At the ISTE conference in Denver I was asked where I found the videos and other resources that I used in the presentation. Here is a list of the materials I used and also some of the other ones I didn’t use but are worthwhile looking at depending on your audience. Videos CEOP – Child [...]
Well, its fair to say that the return trip from Mumbai was a rather long one and its taken me a week to try and catch up. Here is what I have stumbled across on the wire this week. 1. MATHguide http://www.mathguide.com/ resources for mathematics lessons in algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus 2. Math Applets – [...]
This is the latest in the series of starter sheets. This start sheet looks at the Word cloud generator called wordle – http://www.wordle.net The starter sheet is available from: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Starter+Sheets
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 [...]
We are fortunate that our email system is actually a complete communication and collaboration package. At the flick of a switch (well actually the tick of a tick box) each and every students (or selected groups) can have a personal website that included podcasting, calendar, file sharing, blogs as well as traditional webpages. But with [...]
These are some of the more interesting websites I have some across this week. 1. Science World – URL http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/ Science resources from Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Astronomy 2. 12 essentials for technology integration – URL http://content.yudu.com/Library/A18dcc/TwelveEssentialsforT/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F59772%2FTwelve-Essentials-for-Technology-Integration This is a very interesting article in the form of a e-book. Well laid out and excellent reading [...]
The Committed Sardine is the website and blog of Ian Jukes and the infosavvy group. They have just updated the website and blog and I have the privilage of being one of the contributing bloggers to this website. There is a wealth of information and material coming out from this site and I would encourage [...]
This is a nice and useful visual search tool that Google has added to its search engines results page. The tool allows you to visualise your search results and then select and extend from the original search. First step – Load google and run a search. Then Select Show options Then Select Wonder Wheel Having [...]
The commoncraft show is a favourite of mine. Lee LeFever and his team do a brilliant job of producing simple and straight forward videos on a wide variety of topics. two that I find useful are these: Borrowing money in plain english – http://www.commoncraft.com/borrowing-money and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NWlYK9Ndcc Saving money in plain english – http://www.commoncraft.com/saving-money and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqDsevMW7Ds [...]
www.search-cube.com http://www.search-cube.com This is a visual and kinaesthetic search engine. The search results appear in the form of screen shots of the pages in a manipulatable cube. You use your mouse or cursor keys to orientate the cube and select the page you want to open. Hovering over an image will bring up a preview [...]
