Today I had the opportunity to wander around downtown Singapore, and one of the locations I visited was the Art Science museum, down in marina bay. The place is engaging and eye catching because of its shape. The main part of the museum isn’t up in the rounded construction, but is underground. As I was [...]
This “on the wire” update is focused on the iPad and education. Here is what I have come across as I wander about with the iPad. 1. Virtual Frog Dissection – http://kids.punflay.com/virtual-frog.html This is a useful simulation for the science and biology classes. 2. iChoose – http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/ichoose/id285881085?mt=8 This is an iphone/touch app that runs on [...]
A little something for everyone here. 1. Making stopmotion movies – http://stopmotionmovies.yolasite.com/ I use stopmotion and claymation movies as learning tools in video creation. I use this simple technique to teach frame rate, camera angles, focus, perspective, transitions and rendering. Linked with this is a pdf resopurce from Microsoft Education on Digital Storytelling in the [...]
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp This is a cool site with lots of cool toys to play with – try these or http://www.fodey.com/generators/movie/clapper_board.asp
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ This is part of the PBS Public Broadcasting Service in the US. I have blogged before about this site but this is another powerful and educationally useful feature. On the Online News Hour page are links to a wide range of news categories or topics. Key for us as educators are: Art & Entertainment [...]
http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm This is a WOW resource to find and use. This is a the directory and repository for resources from the US governments agencies. I have copied and pasted below the subject map. This is a site to use and use and use and use…….. Arts & Music Artists (87) Music [...]
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm This is a nice little shockwave applet that the National Gallery of the Arts has on their kids pages. The tool is amazingly flexible and very enjoyable to use. It is certainly a cheaper alternative to commercial painting products, but is obviously a little limited. The toolbar is visual An even the artistically challenged [...]
