The number of websites that have come across my desk this week is quite outstanding. There are some great resources here that will suit many subjects and curriculum levels.
1. Working on the food chain – http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/storybooks/foodchain.html this is a simple explanation of a food chain. A good resource suiting younger students – upper Junior & [...]
Here are some interesting games and visualization sites that you can use.
1. National Atmospheric and oceanic admistration – http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/ This is a government site with some good visualisations and animations on weather etc. Good use of satellite images – worth a visit
2. Science net links – http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/systems.html This interactive starts with a voice saying “please [...]
As part of a presentation I am preparing I needed some data on Gaming consoles in New Zealand.
A quick search revealed some interesting statistics – this is information about the Sony products but it gives perspective to the adoption of gaming concoles across NZ (stats for 2008). PlayStation:
accounted for 67 percent of all software sales [...]
The guys from Educause have released their latest addition in the Seven things you should know series.
You can download the pdf version at http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7045.pdf
Great work and well worth downloading – read the brief at – http://connect.educause.edu/blog/pkurkowski/neweli7thingsbriefexplore/48028
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Clark Aldrich isn’t some one I knew about or had met before a quick twitter comment. The link interested me it was about interactivity and games. Clark in this blog post has outline a taxonomy of interactivity ranging from level 0 (children should be seen and not heard approach) to level 6 (The students are [...]
On Tuesday evening I had a great podcast interview with the EdTechCrew. We had a 40 minute interview on a range of educational topics. I really enjoyed the experience and had a great time.
Its the first time I have done a podcast interview and also the first time on a skype conference call.
If you would [...]
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 [...]
I found this site from Ewen Del.icio.us post on his blog. Its a game produced by the Federation of American Scientists. This is a good resource for teachers of science, biology and health. The game is played witha 3d simulation where you control a robot within the body.
Here is their blurb…
“The Federation of American Scientists [...]
http://www.simsweatshop.com/
This is a great simulation and brilliant tool. The flash 9 based site hosts a simulation of a sports shoe making sweatshop. The successfull worker (I’m not one of them) will make atleast 3 shoes a day to earn his $6.05 wage. making 2 shoes 1/2’s his or her pay packet.
He (or she) must [...]
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 [...]
