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Simulations are creative, complete units of instruction that incorporate traditionally taught material into a simulated environment in the classroom - anything from a constitutional convention, to turn-of-the-century Ellis Island, to establishing an undersea habitat . Students are organized into small groups and role-play either actual persons or characterizations of persons in history...or in social, economic, or political situations of today...or explorations of their place in the future. Goals are set for individuals, as well as for the groups with which they work. The goal setting in conjunction with the competition with the other groups keep the students very involved in the learning.

Simulations are creative, complete units of instruction that incorporate traditionally taught material into a simulated environment in the classroom - anything from a constitutional convention, to turn-of-the-century Ellis Island, to establishing an undersea habitat .\nStudents are organized into small groups and role-play either actual persons or characterizations of persons in history...or in social, economic, or political situations of today...or explorations of their place in the future.\nGoals are set for individuals, as well as for the groups with which they work. The goal setting in conjunction with the competition with the other groups keep the students very involved in the learning.\n

Quest Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. Participation in this game is designed to enhance the lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable, responsible, and empathetic adults.

Quest Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. Participation in this game is designed to enhance the lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable, responsible, and empathetic adults.

Virtual reality is one of many forms of computer technology that schools have begun to use often in the last decade. The U.S. Department of Education reported in late 2003 that about 90 percent of people aged five to seventeen use computers, mostly at school but also in libraries or at home.

The "Educational Technology: ICT in Education" website is for educators who use, teach, lead or manage educational technology, or information and communications technology (ICT). It publishes articles covering the whole range of managing ICT in educational context. Although the content of the website is mainly in the form of articles, there are also videos, podcasts, bookmarks and other pages.

New worlds, or new areas in cyberspace, are being discovered and being applied to education at breakneck speed. The Internet, 3D graphics, QuickTime Movies, Quicktime VR and a multitude of new concepts and ideas are now being promoted on the internet and in leading educational journals throughout the world. It is a major undertaking just to keep abreast of this technological revolution, but the ideas and methods evolving are impacting education in ways no one could foresee just a year or two ago.

IMAGINE OUR CHILDREN taking classes in a 3D learning environment like the holodeck on Star Trek, where they can sit in Albert Einstein's study, talking with him about quantum mechanics, or even go inside an electron to interact with quantum particles firsthand. Gradually this virtual reality is becoming an actual reality in the K12 world.

In this wiki, students from all over the world compete against each other through the use of mathematics games. It has the top 50 teams from around the world. Each game is a minute with individuals competing against other students of the same age group. I loved this because Malaysia is a developing country, has a team in it and is placed in the top 50. There are prizes and other incentives as well.

This wiki site allows anyone to create their own education wiki. This is really good because it explains in a very clear and precise manner the steps to follow in order to create an educational wiki site. This should be very useful for educators with little technological know how.

Very cool site which allows you to upload data, text, spreadsheets, stats, etc. and visually present them in a new and different way - a way which "democratizes" data analysis so it is more social and collaborative in nature. The result allows us to detect new patterns in the information. It can be a way to jumpstart discussion and insight.

Providing leadership and service to improve teaching \nand learning by advancing the effective use of technology in education!

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), is a nonprofit membership organization which aims to provide leadership and service to improve teaching, learning, and school leadership by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education.

Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration is the new online visual thinking tool. With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best. Webspiration is currently in Public Beta and offered free of charge.

Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration is the new online visual thinking tool. With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best.

Alvins blog explains the use of Everyzing. According to the author this is a service that scans through an assortment of podcasts and converts all speech into text that is searchable. What you can do then is to can search for generic topics. Search results can be sorted by date or relevance. By clicking on a hit, you can listen to the audio in the built-in player.

Wesley Fry's blog - Using website qik to webcast live and archive these videos directly to the internet! I responded to this blog! Found it very informative in terms of possible things that could be done in Samoa; it is affordable!

The Education Podcast Network is a network that looks at all the ways that teachers can use podcast as a tool in education. It lists all the subject areas where educators can get podcasts for. This could really be good for new teachers who are trying to utilize podcasts in their teachings.

This site always you to turn pictures in to movie/animations, adding text and music. It is more movie like than a powerpoint. Would be great for students to use in creating projects.

Video Porduction is more than a new toy for students. It helps students create work in a new and exciting way. This is a place for serious fun. Kids'Vid is an instructional website to help teachers and students use video production in class to support project-based learning.

You-Tube video of the pace with which new computer technologies are being utilized in schools; looks at how students see technology and how the role of the teacher has changed dramatically as a consequence.

School Time Games -- Wholesome Learn Fun for Kids -- Great site with games that can be used in the classroom in conjunction with the Smartboard. These games are also fun on a personal computer.

THE Online is the leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom.

You tube videos that have been compiled in different subject areas from history, science, social studies etc. A great resource for teachers seeking other ideas in these areas!