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Free Technology for Teachers: Animaps - Create Animated Google Maps - 0 views

  • Thursday, June 30, 2011 Animaps - Create Animated Google Maps Animaps is a new service that was built for the purpose of allowing users to create animated Google Maps. The basics of creating maps in Animaps is very similar the process for creating maps in Google Maps. The main benefit of using Animaps over Google Maps is that you can create a tour of your placemarks that plays through according to the timing that you specify. Another benefit is that you can build in colored shapes to expand and contract to demonstrate patterns. You can also import images to your map from Flickr, Picassa, and Facebook. Click here to watch a demonstration of Animaps in action. Applications for Education Watch this Animap to see an overview of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. As you can see, Animaps could be a great tool for having students create tours of historic events. You could also have students create fictional stories that they illustrate on Animaps.
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Target Heart Rate Calculator : Discovery Health - 0 views

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    "Use Discovery Health's free target heart rate calculator to find out what your target heart rate is. Simply put in your gender, intensity level and age, and let Discovery Health's free target heart rate calculator work for you. Your Target Heart Rate, from 60 to 80 percent of the maximum your heart can beat, should be your goal three to five times a week for 20 to 60 minutes (excluding warm-ups) to maximize the health benefits of cardiovascular activity, including losing weight. People who exercise regularly do build up endurance, but they gain little additional value when their heart rate goes above 80 percent of their maximum. Besides the strain and injuries that can result, the heart is simply working too fast for any benefit, and your body cannot replenish oxygen that quickly. Similarly, regular exercise below the 60 percent mark has little sustainable impact - though for beginners, it's a good place to "
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