Educational Origami

Derek Wenmoth from Core, just blogged about this.
19.20.21 is a investigation into 19 cities, each with over 20 million people, in the 21st Century, hence the name. The projects purpose is to look at business and urban growth in these cities over a 5 year period and publish this information via a variety of channels [...]

Heart device a shocker 
Does this raise serious issues? Researchers can hack pacemakers and other medical devices.
“It didn’t take much to hack into the heart monitoring device and get it to administer a 137-volt shock: an oscilloscope, a PC, a wireless radio with a couple of antennas and some free software.”
This is worth Reading and a [...]

Having just found another online comic generator, I feel its time to refresh the list.
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Comic+Tools
These are brilliant tools for the visual and kinesthetic learner. Students across all the levels I teach enjoy creating comics, even the least motivated take care and apply their imagination.  They take pride and this pride is reflected in the focus [...]

This is a neat little virtual tour that takes you through the process of creating Cape Cod Potatoes Chips (these are apparently world reknowned).
It is a nice clean insight into the process of taking a raw product (the humble potato) and creating these tasty products.
http://www.capecodchips.com/popups/FactoryTour.htm

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I found these resources in a post from Edutopia

Web World: Online Language-Study Resources
Go to these Web sites for information and resources about teaching and learning foreign languages:

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages’s WebWatch
Check this monthly list for the best Web sites on the subject. You’ll find online videos, language exercises, and lessons in [...]

As a classroom teacher, the presence of an IWB or Interactive Whiteboard in the classroom helps  in a huge number of ways. With this tool you can…

prepare presentations with increased functionality
use the spotlight and other tools
recall lessons and students input
save and package lessons for revision
record lessons with voice overs
prepare and share resources
easily reset and rewind [...]

 
Teachertube is the educational equivalent of youtube and google videos for education. The content is moderated and for registered users you can also download the videos.
Here is a recent post that I like and think has some value. The link below will allow you to download the file as a FLV or Flash Video - [...]

Do you know how amny game creation tools are out there. Most of us have heard of Gamemaker, but there is a whole heap more. have a look at this list:
http://www.ambrosine.com/resource.html
Latest Additions

Platform Studio free to use software for creating great platform games
GameBrix the first product created for Adobe flash designers that enables them to [...]

http://www.teachers.tv 
Teacher TV continues to impress me. This British site is a focal point for a wide variety of educational videos and materials. These are available to members (joining is easy) and are rated by the teachers themselves.
The recent ones that I have found useful are:

 Peer mentoring - matching and caring - http://www.teachers.tv/video/25107
Peer mentoring - Challenge [...]

The World Wide Web is an amazing resource with an abundance of tools that enhance education. With so many tools we are spoilt for choice, and often teachers are overwhelmed by the sheer volume. How do I use this? What is flick and twitter? Who is wiki?
Here are some of my favourite things and resources [...]