Posted on March 13th, 2011 by
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As many math teachers know, http://www.wolframalpha.com/ is a search engine for finding anything you want to know that can be calculated. At http://demonstrations.wolfram.com , interactive illustrations created by Mathematica users around the world illuminate concepts in science, technology, mathematics, art, finance, and other fields. http://www.wolfram.com/cdf-player/ is a free download that allows access to a library [...]
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Filed under: Math, Teacher Resources, Tech tips & tricks, Web 2.0
Posted on March 4th, 2011 by
conardlibrary
At http://www.educationalrap.com/teachers-schools, listen to some samples of a great music library of educational rap/hip-hop and pop songs. We already own a set of these tracks in the library, so what you hear is what you can easily get — to use in the classroom, post to your blog or just amuse your students. On the website, you’ll [...]
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Filed under: English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Teacher Resources
Posted on March 3rd, 2011 by
conardlibrary
Another effort to improve student access to high-quality educational resources, especially multi-media content, is HippoCampus, from the Monterey Institute for Technology & Education. Students can browse multi-media lessons and find help with topics covered in popular textbooks.
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Posted on December 17th, 2010 by
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Issuu.com lets students and teachers turn their multi-page documents (instructions, poetry portfolios, even research papers with lots of graphics) into professional looking on-line publications. Here’s what I did with Denise Jaffe’s edublog instructions. http://issuu.com/klarnet/docs/whps_edublog_campus_instructions What a nice way to show off student work.
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Filed under: English, Reading & Writing, Show/tell/publish work, Teacher Resources
Posted on December 17th, 2010 by
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http://www.mapsofwar.com Watch the spread of democracy march across the screen. Or the history of religion. Or visit a great collection “of the best multimedia war maps from the web.” Very cool!
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Posted on June 7th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
Ms. Vranich’s 10th grade English classes are our pioneers in trying out Conard’s new VoiceThread website. Listen to some of their great book reviews. It’s the perfect place to find some helpful summer reading suggestions. (Scroll to the right – past the first page of instructional videos – to get to our collection.) http://conard.ed.voicethread.com/#q What’s a VoiceThread you say? [...]
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Posted on June 1st, 2010 by
conardlibrary
At Big Huge Labs.com you can make “cool stuff” with digital photos - motivational posters, jigzaw images, mosaics and more. My favorite is the magazine cover option – where you can add pictures, titles and graphics to make yourself or a friend a cover star. (Teachers take note – a magazine cover might be an [...]
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Filed under: English, Math, Science, Show/tell/publish work, Social Studies, Teacher Resources, Tech tips & tricks, Web 2.0, World Language
Posted on May 13th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
These sites – some old, some new – let students and teachers communicate is creative ways. www.glogster.com Glog is a kind of poster – fully designed by yourself! Glog is a fancy creation from text, images, music and video – a perfect tool to express yourself. _______________________________________________________ Make your own music video with Animoto [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2010 by
conardlibrary
These links lead to resources students and teachers can use to enhance multi-media and Web 2.0 interactive projects (Wikis, Blogs, PhotoStories, etc.) Just a sampling – there are many more out there; such sites appear (and disappear) all the time. Free (or cheap) music for educational use: www.podsafeaudio.com/ www.beatpick.com/ http://magnatune.com/genres/ www.ccmixter.org http://freeplaymusic.com/ – Instrumental Music http://ccmixter.org – All kinds [...]
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