Windows 95 was a remarkable moment in personal computing. Its successor has come.\n\nBut not from Microsoft. Apple has launched the defining platform of the early 21st century. The PC is dead-or will be. Long live the smart phone, er, iPhone.
This web application could be used with the following:
-Research/ Reports in any content area
-Lab reports
-Data collection/ analysis (research journal/ log, data trail, notes, formation of ideas and early possible findings, etc.)
-Pre- and post-assessment
-Ogranizer
-Group or whole-class projects
-Self-paced instruction
-Journal writing exercise spanning an extended timeframe
-Group/ Project management
This web application could be used with the following:
-Research/ Reports in any content area
-Lab reports
-Data collection/ analysis (research journal/ log, data trail, notes, formation of ideas and early possible findings, etc.)
-Pre- and post-assessment
-Ogranizer
-Group or whole-class projects
-Self-paced instruction
-Journal writing exercise spanning an extended timeframe
-Group/ Project management
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Much attention has been paid to how mobile-learning devices can be incorporated into middle and high schools, but Seth Weinberger is targeting a different set of students: kindergartners through 2nd graders.
"The sweet spot of literacy is kindergarten to 2nd grade," says Weinberger, the executive director of Innovations for Learning, the Evanston, Ill.-based nonprofit organization that developed a mobile-learning device called the TeacherMate. "If you get them [reading on grade level] early, there's a real chance that you can keep them at grade level."
The Quake-Catcher Network is a collaborative initiative for developing the world's largest, low-cost strong-motion seismic network by utilizing sensors in and attached to internet-connected computers.
With your help, the Quake-Catcher Network can provide better understanding of earthquakes, give early warning to schools, emergency response systems, and others. The Quake-Catcher Network also provides educational software designed to help teach about earthquakes and earthquake hazards.
Have you seen Squidoo? I would roughly describe it as a means of mashing up information from a variety of resources into a lens (as in the eye of a giant squid