USHMM is the the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
One of the latest resources they have is a video clip comprised of images of the SS who ran Auschwitz. The clip talks you through the life of the SS from their own images. These are striking and unique. You get a vision of people who happily [...]
Just picked this up from twitter. Its an excellent post by James Linzel called a few things for educators.
He’s gone through and looked at some excellent resources for science teachers and for IT too. Here is teh URL of his post - http://www.utechtips.com/?p=702
here are some of the key links, but please read his post [...]
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 [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP79vYsfbo
This is a nice find, I spotted on Miguel’s diigo.
Its an interesting video on convergence of digital media, citizen journalism, blogs etc. In a Cartoon/animation style its 4 minutes long and is well worth watching.
It raises some interesting questions about privacy, freedom of information etc. From this prespective it has worth as a conversation and discussion starter [...]
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
This is a UK website which looks at cyber-safety. The site is run by Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. The web site has targetted resources for different age groups making it a useful site from junior to senior schools and for parents and teachers.
One of the site videos is hosted on [...]
Cyber-safety is again a news item. The BBC has published this morning an article on the British government pledging to protect teachers from phone and internet based cyber bullying. The article is quite a good one, but I am concerned that they are now considering cyber-bullying to be a “serious disciplinary offence”. There is definitely [...]
I would like to share two video clips that have recently appeared in twitterverse.
The first…..
The catch line for this interesting project is
“three billion people under twenty-five. Now thats a lot of consumers”
The project is about the 3 billion people under 25. Its full of facts, ideas etc. Well worth grazing through. Watch the video at [...]
I read Wesley Fryers Blog entry this morning and took the time to watch the video to. Other than the storyboard reading like an advertisement for Apples iPhone, its fascinating. I must echo Wesley’s comments on it being exciting and impressive.
Essentially ACU - Abilene Christian University - has issues students with iPhones as a standard [...]
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 [...]
