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 [...]
http://download.sketchup.com/downloads/training/tutorials50/Sketchup%20Video%20Tutorials.html
Excellent sketchup resources.
This site hosts about 40 videos about sketchup. if you are looking at using sketch up (and who wouldn’t) this is a great starting point.
http://aceonlineschools.com/25-awesome-virtual-learning-experiences-online/
25 Virtual learning experiences. This is an excellent post with a great list of online resources.
Free OCR
http://www.free-ocr.com/
Free-OCR.com is a free online OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool. You can use [...]
The more I use Voicethread the more I like it.
I like the simple GUI, the fact that I can produce media that contains, images, documents, video, voice and text. This is a rich tool for teaching and learning and one well worth using. I love that students can comment and reflect.
Starter Sheet – voicethread
The [...]
I have just updated the Voicethread starter sheet and reposted it to the wiki
The Starter sheets are available at this URL – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets
Voicethread – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+voicethread.pdf
Delicious – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/delicious+v2.pdf
Google Maps – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+googlemaps.pdf
Wikispaces – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/wikispaces+v2.pdf
Google Advanced Search – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/Starter+sheet+-+Adv+Google+search.pdf
Boolean Searches – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/boolean.pdf
Buzzword – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+Buzzword.pdf
Animoto – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+animoto.pdf
Mixbook – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+mixbook.pdf
Mindmeister – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+mindmeister.pdf
Google Forms – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+google+forms.pdf
Google Earth – starter sheet – [...]
I am preparing for a presentation and I need to find some resources on Searching and within searching Boolean Searching.
There are some great tools out there that are worth sharing:
starter sheet on Edorigami – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets – Boolean searches and Google advanced search
The Boolean machine on Kathy Schrocks site – http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/#
Common craft show – basic search [...]
I have created another information sheet in the series I am working on for tools for teachers. This one is looking at one of my favourites wikispaces.
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/wikispaces.pdf
Thanks for those people who have made suggestions – I am going to look at the first three and add in some classroom activities.
The first three can be found [...]
http://www.anatomyarcade.com/index.html
If you are a biologist, general science teacher, health or PE teacher, this is a great resource for you.
This is their blurb…
“Anatomy Arcade makes basic human anatomy come ALIVE through awesome free flash games and interactives.
Finally, students can play flash games in class and not get in trouble for it and teachers can run lessons [...]
This was twittered this recently by Helen Otway. Smart Board Resources in the classroom.
This is quite a neat site the page lists a series of smartboard resources for various subject areas. Its worth a visit and a forage through the selection. The resources range across the school spectrum from K to 13 and cover the [...]
This is a neat little find. this is a directory of learning object repositories. It covers a variety of learning areas and ages. Well worth having a look and a forage… Its hosted by The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Here are the links:
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_collections.html – Collections
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_global.html – Global Studies
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_other.html – Other Learning Objects
Some very useful links [...]
http://www.schoolscience.co.uk
School science is a website sponsored by the association of science education in the UK. The site is jam packed with links and resources that can be used at all levels of the school primary to Senior.
Organised into disciplines and then within these into subject areas this is a useful site.
Well worth a visit are:
e-source [...]
