http://digitalexplorer.co.uk/google-earth/
This is a useful site (Thanks Ewen) The site has resources for using Google Earth
Namely a manual (82 page PDF file) and a series of examples of virtual fieldwork using google earth
This is a very useful
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http://blogs.ushmm.org/WorldIsWitness/
This is a powerful blog - one worth visiting subscribing to and supporting.
If we look beyond the safety of our comfortable lives there is a frightening world out there. A world where violence, persecution, brutality, hunger, war and ignorance are commonplace. Sites like this and mediastorm give us insights into this world, they show a [...]
Teacher TV has released a series of videos on antarctica. The videos for Primary and Secondary school students look at Geography and science teachers visiting Antarctic and the future of Antarctica itself.
These are professionally produced resources and well worth looking at.
Geo Teachers in the Freezer - http://www.teachers.tv/video/25270
Sci Teachers in the Freezer - http://www.teachers.tv/video/25266
The future in [...]
Just read an article on the BBC site on Stonehenge. Worth a read and it has a good animation of the history of the Stone rings in under 1.30.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7322134.stm
Here are some further links and resources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/moonraking/landscape_stonehenge.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6311939.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/3047469.stm
http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/
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This is a neat little find. this is a directory of learning object repositories. It covers a variety of learning areas and ages. Well worth having a look and a forage… Its hosted by The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Here are the links:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_collections.html - Collections
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_global.html - Global Studies
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_other.html - Other Learning Objects
Some very useful links [...]
Its the fifth Anniversery of the war in Iraq and Reuters and MediaStorm have produced a 4-5 minute video compiled from the resources of journalists, with interviews of the war.
http://iraq.reuters.com/
This is compelling viewing and well supported by timelines, profiles, maps (see below) and resources (links to a wide range of sites).
Word of Caution - Some [...]
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 [...]
here are two visual resources that are worth having a look at
1. Visible Body - http://www.visiblebody.com
This is cool site for biologist and scientists, but it does have one limitation - It is only available in Internet explorer . However its worth a visit and is free to sign up
2. Visual geography - http://www.visualgeography.com/
A nice easy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
