Interactive Sites
Not that we are proponents of wasting time on the web, but yet another web page worth checking out is over at WebUpon.com. There R.J. Evans offers an interesting list of interactive websites.
In “Wow! 10 Awesome Interactive Websites†Evans notes that “Interactivity is the name of the game at the moment.†With that as his key criteria he offers his 10 websites that are “a combination of the fun, the weird, the educational or the simply bewildering.â€
A post from David Warlick directed me to this site. Reality game about gas crisis. Very interesting... teacher resource available. What other simulations could be played in the classroom with students. Interaction included blogging, video posts, podcasting, interviews, and comic storytelling.
This directory from the UK also ran a vote for Top 100 in 2007, and is repeating the vote in 2008 - tools that can be used for creating learning and performance support solutions as well as for managing your own personal learning.
Holistic learning is basically the opposite of rote memorization. Instead of reciting lists of facts, rules or formulas, you seek to connect ideas together. Instead of having separate boxes in your head for geometry, algebra or ancient India, you deliberately link facts together, so they form a bigger picture.
Another YouTube converter.
White paper report on using iPod for PD.
To discover how teachers are making use of this emerging technology, An Innovation Odyssey has interviewed four educators from different grade levels and geographic settings. As their stories reveal, weblogs offer a wide range of advantages in teaching and learning in the classroom.
Technology Integration program
wow... tons of clean icons