Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Web Sites For Education

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

We visited many sites today that are interesting and helpful.  Take a look at some. http://www.brainpop.com http://kidshealth.org http://www.polleverywhere.com http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com http://fantasticcontraption.com http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10 http://freeology.com http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html http://www.nettrekker.com http://voicethread.com http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view http://www.edutopia.org/scratching-surface-creativity http://scratch.mit.edu http://www.usbourne-quicklinks.com http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com http://fayette.k12.in.us/~cbeard/dictionary/intro.html http://www.webquest.org http://www.csta.acm.org/Resources/sub/DownloadableResources.html Toward the bottom of the page, PBL resources http://www.theapple.com http://pocketmod.com

CSS Box Model Exercise Part 1

Friday, October 10th, 2008

[display_podcast] Experiment with the CSS in the portfolio_test.html file Save your work in your server account

Learning About Ourselves – Quizzes

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Have you ever wanted to learn more about how you learn or what type a person you are? Take the following quizzes and find out: Multiple intelligences quiz offered by Canada Myers-Briggs personality type quiz

Basics of Illustrator

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

[display_podcast] Creating a web page template can be easy with Adobe Illustrator. Watch the video to see some of the basic elements to get started. If you find yourself either under-inspired, looking for a new challenge or a bit overwhelmed by the program, try a tutorial at Good-Tutorials.com. They are small, ...

Creating an Edublogs Account

Friday, September 12th, 2008

[display_podcast] Creating a blog for education is easy with Edublogs.org.  It is one of the premier blog communities built for educators.  Create a blog in minutes and begin connecting with your students.  An added plus; you are connected with educators around the world.  The Edublogs.org community is searchable for educational topics ...

Creating a WikiSpaces Account

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

[display_podcast] Watch the screencast to observe how to create and set up your Wikispaces.com wiki.  This is free to students and teachers.  The built-in tutorials are very useful. The best thing is there are no ads.

How fast Do you Unlearn?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Another great topic to consider from Passionate Users. The future is not in learning... offers the concept that the future is for those who can unlearn old ways fast. Going back to zero seems to be a very important component of adapting to a new age. When ...