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Nate Kogan

HootCourse: About - 6 views

hootcourse.com/about

twitter hootcourse elearning collaboration

shared by Nate Kogan on 22 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Nate Kogan on 22 Jun 10
     
    Social media-based class environment. How is this different from Edmodo? What features does it have? It looks like a more open and flexible environment than Edmodo, but that is one of Edmodo's perks--being a closed and secure environment, which is particularly appealing for a secondary school environment.
  • Nate Kogan on 22 Jun 10
     
    Social media-based class environment. How is this different from Edmodo? What features does it have? It looks like a more open and flexible environment than Edmodo, but that is one of Edmodo's perks--being a closed and secure environment, which is particularly appealing for a secondary school environment.
David Hilton

Welcome to the William Blake Archive - 2 views

www.blakearchive.org/blake

modern europe britain primary sources documents sources c19th poetry william blake romantics romanticism literature poems england uk

shared by David Hilton on 21 Jan 10 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 21 Jan 10
     
    The Andrew Blake (1757-1827) Archive in North Carlolina, USA, is "not a physical repository of Blake's collected works, nor is it a clearinghouse through which users can obtain reproductions of those works. [...]" It is "an online hypermedia environment that allows its users to access high-quality electronic reproductions of a growing portion of Blake's work.
  • David Hilton on 21 Jan 10
     
    Hypermedia environment. Hmmm... But the poems are good.
Kay Cunningham

Environmental History Resources - 10 views

www.eh-resources.org/index.html

environment history

shared by Kay Cunningham on 01 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Kay Cunningham on 01 Oct 09
     
    'The environment is one of the most pressing concerns facing society in the 21st century. The environmental debate is hugely complex with cultural, social, economic, moral, political and scientific dimensions all interacting. Key to this debate is Environmental History which provides an valuable long-term perspective on environmental change.'
Lance Mosier

education.timerime.com - 2 views

education.timerime.com/...education.html

timeline media resources

shared by Lance Mosier on 03 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Lance Mosier on 03 Jun 10
     
    TimeRime is a web application, which allows people to view, create, share and compare interactive timelines. In its first year TimeRime has become a popular website for schools and students. Students make timelines of subjects from class, or of their own research. They can do this individually or in groups. TimeRime introduces the education account for schools, universities and other organizations that have the need for an advertisement free, closed online environment to make, view and grade timelines.
Brian DeGraaf

Ancestral Atlas - Family Tree Maps - Genealogy Software - 0 views

www.ancestralatlas.com/-genealogy-mapping-network.php

genealogy collaborative family tree interactive web maps atlas location

shared by Brian DeGraaf on 28 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Brian DeGraaf on 28 Aug 09
     
    From site: " Our vision is to provide an enjoyable and informative website that allows you to add your ancestors' life events where they happened and to be able to share that knowledge in a secure and collaborative environment. Over time, as more and more people add their data, Ancestral Atlas will be a site for not only creating a visual data base of your family tree maps (your own Ancestral Atlas) but also a primary source for continued research into your family's history."
David Hilton

Dead Sea Scrolls - Qumran Library - 1 views

www.ibiblio.org/...library.html

bible christianity judaism jews qumran dead sea scrolls torah ancient israel judah sources documents primary sources manuscripts

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  • David Hilton on 22 Jul 09
     
    Images and translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • David Hilton on 22 Jul 09
     
    The scrolls and scroll fragments recovered in the Qumran environs represent a voluminous body of Jewish documents, a veritable "library", dating from the third century B.C.E. to 68 C.E. Unquestionably, the "library," which is the greatest manuscript find of the twentieth century, demonstrates the rich literary activity of Second Temple Period Jewry and sheds insight into centuries pivotal to both Judaism and Christianity.
Kay Cunningham

Hypercities - 18 views

hypercities.com

history maps

shared by Kay Cunningham on 08 Dec 10 - Cached
  • Kay Cunningham on 08 Dec 10
     
    'collaborative research and educational platform for traveling back in time to explore the historical layers of city spaces in an interactive, hypermedia environment.'
David Hilton

Parallel Archive - 13 views

www.parallelarchive.org

ancient medieval modern europe america usa asia africa south america britain germany russia china japan sources documents primary sources secondary sources c20th archives

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  • David Hilton on 12 Dec 09
     
    Parallel Archive (PA), an "invented" archive repository accessible for everybody wishing to upload primary sources, is developed by the Open Society Archives (OSA) at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. PA is, "at once a personal scholarly workspace, a collaborative research environment, and a digital repository".
  • David Hilton on 12 Dec 09
     
    Has primary sources uploaded by people who have registered with the site in many European languages, including English. Come to think of it, is English a European language anymore? Interesting...
David Hilton

