Ever since it went online in 1993, the Exploratorium science museum has been a pathfinder for its quality virtual exhibitions. Robert Semper, overseer of the museum’s Web programs, says designers hope to expand interactive technologies through such means as sending pictures to hand-held devices and e-mailing content to mobile phones -check it out at:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
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A new internet research tool called Digital Universe aspires to be a more authoritative version of Wikipedia. If successful, it could provide scholars and students with one more option for finding accurate, reliable information online. It is still in it’s early stages but has tremendous possibilities.
http://www.digitaluniverse.net
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Through an agreement with the National Archives, Google Inc. has added historic video footage of such events as the Apollo moon landing and Japan’s surrender in World War II to its internet search engine. Students, teachers, researchers, and others now can access these digital video clips free of charge through the Google Video search portal.
http://video.google.com/nara.html
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A new internet research tool called Digital Universe aspires to be a more authoritative version of Wikipedia. If successful, it could provide scholars and students with one more option for finding accurate, reliable information online. It is still in it’s early stages but has tremendous possibilities.
http://www.digitaluniverse.net
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Through an agreement with the National Archives, Google Inc. has added historic video footage of such events as the Apollo moon landing and Japan’s surrender in World War II to its internet search engine. Students, teachers, researchers, and others now can access these digital video clips free of charge through the Google Video search portal.
http://video.google.com/nara.html
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Social Studies and other teachers: http://www.ccproject.org/
Creative Connections Project – many webquest types of activities for students.
Science Teachers: http://www.3dscience.com/
3D Science - many free images for use in student multimedia projects. A little weird
to navigate but worthwhile.
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Over break I went through online training for iSafe which is a company dedicated to Internet safety education. With our recent issues
with student blogging this is a great resource for learning about what kids are doing online and how to help guide them into better decisions. Check it out at:
http://www.isafe.org
The training videos are fairly short [...]
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ays to jazz up middle-school science and math
The secret to making middle-school science and math lessons engaging, experts say, is to give kids hands-on experiences that involve real-world applications of knowledge. Sites like the Stevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education and Raytheon’s MathMovesU suggest classroom activities that are fresh [...]
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In looking for a tip to send out I found this one for Google – in the Google search bar located in the upper right hand corner of Safari type in an equation like 2+3. Google will send back to you the answer – it’s 5 by the way – this also works [...]
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