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 [...]
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 [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
Every now and then I will get some one who will contact me and ask to do a review of their site or push their product. For the most part I delete these. But Donna from Meet me at the corner asked me to do a review of her site. She introduced herself as a [...]
The guys at Commoncraft have released another video in their excellent series on Money
This one is the Stock market in plain english
The others are:
Borrowing Money
Insurance
Investing Money
Saving Money (Compound Interest)
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Here are some interesting sites and resources that I have stumbled across this week.
1 . Teaching English - http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
This is a great site for teachers of English. Well worth a visit. You will need to register, but this is quick painless and free.
2. Crimespotting mash up – http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/seeing-the-future-mapping-crimespotting-stamen.html
mash ups are brilliant examples of the power [...]
Here are some excellent resources that I have come across recently.
1. 12 essential sites for for free images – http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/12-essential-sites-for-great-free-photos-624818
This is a must for presenters. There are excellent images available across these sites. Visit, enjoy, use and acknowledge
2. Science books online – http://sciencebooksonline.info/
This is another useful resource. You may have to pick and choose, but [...]
This link was sent to me the other day. It is a powerful video looking at the impact of social media. It reminds me a lot of the classics (Strange to use this term with youtube) like Prof Michael Wesch “the machine is using us” and the much copied and emulated “did you know” by [...]
I have uploaded onto teacher tube a series of resources for Visual Basic.Net 2008 Express addition. These video look at the basics of programming in this free and functional environment. I will upload the workbook shortly.
Here are the Resources:
Visual Basic.Net Express 2008 download – http://www.microsoft.com/express/vb/
Video 1 – introduction
2. Programming Task 1.
3. Programming Task 2.
4. Programming [...]
