Yesterdays sessions split into our program areas as well as the morning together. The first one and 1/2 days sessions were very insightful as one of tasks we undertook was tracing through all three programmes (PYP, MYP and DP). We looked at the progression between the different common aspects of the courses. In our groups [...]
Jamie from Digital Explorer left a comment on an earlier post that the resources available at Digital explorer for Google earth have been updated. Thanks for that. This is good materials and well worth using, they representa a considerable investment in time and resources.
The digital explorer website is well worth a visit and as I [...]
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 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.
here [...]
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.
If you [...]
One of the topics I am covering with my ITGS students is GPS or global positioning system. We are looking at how these tools link into business and employment and some of the issues that may be associated with these. Particularly:
privacy
accuracy
reliability
accessability
Some of the resources we are using are:
wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS
howstuffworks - http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm - includes a [...]
