Sources of Copyright-Friendly Media
These are greate places to look for images, music and sounds for your WebQuests, Powerpoint presentations and video productions. Most require only that attribution be given to the originator. Check each site for conditions of use.
a guide to engineering careers for high school girls! Imagine what life would be like without pollution controls to preserve the environment, life-saving medical equipment, or low-cost building materials for fighting global poverty.
This site could be used as an entry writing assignment to begin class, journal writing, or even a connection to today. Students have to read the paper and add their own "on this day" description.
Living and Learning in a Cynical World-The "Conan Challenge." How do we help our students to learn to engage in serious discourse pertatining to complex issues in a world where winning the argument is everything?
Interesting article in the NY Times about online language learning resources. Some are free. Some include online communities that use VoIP to allow learners to converse with native speakers.
Making your own SMART Board lessons is not as difficult as you might think. The following article will give you some tips on how to make them a structured interactive learning experience for your students. A SMART Notebook file, complete with example techniques, is also available to download.
Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/86120.aspx#ixzz104cjWkK9
This is my burgeoning collection of videos and other resources envisioning the future of print. Know of any others I should add? If so, send me a link or add it to the comment area. Thanks! Scott McLeod
Interesting article on how e-books are changing. Uses new initiative by J.K. Rowling to extend and make Harry Potter series more interactive for readers. Very interesting story about new, low-cost biology text made to last a lifetime.
Goggle is Crowd Sourcing building a model of every building in the world. Includes aerial photos of the buildings and a modeling tool called Google Building Maker.