Archive for the ‘Curriculum Resources’ Category
Thursday, March 3rd, 2005
Saw this today on Jon Udell's weblog. It seems that with enough knowledge of javascripting, Flash, and access to a handheld GPS unit, it's possible to create semi-animated walking or driving tour using the new Google Maps service. Jon, inspired by Matt's work, has created a five-minute guided tour of ...
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005
The Gateway to Educational Materials is a online, searchable database of thousands of educational resources scattered around the public Internet. One of the things I like most about this site is the way that you can narrow your search results by subject, type of activity, grade level, and keyword. Take ...
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2004
I just finished downloading the Best of Project Gutenberg DVD, a collection of 9,400 eBooks from Project Gutenberg's vast collection. Project Gutenberg, in case you are not aware of their work, has been around since 1971 and is commited to producing etexts of public domain works of literature, historical documents, ...
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Thursday, December 16th, 2004
I'll bet the teaching staff at your school is pretty much like our's. There are a few teachers who really get technology and how to use it in their daily instructional practice, a few others who will never use technology no matter how hard people like me try, and a ...
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Saturday, December 4th, 2004
From the creators of Wikipedia comes Wikinews, the latest attempt to rethink traditional media and publishing. Like Wikipedia, anyone can contribute to the news articles that are written on the Wikinews site. Is this journalism? I'm not sure that matters to the Wikinews contributors. From their mission statement:
We seek to ...
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Monday, October 25th, 2004
When I was a high school physics teacher I envied by social studies colleagues every time a presidential election year rolled around. Many high school students, even ones who aren't old enough to vote, feel strongly about politics and public policy and love to share their views. There is nothing ...
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Friday, October 8th, 2004
If you're like me (and I know I am), you may have discovered that the best of intentions aren't always enough to avoid the last minute rush that accompanies an upcoming deadline. Even as a graduate student who's supposed to know better, I sometimes find myself up too late the ...
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