"A mesmerising animated map is weather and other data layers, including winds, wave direction and and height, clouds, CO2 concentration and much more."
interactive and animated site to illustrate historical events. Currently features maps, modules, other material on American, European, Latin American, and African history.
A superb science site, perfect for a nature project. View and upload geo-tagged photos of animals and plants as you find them in your surroundings.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science
Animaps extends the My Maps feature of Google Maps by letting you create maps with markers that move, images and text that pop up on cue, and lines and shapes that change over time.
The biggest advantage bubbl.us has over other mind-mapping software is that you do not have to have an account to create and print a mind-map (also known as a concept map). This means students can get online, map the concept they have been assigned, and print it out for you to grade.
TIPS FOR YOU
As you have your students work with bubbl, here are some tips to keep in mind.
“FIT” centers the mind-map in the middle of the screen (useful for panicked students who think their whole project has been deleted)
if students move a “parent” bubble, all the “child” bubbles will follow along
But I knew that bubbl was truly useful when one of my students reported she had used it to help her decide which college to attend.
How to Turn Pen Notations into Objects in ActivStudio
In a previous post, I mentioned that ActivStudio (Promethean Software) does not allow pen and highlighter notations to be treated as objects. If you ever find it absolutely necessary to turn a pen notation into an object, you can do it using the following steps.
Enter a year on bottom right or just click the play button. Color coding shows the boundaries of countries as they change through time-1879-2002. From Brown University.