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 [...]
Here are some interesting websites I have come across in the last couple of days.
1. ScratchEd http://scratched.media.mit.edu/
This is a cool site for educators using Scratch – the programming language.
2. Nutrition Toolbox – http://www.principalhealthnews.com/topic/nutritiontoolbox
This website looks at the nutitional content of over 40,000 foods. Select the food and it will tell you the number of calories [...]
These are some of the more interesting websites I have some across this week.
1. Science World – URL http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/
Science resources from Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Astronomy
2. 12 essentials for technology integration – URL http://content.yudu.com/Library/A18dcc/TwelveEssentialsforT/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F59772%2FTwelve-Essentials-for-Technology-Integration
This is a very interesting article in the form of a e-book. Well laid out and excellent reading
3. Teaching with Smartboard -URL [...]
Here is a collection of websites that have come to my attention this week:
1. Emathematics
URL: http://www.emathematics.net/index.php
2. Video – the altas of early printing – http://atlas.lib.uiowa.edu/press-animation.html
This is a video that examines the origins of the printing press
3. Video production resources including a very good storyboarding tool. http://kidsvid.altec.org/index.html
4. Science (and other subjects) Video resource Library
http://www.neok12.com/
5. Generation Yes [...]
I just read this in a computerworld e-article.
This is very cool and is reminisent of the Google earth/ sketchup marriage. Photosynth is a great photostitching tool which aloows the user or a collaboration of users to create brilliant 3D images that the viewer can manipulate, dive into to change the depth and perspective. Very cool!
Add [...]
Google Earth is a great entry level GIS tool (GIS geographical Information system)
The basic download (which is available from http://earth.google.com) will allow the user:
to navigate the globe
switch easily between map and satelite views
manipulate layers which overlay infrastructure, roads, etc or areas of social significence
and more (See the tutorial)
But there is far more tham this [...]
Most schools require students to have a graphing calculator when they reach the dizzying heights of Senior mathematics. The students (or perhaps their parents) invest in these tools. The cheapest price I found was $116 for a Ti82. Which is alot of money for a tool with limited application beyond the mathematics and perhaps science [...]
Here are some interesting websites for Science
1. Interactives – http://www.learner.org/interactives/ – this site has some useful pages on a variety of topics including Science, Mathematics, Languages and history. Nice and clean, good graphics
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2. The physics Classroom – http://www.physicsclassroom.com/ – This is a useful resource for Physic at high school level. The site contains multimedia resources [...]
This is a collation of some resources I have recently found for science:
The Virtual cell http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm
Life on Earth – http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/esm/lifeonearth/public_html/toc.html
Cells Alive – http://www.cellsalive.com/
Howard Hugher Medical Institute – http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/
Howard Hugher Medical Institute – Virtual labs – http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/index.html
3D cell explorer – http://3dcellexplorer.com/
Global Educational Outreach for Science Engineering and Technology – http://geoset.group.shef.ac.uk/
The Vega Science Trust Videos – http://www.vega.org.uk/
(An [...]
This is a starter sheet looking at Adobe’s Flash based online word processing tool – Buzzword.
http://www.buzzword.com
The starter sheet looks at the basics of the product plus it looks at the collaborative aspect as a tool for group work in students working on science experiments.
The starter sheet is available in PDF format here – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets
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