OSA Archivum - 3 views

www.osaarchivum.org

modern europe britain france germany italy russia sources documents images primary sources c20th archives eastern western cold war eu

shared by David Hilton on 16 Dec 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 16 Dec 09
     
    "The Open Society Archives (OSA) at the Central European University in Budapest is an archival laboratory. While actively collecting, preserving, and making openly accessible documents related to recent history and human rights, they continue to experiment with new ways to contextualize primary sources, developing innovative tools to explore, represent, or bridge traditional archival collections in a digital environment."
  • David Hilton on 16 Dec 09
     
    Wide diversity of sources for modern European history.
Kay Cunningham

Why preserve books? The new physical archive of the Internet Archive, by Brewster Kahle... - 3 views

www.teleread.com/...rnet-archive-by-brewster-kahle

books Internet Archive preservation

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  • Kay Cunningham on 06 Jun 11
     
    'Internet Archive is building a physical archive for the long term preservation of one copy of every book, record, and movie we are able to attract or acquire. Because we expect day-to-day access to these materials to occur through digital means, the our physical archive is designed for long-term preservation of materials with only occasional, collection-scale retrieval. Because of this, we can create optimized environments for physical preservation and organizational structures that facilitate appropriate access. A seed bank might be conceptually closest to what we have in mind: storing important objects in safe ways to be used for redundancy, authority, and in case of catastrophe.'
Bob Maloy

NASA Earth Observatory - 4 views

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

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  • Bob Maloy on 10 Feb 20
     
    Images, stories, and discoveries about the environment, Earth systems, and climate that emerge from NASA satellite missions, in-the-field research, and models
Ed Webb

BBC News - English language 'originated in Turkey' - 7 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...science-environment-19368988

language languages history science

shared by Ed Webb on 25 Aug 12 - No Cached
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Kay Bear

Mobile Museum Service - 6 views

I am conducting some general Market Research in relation to launching a new National mobile Museum Service that will provide a dynamic and flexible on-line and remotely accessible Museum service to...

started by Kay Bear on 15 Jul 12 no follow-up yet
David Hilton

Archaeological Service - 0 views

www.suffolk.gov.uk/...Archaeology

archaeology england britain artefacts antiquities images resources ancient medieval uk

shared by David Hilton on 05 Jul 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 05 Jul 09
     
    Those folk in Suffolk must be big into their archaeology. Their County Council runs this site which focusses on archaeology in the area. Has quite a few links and also information on sites in the area.
Christina Briola

Famous People Painting "Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante" - 9 views

cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm

art history

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  • Christina Briola on 12 Nov 10
     
    Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante. Wow!!
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  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    I have created a very successful lesson/activity around this painting. The details are as follows. This window has this year's assignment. The next reply has the previous years. Advice: WHAP Review Activity: The Twittering Masses Review activity (mostly 1914- and East Asia) Description - I previously set up 103 discussions on turnitin.com for this lesson so they post into that person's discussion board and all replies are kept under the initial post. This year they posted on our classes Ning.com in the discussion forum. Grading is also difficult - Since not every one will have the same amount of replies - people are more likely to write to Hitler than Cui Jian for instance. So, I am grading the posts holistically out of 10 (I often only have 100-200 points in a quarter, so for instance a test might only be worth 40 points). I have students use a heading that states who [character] is tweeting what topic they are focusing on and who they are writing to. I would be interested in feedback or improvements people think they can make on this lesson - should I use Moodle, [Again, I have switched to Ning.com] etc.? Many thanks. And you can add or subtract people as you wish, so we have actually added Marcus Garvey, Jomo Kenyatta, Stephen Biko, and Emiliano Zapata to our role play and taken the painters (of this painting) out of the role play - Write up for students: Go to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1162771/The-Internet-sensation-dinner-party-painting-103-historical-guests--spot.html#comments to see who all these individuals are, in color. The rules: You will imagine that each of the historical actors above has access to twitter, the expanded edition, 140 words as compared to 140 characters, to communicate to the other guests present. You will choose six of them (from my list below - my list is the final list - some people pictured have been replaced) to role-play in the "Twittering Masses." As your historical
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    See previous post for advice. This is how I set it up the first two years without specific WHAP content or themes: The rules: You will imagine that each of the historical actors above has access to twitter, the expanded edition, to communicate to the other guests present. You will choose up to four (at least three) of them to role play in the "Twittering Masses" role play. As your historical person, during the Twittering Masses role play you will write, "tweet," at least four other persons. Two of the people should be in close proximity to you based on the painting above. Another tweet should go to the person you feel closest to (not by proximity) at the party - this could be based on ideology (MLK Jr. and Gandhi), background (Tagore and Gandhi), lifestyle (Gandhi and Mother Theresa), etc. Explain in your tweet why you are writing them. The other tweet should go to the person you see as most opposed, or farthest from you - Gandhi and Hitler or Gandhi and Gates or Gandhi and Churchill - in this tweet you should either try to bridge the gap between your differences or explain why the person is wrong in their beliefs. If you have only three guests - you will need to make 5 initial tweets. You will respond to each initial tweet. Then who knows . . . All tweets should have some connection to WHAP content or themes. You may want to comment on the surroundings or other guests . . .
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    I would love comments as to the posts above. Something similar I do is written up here: http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/7.3/gregg.html
Daniel Ballantyne

