Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. (Recorded ...
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
I watched Wade Davis' Cultures on the Edge presentation yesterday and it has impacted me tremendously. I in one fell swoop have changed my view of story telling and it necessity in the world. Wade is a persuasive and polished presenter. His simple stand and deliver approach is ...
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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
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
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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.Share This
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