There are more resources on the web than any one person can possibly keep up with – that’s why we need organized collections like those at www.ohiotreasurechest.org and www.d3a2.org to help sort it out. The great part is that there’s that much material, the bad part is that it’s easy to overlook great stuff. One [...]
A great collection of multimedia resources on the web is at Teachers’ Domain. Developed by PBS affiliate, WGBH, the collection includes a number of free videos, interactive modules, and articles. Age appropriate content is available for essentially all grade levels. Free registration is required, but worth your time. The primary content areas include: Earth and [...]
www.free.ed.gov There is a wealth on information available on the websites for government agencies. However, given that there are so many of them (agencies, that is), hunting down good stuff can be hard to do, especially for students who have less experience with search skills, or even a limited ability to scan through materials. This [...]
Gapminder is data visualization tool. Yes, it sounds a little dull when you put it that way, but when coupled with a mountain of socio-economic and demographic data, it is an unbelievable picture of our world. It is an excellent resource for charting and comparing data on countries around the world and looking at the [...]
Tri-County ESC is offering a technology integration class series targeted toward middle and high school grades teachers. During the 4 face-to-face sessions participants will explore topics such as: information literacy presentation skills online publication media online learning environments and best practice (e.g. Moodle) Complementing the face-to-face sessions, is an online component to the course designed [...]
INFOhio recently announced the release of the new INFOsearch tool. INFOsearch allows the user to search many of INFOhio’s resources simultaneously. This resource will make it quicker and easier to locate good content via INFOhio. Records can be targeted toward the usual K-5 /6-8 /9-12 groups and can be filtered by resource types. Tip: This [...]
I last referenced Google Earth in the spring to make mention of an exceptionally good visual presentation of the crisis situation in Darfur compiled by the United States National Holocaust Museum. In its latest release, Google Earth has added Sky to the list of features available in this tool. With about a hundred million stars [...]
[via TechLearning.com] Harry Grover Tuttle, writing for TechLearning, offers 14 tips for integrating technology to enhance reading instruction. Some suggestions require more specific resources or are incompatible with our filtering, but several can be implemented in essentially any classroom setting with commonly available computing tools. Target grades: Varied
