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Sheppard's software for elementary interactive games - variety of content areas...

nice example of Prezi software being used in an effective presentation

"The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open Source project based at Tufts University. The VUE project is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research. VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information. "

This is a cool concept.

"Chronos allows scholars and students to dynamically present historical data in a flexible online environment. Switching easily between vertical and horizontal orientations, researchers can quickly scan large number of events, highlight and filter events based on subject matter or tags, and recontextualize historical data."

Recommended tinkering books from the Constructivist Consortium List of open-ended creativity software and construction materials used at Constructing Modern Knowledge Reggio Emilia books and constructive toys Project Websites and Communities Videos Programming/building materials Places to purchase parts and supplies Learning Materials Workshop 3D Printing and Fabrication MicroWorlds EX -A modern multimedia version of the Logo programming language, with robotics control with an optional robotics version Scratch - Free programming language for simple storytelling and games.

"WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. A web-based version of WorldWide Telescope is also now available. This version enables seamless, guided explorations of the universe from within a web browser on PC and Intel Mac OS X by using the power of Microsoft Silverlight 3.0. Install WorldWide Telescope Windows® System Requirements (For Mac OS X use the Web Client) Web Client Mac & PC - Compare Client Versions "

web-based timeline