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2¢ Worth » Computer Science in U.S. High School Continues it Decline
“Computer science teachers are calling out for more effective professional development opportunities, such as workshops, conferences and networking opportunities, to keep up with the state of the field and offer rigorous and challenging courses that engage students,”
About aMap | aMap
aMap is short for ‘argument map’. The idea’s very simple - to promote the art of arguing by mapping out complex debates in a simple visual format.
FHSST (Free High School Science Texts)
FHSST (Free High School Science Texts) is a project that aims to provide free science and mathematics textbooks for Grades 10 to 12 science learners in South Africa.
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FHSST (Free High School Science Texts) is a project that aims to provide free science and mathematics textbooks for Grades 10 to 12 science learners in South Africa.
odosketch
Odosketch is easy to use and has a Flash-based interface which gives you a cool realistic feel.
Once started you will be provided with a set of brushes that vary in thickness and color, simply select one you like and start drawing. Completed images can be saved online and then shared with others.
Environmental Issues: Land Use Change
Environmental Issues: Land Use Change is an interdisciplinary technology-embedded middle school science unit. This curricular unit focuses on how human activities influence environmental changes related to land use. Students use geospatial information technology (GIT) tools including Google Earth and remotely sensed images to investigate modern day land use issues and land use change over time.
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Environmental Issues: Land Use Change is an interdisciplinary technology-embedded
middle school science unit. This curricular unit focuses on how human activities
influence environmental changes related to land use. Students use geospatial
information technology (GIT) tools including Google Earth and remotely sensed
images to investigate modern day land use issues and land use change over time.
WordSift - Visualize Text
For teachers, the tool offers a quick way of assessing the text that he or she is using for instruction. Teachers assess students, and the most successful teachers use this information to guide their teaching. So why not assess the text as well? By using WordSift, teachers get a heads up on key vocabulary appearing in the text, and can line instruction up with what might be challenging for students.
EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing
When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more.
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When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are
instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and
productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting
sessions, education, team programming, and more.
mystorymaker
My StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you. Once you are done with your story, save it online or print it out in the Library. It would be a perfect tool to use with an interactive whiteboard for students in division 1.
Art class - collaborative writing & feedback
Group conversations around images, documents, and videos.
iPod touch apps for the Science classroom
The list of iPod Touch aps for the science classroom continues to grow. Searching in the Apple Store Aps in the categories of education, games, productivity, and utilities locates these gems. Imagine what you can have instant access to! Explore these applications in the Apple Store and they will lead you to additional applications.
Pupils 'should study Twitter'
The Guardian said the draft review requires primary school children to be familiar with blogging, podcasts, Wikipedia and Twitter as sources of information and forms of communication.
Oddcast TTS Demo
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Nine Reasons to Twitter in Schools
Excellent teachers reflect on what they are doing in their schools and look at what is going well in order to maintain and develop it, and what needs improvement in order to make it better. Teachers on Twitter share these reflections and both support and challenge each other.
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Why should educators get involved with Twitter? Here are nine reasons.
Today's Meet
Today's Meet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime.
Encourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs.
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Talk. Listen.
Today's Meet helps you embrace the
backchannel
and connect with your audience in realtime.
DoingText - effortless text collaboration
Evolving a good text is all about communication.
doingText makes writing, sharing and gathering feedback a no-fuss experience.
With elegance and simplicity.
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- Collaborators don't need an account - simply share the URL
- Easier to use with clutter free interface
- Fine grained control: track and comment on every line
- Runs on mobile devices
- No Flash or Java required
- Stay up to date on changes through news feed/RSS
- We are making it better every week
- You pay for it - We treat you like a paying customer
- made with love.
Visual Math Learning: A Free Online Tutorial for Teaching Math
Do you consider yourself "mathematically challenged?" If you do, welcome to the majority of us, and welcome to this site. These free lessons will show you that mathematics is not as difficult to understand as you may have thought, when you learn the subject by visualization instead of memorization. But don't just take our word for it. Try the tutorial. If you are a parent or teacher, try it with your child or students. There is no charge or obligation, and you may discover that math can be interesting, challenging, and even fun!
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Do you consider yourself "mathematically challenged?"
If you do, welcome to the majority of us, and welcome to this site.
These free lessons will show you that mathematics is not as difficult to understand as you may have thought,
when you learn the subject by visualization instead of memorization. But don't just take our word for it.
Try the tutorial. If you are a parent or teacher, try it with your child or students.
There is no charge or obligation, and you may discover that math can be interesting, challenging,
and even fun!
Line Graphs in Google Earth
Above is an example of how Google Earth can be used to create attractive graphs. Using the path tool and design options, the students can relate their data to a certain landmark on Earth for a more meaningful presentation.
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Above is an example of how Google Earth can be used to create attractive graphs. Using the path tool and design options, the students can relate their data to a certain landmark on Earth for a more meaningful presentation.
Combination Lock - Math Games
CombinationLock.com (Combination Lock) offers many math games in which you use the clues to work out the combination in order to open the lock
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CombinationLock.com (Combination Lock) offers many math games in which you use the clues
to work out the combination in order to open the lock
Algebra Manipulatives
Virtual manipulatives related to the NCTM Algebra standard for grades 9 - 12.
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Virtual manipulatives related to the NCTM Algebra standard for grades 9 - 12.
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