Posts filed under ‘Web’
Kate kicks me into action
In my meeting with Kate today she admonished me for not writing much in here lately…admonishment taken and new content appearing!
It is that time of year again for the edublog awards and there are some notable entries!
Check them out as I’m sure you will find ones which interest you and next year I hope to see some of you amongst best new blog!
Google Docs in Plain English
Another outstanding Common Craft video
My Heritage…connect the dots
MyHeritage.com offers an on-line family tree creation package which allows you and your students to develop and create visual family trees and invite other family members to participate.
YouTube onto your desktop
Find that video on YouTube which would be perfect for the classroom, but alas it is blocked by various firewalls? Enter vconvert.net. It allows you to save a YouTube video to your desktop in various formats. Excellent!
Social Networking goes primary
The Social networking phenomenon went to primary school this week when the Disney Corporation bought the newly successful Club Penguin for a few hundred million dollars.
From the Club Penguin site:
“Chatting and gaming are the two most popular online activities for kids, yet most virtual worlds are focused on an older audience. We wanted to create a fun, online world that we’d be comfortable letting our own kids visit.”
So where will social networking end, or rather, when will it enter your classroom as a viable way?
Daily Lit
If you don’t have time to read a book, read classics by email or RSS!
Get a chapter delivered every day
Check out www.dailylit.com
Wiki Mind Map
You love WikiPedia, but just can’t be bothered with all that reading!
Enter Wiki Mind Map
Wikimindmap allows you to search Wikipedia and have the results presented as a mind map!
Happy Wiki Mind Mapping!!
One for the History types!
Rome Reborn is an impressive VR project by Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.
The BBC recently did a story about Rome Reborn
check it out for yourself:
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/
