In this on the wire update we are looking at a range of interesting websites for Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy – digital citizenship and creativity, professional developments and twitter 1. Sixty Symbols – http://www.sixtysymbols.com/index.html this is a physics and astronomy, plus a little bit of mathematics site. In the site are a collection of videos [...]
Here are some interesting sites and materials I have found as I have been exploring with the new Mac. 1. To do list – http://www.abstractspoon.com/tdl_resources.html – this is a neat bit of free and open source software (FOSS) that allows you to maintain and manage a powerful to do list. Great tool at a nice [...]
I have been updating my Flickr Photostream with some pictures I took while in Africa. http://www.flickr.com/photos/achurches/
While I was in the States, I had the opportunity to visit Memphis Zoo. The Zoo was a little disappointing as I found many of the enclosures, particularly for the large carnivores to be limited and restrictive. However some of the newer spaces were very good. I don’t want to enter into a debate about [...]
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 [...]
This is a free standalone executable file that allows you to create movie files (AVI format) from images (JPG format). The program allows you to select the frame rate and quality of the output and produce a video clip from this. Ideal for timelapse photography, claymation, stop motion animations etc. The tool is free. I [...]
This is a great find. This site provides over 75,000 images under a creative commons licience for education. Here is what they say aboout themselves: “WorldImages (http://worldimages.sjsu.edu) The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains almost 75,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of [...]
A few years ago, I attended a conference in South Africa. In a pre conference tour I visited Robben Island, the notorious prison that housed Political prisoners during the bleak days of aparitied The prison is a tourist attraction and a monument to the conflict and struggle. I have uploaded to flickr some of my [...]
The more you look the more you find, and flickr has been yielding some brilliant finds recently. Finding good and often punchy visuals to use for presentations can be a little hit and miss some times but these three are very impressive. 1.Great quotes about Learning and Change This pool has members like Dean Shareski [...]
If you have seen the information hydrant you will know what I mean Well I would ahve to recommend that you look at the rest of the Photostream on flickr. Here are a couple….. http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/ Outstanding. What brilliant work.
