Karen Vitek's Public Library

Science of the Olympic Winter Games

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Weighted grades tutorial

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"Over 1 billion charts, maps, plots and diagrams are found in print publications each year - but only 40 million online.

This huge discrepancy is a reflection of the complexity to create & publish charts online.

Chartle.net tears down the complexity of online visualizations - offers simplicity, ubiquity and interactivity instead. "

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"NoteStar is an Internet utility to assist in the preparation of research papers. Teachers and students can set up research projects with topics and sub-topics. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes and prepare their bibliography page. "

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"Most of these resources come from the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. It was established by the National Science Foundation to capture improvements in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and organize them into one point of online access. Collaborating partner institutions such as universities, museums, professional organizations, government agencies, research laboratories and publishers create NSDL materials. NSDL's network of content-rich collections, educational resources, and technology-based information is intended to meet the needs of students and teachers at all levels: K-12, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning. See www.nsdl.org"

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"Powerpoint Twitter toolsSpeakers and presenters at conferences are increasingly finding their audience live tweeting during their presentation. In most cases, the presenter has no clue about what the audience is saying on Twitter. This leads to a disconnect between the true thoughts of the audience in contrast with that of the presenter. In order to avoid such scenarios, you can incorporate Twitter within your PowerPoint presentation both to be an active participant as well as to gather feedback from the audience."

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"Chemistry help is available here for high school or college students. Chemtutor begins with the fundamentals and gives expert help with the most difficult phases of understanding your first course in chemistry. Chemtutor is not necessarily a complete text for your course or a complete outline, but we are proud to offer some insightful help in the parts of primary chemistry that have been, from our experience, the hardest for students to grasp. Chemtutor can be a part of a course of study for independent students, a resource for chemistry teachers, a review, or a tutoring program for students taking high school or basic college chemistry. "

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Illuminations is designed to:

* Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.
* Provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.

Illuminations is part of the prestigious Verizon Thinkfinity program.

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"Visually Learn About the Human Body Using Our Interactive "Flash" Animations "

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"Welcome to PupilTube.com, the worlds largest collection of how-to, tutorial and explanatory videos online. We collect, share and promote knowledge."

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"The community has shared the following statements, written resources, technology tool recommendations, and exemplary case studies with the National Educational Technology Plan team. To view a resource, please click on its title below. To browse resources by category, please select a focus area from the menu above. "

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"Technology continues to surprise us every day. Now iPods and iPhones offer easy access at the palm of our hands for any game, video, and communication tool imagined. In the realm of special education, educators and professionals also search for the cheapest technology to use for working with students and clients to enhance communication and daily skills. This site lists some of the latest applications (apps) available for a teacher or student to use on their ipod/phone that targets the special needs population. If you do not have an iPod Touch or iPhone... go get one and start connecting with your students!"

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"Thanks to ACES Assistive Technology for providing this wonderful list of electronic and audible book resources. I have posted lists previously but this is the most extensive listing that I have found. "

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"This is a collection of movie clips in which Mathematics appears. I'm collecting DVDs and VHS tapes of such movies. This is a working document to be extended over time. I started this page during spring break 2006. See also the page "Begin of lectures in college teaching" and "End of lectures in college teaching". To see the movies larger or to see it on the iphone, chose the quicktime ipod version, which are files with .m4v extension. "

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The mnemonics on this site provide both a quick-reference source for people seeking information or help with specific subjects, and a library of assistance for anyone (teachers especially) seeking information about mnemonics in general. It also tries to include a wider explanation for each subject mnemonic, detailing its use and purpose. The webmasters are always happy to hear from anyone wishing to add a further mnemonic whether it's old, entirely new or just an alternative variation of one already listed.

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