Posted on May 18th, 2009 by
sbright
Jane Hart runs a very splendid resource, Top Tools for Learning
and she invites information professionals to list their favourite top
ten tools. I thought this would be a nice blogging opportunity to look
back at the tools I suggested over a year ago, to see how many I would
still recommend, and which – if any – have been replaced with something
else.
The tools that I chose in February 2008 were:
Audacity (an audio recording piece of software)
Bloglines (RSS reader)
Firefox (web browser)
Flickr (Photograph sharing resource)
FURL (boomarking resource)
Pageflakes (home/start page resource)
PBWiki (a wiki creation package)
Slideshare (social media resource for storing and sharing presentations)
Typepad (Blogging tool)
Twitter…Read More
Article by Phil Bradley
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Posted on February 14th, 2009 by
sbright
Posted on February 1st, 2009 by
sbright
Physics and magic aren’t often mistaken, but increasingly, physicists
themselves seem to be trying to change that. Last year, a team at the
University of California, Berkeley, announced that it had developed
materials that could lead to an invisibility cloak. Last month, a group
of researchers at Harvard University and the National Institutes of
Health reported that it had accomplished something not unlike
levitation, causing a microscopic sphere of gold to rise above a glass
surface.full story
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Posted on January 29th, 2009 by
sbright
Commentary: Uniting U.S., Canada, Mexico money could result from crisis
“World, hold on. Instead of messing with our future, open up inside.” — Bob Sinclair
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Thomas Jefferson once said: “When you reach
the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” As the global
financial system pushes on a string, investors are desperately trying
to hold tight…Full Story
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Posted on January 28th, 2009 by
sbright
Posted on January 27th, 2009 by
sbright
We’re excited to share that Windows Live Writer 2009 is now officially available for download with Windows Live Essentials!
This is the same version of Writer as the release candidate from last month. If you’ve already installed the release candidate you do not need to upgrade at this time.
Windows Live Writer 2009
Writer Zone – Windows Live
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Posted on December 9th, 2008 by
sbright
TeacherTube is proud to announce a new Health Channel sponsored by LearntobeHealthy.org. LearntobeHealthy.org
provides interactive student health science activities and teacher
lesson plans for FREE that include: Teacher-led Activities, Student
Games and Webquests.
LearntobeHealthy’s web-based kits meet many National and State Education Standards and make health education fun.
Check out new Health videos at the LearntobeHealthy.org – Health Channel Read More..
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Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by
sbright
There are many ways you can use an edublog in your teaching, here are ten to get you started:
1. Post materials and resources
The web is a fantastic tool when it comes to distributing resources
- all you have to do on your Edublog is upload, or copy and paste, your
materials to your blog and they’ll be instantly accessible by your
student from school and from home. What’s more, you can easily manage who gets to access them through password and plugin safety measures.
2. Host online discussions
If you’ve ever struggled to create an online discussion space -
you’re going to love what edublogs will do for you. Students can simply
respond to blog posts and discuss topics you’ve set them through
comments of through our simple forum functionality – commentators can
also sign up to receive emails when their comments are replied to and
you can easily manage and edit all responses through your blog’s
administrative panel. Read More..
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Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by
sbright
(CNN) — In tests for teacher Tom Farber’s high school
class, students can demonstrate their mastery of calculus and find out
where to get braces or even a haircut.
Calculus teacher Tom Farber is selling ad space on tests to defray printing costs.
Squeezed by
classroom budget cuts, the Rancho Bernardo High School teacher is
selling ads on his exams to cover the costs of printing them.
“It raises money for the teachers and it’s amusing for the kids, so it
seems like a win-win,” said Luke Shaw, 18, a student at the suburban
San Diego, California, school.
Parents and administrators also
praise Farber, 47, for his creative classroom funding, but he doesn’t
want it to become the norm.
“My intention is, [selling ads] is a stopgap measure,” said Farber. “I don’t want to be doing this year after year.”
Instead, he says, government must do more to help educators provide what students need. Read More..
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Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by
sbright
Safely connect, collaborate and learn using our leading protected email and blog solutions for schools and districts Read More
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