In the first post we looked at those things that are driving us to change. These are the expectations of the wider community and our students. Having established the aspects that are driving our change we need to set goals and objectives.
When it comes to setting goals I like the SMART concept:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timely
The goals we set [...]
1. PBS Shakespeare – http://www.pbs.org/teachers/activitypacks/reading/shakespeare/ This is one of a huge range of interesting and varied resources produced by the PBS. A great starting point is the page on K-12 teacher resources – http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ This is even better if you can access the PBS tv shows
2. For the history educators – this site is looking [...]
I have long been a fan of Open source and for about three years I have been a user of Open Office, in fact our school has migrated from Microsoft Office and later Star Office to Open Office.
One of the problems that all of the productivity suites have is the level of complexity for the [...]
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 the first Adobe Air tool that has really caught my attention. It is graphic design motion based painting program. It allows you to select a wide range of brushes and the decorate your canvas. Livebrush
Available as a free download or as a low cost pro version this is a neat tool. As it [...]
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 [...]
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 & [...]
In this weeks catch from the net we have Mathematics and data sources, infographic maps, web 2.0 tools and more.
1. The Maths Apprentice – http://www.mathapprentice.com/Activity/explore.html – this is a fun primary and middle years site for mathematics. Directed at the younger audience. Worth considering using with an IWB.
2. Kids online – me and mymaths – [...]
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 [...]
The one problem with attending a conference is catching up after. ULearn has been no exception, I have spent this week in catch up mode.
Here is my weekly catch from the net.
1. Alternative to – http://alternativeto.net/desktop this website is present you with alternative application to common or popular software and web based tools. This is [...]
