The Wisconsin Online Resource Center is a digital library of Web-based learning resources called "learning objects."
The digital library of objects has been developed primarily by faculty from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and produced by multimedia technicians who create the learning objects for the online environment. At present, 409 WTCS faculty members have authored learning objects.
The Wisc-Online digital library contains 2542 objects that are accessible to all WTCS faculty at no cost and with copyright clearance for use in any WTCS classroom or online application. Other colleges, universities, and consortia from throughout the United States and around the world use the library with permission. Current use of the learning object repository exceeds 20,000 hits per day.
Learning objects are designed and developed by a team of instructional designers, editors, technicians, and student interns.
This is sand. Yes it is. To use this site, you touch on the SMART Board and sand will Thisissand_examplebegin pouring from where you are touching. You can change colors of the sand and you can drop the sand from anywhere on the screen. Click on the small box in the upper-left corner of the screen for instructions. One of the neatest things to do on this site is look at the gallery of images other people have created. Some of them are simply amazing.
This is a very unique painting site that uses abstract paint brushes to create extremely imaginative and beautiful artwork. One of the things I like best about this site is the ability to save your artwork directly to a "jpg" file.
This is one of my favorite sites for creating original artwork. In addition, you can doArtpad_logo various things with your artwork like playback the drawing, include the drawing in a art.com gallery of other paintings, and view and modify other drawings in the art.com gallery. The interface is fantastic and it works great on the SMART Board.
"PurposeGames.com is host to educational quiz and trivia games created by its members. In just a few minutes, you can create your very own game to share with your friends!."
3 separate sections - Assess Yourself, Explore Industry Sectors, and Reality Check. They are all well-designed and accessible. Not California-specific - good for anyone!
Isn't this a great video to help explain the power of social networks, and in particular the power of a PLN? Thanks to Sue Sheffer for sharing that with me. It was in her RSS reader.