WATERLIFE - NFB - 4 views

waterlife.nfb.ca

waterlife environment interactive flash animation conservation webdesign inspiration

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  • Daniel Ballantyne on 14 Apr 10
     
    stunningly beautiful website about the challenges facing the Great Lakes today
  • Daniel Ballantyne on 14 Apr 10
     
    A must see website... especially for Science/Geography teachers
Brian Peoples

The bar has been raised. - 4 views

lynhilt.com/the-bar-has-been-raised

journal resources

shared by Brian Peoples on 07 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • A school leader who wishes to “create and sustain a culture that supports digital age learning must become comfortable collaborating as co-learners with colleagues and students around the world” (aka “I don’t do technology” is no longer acceptable.)  Also, this framework seeks to help school leaders propel their organizations forward as members of “dynamic learning communities.” Vision is vital.
  • ensure instructional innovation; model and promote effective use of technology for learning; provide learner-centered environments to meet the individual needs of students; ensure effective practice in the study of technology and infusion across curriculum; promote and participate in learning communities that allow for global, digital-age collaboration
  • allocate time, resource and access to ensure ongoing professional growth in technology fluency and integration; facilitate and participate in learning communities to nurture administrators, teachers, and staff; promote and model effective communication and collaboration using digital tools; stay current on the latest educational research and emerging trends in educational technology to improve student learning
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  • model and establish policies for safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information/technology; promote and model responsible social media interactions; model and facilitate a shared cultural understanding and involvement in global issues through the use of communication and collaboration tools
  • A med student at UVA commented to our leadership team- teachers and admins together- this past week that the “real learning begins when we get to the team-based work.”
  • Brian Peoples on 07 Aug 11
     
    thought-provoking
Lance Mosier

Melrose Interactive Slavery Environment - 7 views

206.137.17.63/melrose.htm

slavery history interactive

shared by Lance Mosier on 06 Nov 09 - Cached
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  • Lance Mosier on 06 Nov 09
     
    Slave life in on a Southeren Plantation.
HistoryGrl14 .

Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuff - YouTube - 10 views

www.youtube.com/watch

environment story of stuff AP Human Geography APHG

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  • HistoryGrl14 . on 12 Oct 11
     
    VERY COOL video - one of my students actually shared it with me! I plan to use this with my AP Human Geography students! In my case I may use it as an opener to the class as to what types of things we will cover and the connectedness of everything. Also great for Industrialization, Globalization, etc!
  • wilnbroc on 16 Oct 11
     
    I would like to encourage you to view or research some critiques of this material. After I viewed your post, I did some research and it looks like there is good criticism out there of this video that it portrays a one sided argument. I don't believe the video is wholly inaccurate. However, the video does present information that is easily questionable due to inaccurate and impartial interpretations. Part of our duty as great teachers it to present all facts and allow young citizens to use their own questioning to make informed decisions.
  • HistoryGrl14 . on 17 Oct 11
     
    I don't disagree with you. You don't have to 'encourage me to research critiques'. Maybe I should have written more when I posted it, but I was in a rush and just bookmarked it typed quick comments. I actually had seen the critiques. However, the way in which it is made, and things included are great for use as discussion starters and prompts for fact finding. I didn't include my lesson plan or the way I personally plan to use it, as I felt that was not relevant. I think each person can decide on their own how to use it. I agree great teachers do have a job to teach studnets to critically question and analyze - something I do all the time with my students. It helps when there is compelling items like this video to garner their interest. One of the things my students look at during our time together is motivation, and bias. So when I show it, my students will also be looking at who funded the video, and follow that trail back to look at biases that the group/companies involved might have. Also, with the different portions, as you mention, it is one sided in areas, so again, part of my personal lesson plan with this is that as we reach various portions of class that correlate with the video, my studnets will be viewing that portion and doing their own addition of the other side of the story. And I use a strategy called "philosophical chairs" and portions of this video along iwth well constructed starter questions are great for utilization in that situation.
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