"It's important to remember that a good third of our visual cortex ... is devoted to literacy, reading. This 5000-year-old cultural invention has usurped a huge chunk of the brain," he said. "One of the trade-offs of this is that people who can read are a little worse at 'quote-unquote' reading the natural world and remembering objects such as plants and animals, because so much of our visual vortex is devoted to letters, syllables and words."
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Golems - 4 views
YouTube - New tools to create video - 0 views
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This launch page has interactive movie tutorials for GoAnimate, Stupeflix and Xtranormal. Clicking on the links will take you to the interactive where you can begin to create your movie using the various tools. -
YouTube added Xtranormal, GoAnimate, and Stupeflix Video Maker so you can edit your video at YouTube. New feature to try out.
YouTube - The Crevasse - Making of 3D Street Art - 3 views
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"In Dun Laoghaire the "Festival of World Culture" took place from 21. to 24. of August 2008. Edgar Müller has followed the invitation and continued his series of large-sized 3D Street Art there. For this year's Festival of World Cultures renowned German street painting artist Edgar Müller transformed a huge slice of the East Pier into a dramatic ice age scene. This project was supported by the Goethe Institution Germany."
Ugly font may improve learning › News in Science (ABC Science) - 4 views
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Inspired by comic strips and hated by font designers, new research suggests Comic Sans may help people remember what they read.
Muvizu - 8 views
animoto - for education - features - 0 views
Xtranormal | Text-to-Movie - 0 views
Pixton™ - Comic Strip Creator - Make Your Own Web Comics Online - 0 views
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This looks really good
Prezi - The zooming presentation editor - 0 views
Zimmer Twins - 5 views
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The Zimmer Twins is a fun way to incorporate technology into the classroom. Watch your students expand their vocabulary, practice proper writing habits, and become junior movie producers all at the same time! Take a few minutes to explore the Zimmer Twins and so you are familiar with the site before using it with your students. Includes tips for teachers.
JellyCam - Stop Motion - 0 views
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Very simple to use stop motion program and, more importantly, free. Could see it being very easy for my Primary students to make simple movies with.
Atlas of Living Australia - 6 views
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"The Atlas of Living Australia is a national initiative focused on making Australia's biodiversity information more accessible and useable online. It is a partnership between CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, the Australian natural history collections community and the Australian Government."
Animaps - 2 views
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"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. When you send your Animap to friends it appears like a video - they can play, pause, slow and speed up the action!"
xtranormal - 0 views
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Remember using XtraNormal to make online videos? Looks like the software has been acquired by a new company and may be staging a comeback. Watch this space.....
Patatap - 0 views
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Wait a few seconds for Patatap to download then start to hit the keys on your keyboard
PixiClip - 4 views
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"Pixiclip is an interactive whiteboard. Upload images, draw sketches, and share replays with friends!"
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