Here are a selection on websites I have stumbled across from various blogs and searches. Clickable Mummy: http://www.akhet.co.uk/clikmumm.htm Interested in mummies an interactive site they can learn about the process of mummification. Source: http://www.freetech4teachers.com 50 States: http://www.50states.com/ Learning geography can be a little more interactive with this site that lists tons of facts about each [...]
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 [...]
Every month Educause produces a briefing paper on a new or emerging technology. This months paper looks at GEOLOCATION Whats GEOLOCATION? Well if you are asking that, this is the link you should click to download this easy to read, education focused briefing paper. Pssst. Hint. Geolocation is also called Geotagging
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
Derek Wenmoth from Core, just blogged about this. 19.20.21 is a investigation into 19 cities, each with over 20 million people, in the 21st Century, hence the name. The projects purpose is to look at business and urban growth in these cities over a 5 year period and publish this information via a variety of [...]
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/index.html Seeing is believing, well thats how the story goes anyway. However if your are a visual learner then seeing how something works is a key element to your learning. In geography and the geo-sciences this can be hard to do because of the scale and location. However using a computer to visualise or simulate [...]
http://www.terraclues.com Here is another eternal Beta. I found this link on WVSKPhillips Domain’s Blog and it links very nicely with another post from today – Place spotting – this is a clue based geography game that also use Google maps in the mash up. You either use an existing game or create one, set up [...]
http://www.placespotting.com/solve.php This is fun but annoying – you are presented with an image (google earth image) and given a few hints then told to find it. This is worthwhile looking at and it makes for an interesting exercise with our students. Get the students to create the puzzles and then send them to their classmates. [...]
http://meryl.net/2008/01/22/175-data-and-information-visualization-examples-and-resources/ This is an amazing site – I got it from Ewen McIntosh’s Feed. This is a brillant collection of sites, materials and resources. Here’s the first 11 or so of 175+ 10×10 is “100 words and pictures that define time.” 3D Animation of Linux Code Development 7 Nights of Bright Eyes article and [...]
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/geography/research/emm/geodata This is an excellent Portal to geography sites and data. This should be a essential for all geographers, humanitarians and life scientists.
