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William Russo

MathSite: An Interactive Source for Seeing, Hearing, Doing Mathematics - 3 views

mathsite.math.berkeley.edu/main.html

geometry math mathsite

shared by William Russo on 19 Oct 09 - Cached
  • William Russo on 19 Oct 09
     
    This math site looks like it would be very useful on an IWB.
Scott Nourse

More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...05tablets.html

shared by Scott Nourse on 05 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • The Virginia Department of Education is overseeing a $150,000 iPad initiative that has replaced history and advanced-placement biology textbooks at 11 schools. In California, six middle schools in four cities (San Francisco, Long Beach, Fresno and Riverside) are teaching the first iPad-only algebra course developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  • converted an empty classroom into a lab with 36 iPads — named the “iMaginarium”
  • uestion whether school officials have become so enamored with iPads that they have overlooked less costly options
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  • working with textbook publishers on instructional programs and sponsoring iPad workshops for administrators and teachers
  • iPad algebra program in California
  • n Virginia, Pearson, an educational publisher, added iPad-specific features to existing American and world history programs, including an application for “Jeopardy”-like games and functions that enable students to take on-screen notes in the margins, bookmark pages and zoom in for close-ups. Pearson will develop iPad versions for all of its new instructional programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and begin offering iPad versions for 30 top-selling math, reading, literature, social studies and science programs in April.
  • “Traditionally, so much of art history is slides on a screen,” he said. “When they were able to manipulate the image themselves, it came alive.”
  • iPads would also save money in the long run by reducing printing and textbook costs; the estimated savings in the two iPad classes alone are $7,200 a year.
  • eplacing math textbooks with digital versions
  • 60 percent of the high school’s literature reading list from iBooks free.
  • “We are talking about changing the way we do business in the classroom.”
  • Scott Nourse on 05 Jan 11
     
    part 2
Scott Nourse

More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...05tablets.html

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shared by Scott Nourse on 04 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach Kafka in multimedia, history through “Jeopardy”-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems.
  • replace textbooks; allow students to correspond with teachers, file papers and homework assignments; and preserve a record of student work in digital portfolios.
  • extend the classroom beyond these four walls
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  • takes away students’ excuses for not doing their work.
  • e traditional scope of homework: go home, read, write,” he said, referring to its video and multimedia elements. “I’m expecting a higher rate of homework completion.”
  • spending money on tablet computers may seem like an extravagance.
  • invest in them before their educational value has been proved by research.
  • , is advancing its effort to go paperless and cut spending. Some of the tablets are being used for special education students.
  • “IPads are marvelous tools to engage kids, but then the novelty wears off, and you get into hard-core issues of teaching and learning.”
  • versatile tool with a multitude of applications, including thousands with educational uses.
  • laud the iPad’s physical attributes,
  • light weight
  • “There is very little evidence that kids learn more, faster or better by using these machines,”
  • simulate a piano keyboard on a screen or display constellations based on a viewer’s location
  • Scott Nourse on 04 Jan 11
     
    Pros and cons
Scott Nourse

Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English - 1 views

www.neok12.com

shared by Scott Nourse on 10 Feb 11 - Cached
  • Scott Nourse on 10 Feb 11
     
    A pretty good educational resource site
Ken Fuller

Unit Conversion - Online Unit Converter - 0 views

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DennisK 303B science math unit_conversion converter

shared by Ken Fuller on 29 Apr 11 - Cached
  • Common convertersDistance and Length Conversion (92)meter, kilometer, decimeter, centimeter, millimeter, micron, league, mile, fathom, yard, foot, inch, microinch, caliber, megameter ...Weight and Mass Conversion (70)kilogram, gram, kilopound, slug, pound, ounce, quintal, stone, tonne, pennyweight, carat, grain, talent, mina, Planck mass ...Currency Conversion (38)US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Japanese Yen, New Zealand Dollar, Switzerland Franc ...Capacity and Volume Conversion (76)cubic meter, cubic kilometer, cubic decimeter, cubic centimeter, cubic millimeter, liter, exaliter, petaliter, teraliter ...Volume - Dry Conversion (15)liter, barrel dry, pint dry, quart dry, peck, bushel, cor, homer, ephah, seah, omer, cab, log ...Temperature Conversion (6)kelvin, degree Celsius, degree Fahrenheit, degree Rankine, degree Reaumur, Triple point of waterArea Conversion (39)square meter, square kilometer, square hectometer, square dekameter, square decimeter, square centimeter, square millimeter ...
  • Ken Fuller on 29 Apr 11
     
    Use this site to convert different units of measurement including distance, area, volume and many more.
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