this.

here is there blurb…
“The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating [...]

 
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/issues/2007/december/digital_distraction_01.html 
This is an article published  in University affairs a Canadian e-zine. The university lecturers are concerned that students are bringing their laptops to lectures and are being distracted  - they are surfing the web, trading shares, playing games etc. Some are even proposing a laptop ban.
I have a couple of thoughts on this

How many students [...]