Educational Origami

Every month Educause produces a briefing paper on a new or emerging technology. This months paper looks at GEOLOCATION
Whats GEOLOCATION? Well if you are asking that, this is the link you should click to download this easy to read, education focused briefing paper.

Pssst. Hint. Geolocation is also called Geotagging

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This is a brilliant resource for science.
http://www.periodicvideos.com/#
Goto the periodic table, click on the element and up pops a video describing the element. It even seems to come with an architypical mad scientist. Well done University of Nottingham

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The mashable blog has posted another good resource. This one is for accounting. The  post outline 25 tools for the accountant amoungst us.
http://mashable.com/2008/08/14/accounting-and-budgeting-tools/
here are some of the links:
GoBootstrap.com
LessAccounting.com
Peachtree.com
Quickbooks.Intuit.com
TheBudket.com
Nice post – good resource

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This is one for the computer geeks among us (thanks Nick for the site).
This is a very interesting website looking at the history of Windows operatings systems, Unix OSes and Computer languages. The site is written by Eric Levenez with an english translation page. What is brilliant is the timeline diagrams of these three areas.
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I recently blogged about designing classrooms with particular reference to Auditory and Visual considerations.
http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2008/08/08/designing-classroom/
This article in the New Zealand Herald and on Massey University’s Website, reinforces and supports this point well.
The Massey Study shows a marked improvement in students achievement with the use of a sound system to reinforce the teachers instruction.
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One of the key tasks we have as 21st Century Educators is to educate our students about Intellectual Property Rights. They are in a world where everything is available at the click of a button. Its an instant world with instant gratification.
To often we see our students (and our staff) grab content particularly images [...]

Now this is good thing. The most powerful country in the world, the home of democracy and one confusing electoral system.
Enter stage right – the commoncraft show and Lee LeFever and The US elections in Plain English (or was that plain american)
http://www.commoncraft.com/election
Another goody – well done!

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http://maps.met.police.uk/
This is a very useful and interesting mash up between Google Maps adn the Metropolitan police database adn crime statistics. The result shows trends, current statistics overlaid on a map of the greater London Area.
This is the initial view of the London Area and the pop up bubble as you click on a Ward.

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Even if you have a 21st Century classroom, flexible and adaptable; even if you are a 21st Century teacher ; An adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and risk taker; even if your curriculum reflects the new paradigm and you have [...]

This is a brilliant video and one well worth watching. Dr Wesch is a captivating speaker and his presentation method is great. if you haven’t watch it, get some pop corn, pull up a comfortable chair and click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU
However, good as he is and nice as it is to watch and listen to, there are [...]