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Directory of subject-specific blogs for P-12 education
[Free Education Software GCompris]
Open source educational software for preschool and elementary students, including math & science games and reading practice
Free e-Learning | MinuteBio
Directory of free online courses, sorted in categories including art, science, computers, and instructional design.
Curriculumbits.com Online Interactive ELearning Teaching Resources
Interactive animated multiple choice quizzes and simple games for 11-16 year olds in multiple subjects.
At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard - NYTimes.com
Success story of getting rid of lectures in favor of more active learning for science courses at MIT
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The physics department has replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning. Last fall, after years of experimentation and debate and resistance from students, who initially petitioned against it, the department made the change permanent. Already, attendance is up and the failure rate has dropped by more than 50 percent.
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“Just as you can’t become a marathon runner by watching marathons on TV,” Professor Mazur said, “likewise for science, you have to go through the thought processes of doing science and not just watch your instructor do it.”
» Now You Can Design E-Learning Courses Like a Pro The Rapid eLearning Blog
Showing how you can create interactive e-learning even if PowerPoint is your only available tool, with a demo of a frog dissection created in PowerPoint.
EDTECH: Focus On K-12 - Getting Animated
Example chemistry lesson plan where students create animations to demonstrate chemical elements and compounds
Multimedia Physics Studios - Table of Contents
Collection of physics animations illustrating concepts from introductory physics
Animations
Library of science animations, movies, and tutorials, sorted by topic (chemistry, microbiology, protein synthesis, etc.)
Kapp Notes: More Educational Games
Collection of educational games. Learn about the Darfur crisis, wolf ecology, or brain structures, or practice vocab.
Kapp Notes: It is All Fun and Games...And Then Students Learn
Annotated list of educational games, all related to science and math.
Selected Internet Resources --Government Resources for Science Images
Online image databases for science topics. These are government sources and therefore mostly public domain.
Education Week: Learning to Teach With Technology
Instead of teaching technology as a separate course, more colleges training preservice teachers are integrating technology in content areas like math and science.
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the standards require teacher-candidates to exhibit knowledge, skills, and dispositions that equip them to teach technology applications. Candidates also have to show they can use technology to support student learning of content.
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Joel Colbert, who heads the committee on innovation and technology, says the handbook seeks to make the point that stand-alone technology classes are now obsolete.
“We are saying that’s not the way to integrate technology into teacher training, because each subject area uses technology differently,” Colbert says.
Google Earth Lessons
Lesson plans using Google Earth. Includes basic tutorials on Google Earth as well as lesson plans divided by subject.
Spotlight: Free Science Resources Online : March 2008 : THE Journal
Overview of free science resources from NASA, the Smithonian, and MIT OCW
Education Week's Digital Directions: Finding Online Science Sources
Descriptions of several good resources for online science materials, including NSTA's SciLinks and the National Science Digital Library
Chemistry with Mr. Olson
Wetpaint wiki used for chemistry class. Each element has a "profile" page with information, written in the first person (as if the element is creating the profile). The sodium profile is really well done, with several videos and a good mix of media.
Visible Body | 3D Human Anatomy
Interactive 3-D model of human anatomy. Free registration required.
Teacher Magazine: The Parent Factor
Parent attitudes affect their children's attitudes towards math and science. This article also examines how parents may unintentionally reinforce gender stereotypes for math and science, leading to lower interest for these subjects from girls.
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