In this update of on the wire I am looking at only one site (well almost) – The University of Utah – Genetics Learning Centre (http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/).
This is a brilliant aid to the science teacher and the senior biologist. So lets see what this site has for us…
1. Homepage (http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/) – this links through to a [...]
This is a stunning video. Ksenya Simonova takes an inspiring and variety piece of music (Apocalytica – Inquistion Symphony) and combines this with a visual performance of drawing. It is very moving as she displays in a visual medium the emotions of the music.
She uses her fingers and sand.
This is stunning. An excellent example of [...]
Wow, four days off visiting family. Its so nice to have some downtime, but boy was my RSS reader full. Here are some interesting sites and resources I have found “on the wire”.
1. Storybird – http://storybird.com/ This is a collaborative digital story creation tool. worth a visit.
2. Multitasking research. This is some interesting research out [...]
I read on Allanah’s Blog “life isn’t a race to be finished first” an interesting discussion on what should our children be using pen or pencil and what were teachers preferences. It gave me a moment to think and reflect.
I guess first of all we should state some background – the question was which do [...]
The internet has masses of resources that we can use for education. Increasing there are sites dedicated to educationally focused videos. Here are six that I come across:
1. Teachertube – http://www.teachertube.com/ This is a great sharing site for teacher developed content and some professional material.
2. Teacher TV – http://www.teacher.tv This is a brilliant British [...]
1. The power of Nazi Propoganda – http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204271104574290581271478134.html
This is a brilliant slideshow in the Wall Street Journal of the poster the Nazis used in their anti-semitism campaign and the strengthening of the Nazi Power base.
2. State of deception – http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/ – this is the source of the Nazi propoganda posters and much more – this [...]
This is a new rubric which examines collaboration using online word processing tools like Adobe’s Buzzword, Google Documents or Zoho Documents.
The two aspects examined here are the technical use of the tool and the collaborative aspect of sharing and co-operation.The rubric is at the Applying level of Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/collaborative+editing+using+online+WP+rubric.pdf
As always I would appreciate comments [...]
This is the quote of the speech
“we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist“
The full text of the speech is available on the BBC’s news site @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/obama_inauguration/7840646.stm
Here is the paragraph
“To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders [...]
The link to this video was sent to me by Ian Jukes, with the simple instructions watch this from the beginning to the end.
The video even if you ignore the stunning message is a work of excellent construction and prose, but when you add in the message then it becomes exceptional.
Here is the Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA
The [...]
This is another starter sheet resource available on the Edorigami wiki.
Tool or technology:
Mixbook – an online publishing tool that allows the user to create, edit, share and publish their work in a digital or hard copy format.
Curriculum area:
English
Synopsis:
Students use Mixbook to create their own portfolios of poetry in a variety of Genre, styles and forms, [...]
