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James Davis

James Davis's Public Library

25 Oct 09

Sixty Symbols - Physics and Astronomy videos

The page is simple: sixty symbols that link to a physics or astronomy YouTube discussion. Simple and elegant.

www.sixtysymbols.com - Preview

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Responsive Classroom

"A practical approach to creating safe, challenging, and joyful elementary classrooms"

www.responsiveclassroom.org - Preview

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23 Oct 09

AMSER Science Reader Monthly - October 2009

"he AMSER Science Reader Monthly aims to provide educators with a useful package of information about a particular topic related to applied math and science by combining freely available articles from popular journals with curriculum, learning objects, and web sites from the AMSER portal."

www.amser.org/AMSER--ScienceReader.php - Preview

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19 Oct 09

Sugar Etoys - OLPC

More on EToys from the OLPC wiki. This page is more tutorial and background.

wiki.laptop.org/Sugar_Etoys - Preview

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EtoysIllinois

The EToys project at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. There are sample projects and lesson plans for download.

www.etoysillinois.org/index.php - Preview

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EToys on OLPC Wiki

EToys is an important app on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) machines. The OLPC wiki is a good source of information on EToys.

wiki.laptop.org/Etoys - Preview

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EToys

The home page for the squeakland EToys project. Downloads, user community, articles, and more.

www.squeakland.org/ - Preview

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12 Oct 09

Algebra Tiles

Interactive tool includes both positive and negative tiles. The site has a "solve a given equation" mode and a "model equation" mode. It would be nice if there was a "cancel" option to cancel out positive and negative values.

my.hrw.com/...Algebra_Tiles.html - Preview

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Safari Montage (CPS only)

CPS On-Demand video service, so not available outside of the CPS network. I am putting it here for teachers at my school. Search by keywords, grade level and standard, save favorites. Videos are broken into small segments that are ideal for classroom use. Many videos include quizzes and/or lesson plans.

cpsondemandk8.cps.k12.il.us/...login.php - Preview

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Bullfrog Film

Large collection of video and DVD resources focusing on environmental issues.

bullfrogfilms.com - Preview

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Learn360

Vido streaming site. Subscription required but if you have a LiveText account, you can get a subsciption for a very low price.

www.learn360.com/Search.aspx - Preview

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BBC - Dance Mat Typing

Online tool to build typing skills. Oriented to younger learners.

www.bbc.co.uk/typing - Preview

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Scribblar.com

An online collaboration tool built around the model of a shared whiteboad.

www.scribblar.com - Preview

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Photoshop.com

Online photo editing and photo sharing site from Adobe. Requires registration. Not sure how it can be used with a class.

www.photoshop.com - Preview

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AAA Math

Interactive math exercises. The site has tutorial type info, plus practice and games. Pages are cluttered with ads.

www.aaamath.com/ - Preview

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FreeRice

Cute vocabulary building site. For each correct answer, the site owners donate 10 grains of rice to feed the hungry.

www.freerice.com/index.php - Preview

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Wisc-Online - Online Learning Object Repository

A collection of Flash-based "learning objects" covering a wide range of topics and grade levels

www.wisc-online.com/ - Preview

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