Educational Origami

I have to wonder some times about the people who design classrooms. In a previous post – 21st C learning Spaces i talked about the need for spaces to be flexible to suit the needs of the 21st Century learner. i.e.
21st Century Learners are:

Technology literate and adept
Media savvy
Flexible and dynamic
multitasking
communicators and collaborators
interactive and networked
reflective and [...]

This is a video of Dr Michael Wesch presentation at the Library of Congress. Its long  – 55minutes but its brilliant. Instead of making a presentation using a slide tool like keynote, powerpoint or impress he has made a video.
here is the URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU

its also worth visiting his website
http://mediatedcultures.net/

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http://www.anatomyarcade.com/index.html

If you are a biologist, general science teacher, health or PE teacher, this is a great resource for you.
This is their blurb…
“Anatomy Arcade makes basic human anatomy come ALIVE through awesome free flash games and interactives.
Finally, students can play flash games in class and not get in trouble for it and teachers can run lessons [...]

This is a good animation for Middle years biology/ecosystems. This is a great interactive animation of a simple food chain with extensions on the theme to see the impact of removing elements from the chain.
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/prof.danglais/animations/foodchain/chainreaction.swf

The base site yields a large number of animations across a wide variety of subject areas. These are, for the most [...]

The conscious competence model is one that many technology/ICT trainers are aware of. As they facilitate ICT integration by working with the teachers and model practice in the classroom in our schools they to see the full range of competencies in staff and students.
This model is based on two factors, consciousness and competence. Competence refers [...]