"Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children. "
" Site collects rice for every answer you get right to feed the world.
* Click on the right answer in the middle of this page.
* If you get it right, you get a harder question. If you get it wrong, you get an easier question.
* For each answer you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance... (more) "
Shidonni is an innovative startup, developing the next generation of creative 'virtual' worlds for kids.
Shidonni is providing a safe environment where kids and their parents can create imaginary worlds and animals, play games and interact with friends.
Shidonni is based on unique proprietary patented algorithms and using Microsoft Silverlight.
"Who says you can't have fun at work? Cool Cube Toys is dedicated to delivering a first class shopping experience. We offer
office toys
,
fun usb drives
, and
usb gadgets
that are perfect gifts for friends or co-workers dealing with the boredom of 'cubeland'.
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Power of storytelling - Prezi is simple: You Write, Zoom, Arrange.Using these simple means, you can express many things - with great impact.Here are some basic examples such as timelines, TOC, Zen likes.
Welcome to Google for Educators
At Google, we support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. That's why we've assembled the information and tools you'll find on this site. Learn more about Google for Educators.
One Laptop per Child and Marvell have joined forces to create a tablet computer that delivers a a better educational experience for schoolchildren in developing countries. This partnership may go a long way toward the nonprofit's group of getting $100 computers in the hands of every child.
"Created by the Discovery Channel, and the energy that revolutionized media over twenty-five years ago, Discovery Education empowers educators to engage students and transform classrooms by providing dynamic curricular resources, comprehensive assessment services, and customized professional development plans with ongoing support that improve student achievement.
Discovery Education is the #1 provider of digital services to U.S. schools reaching 1 million educators, 35,000,000 students, and is in 60,000 schools"
Maps are one of our oldest forms of visualizing data about the world. One might say we'd be "lost" without them.
flickr creative commons photo by [martin]
From the early web-based Mapquest versions and later when Google Maps came onto the scene followed closely by Google Earth, online mapping and the use of maps by the general public has exploded. Maps are now a mainstay for mobile computing and other endeavors online line that have a spatial component. The capability enabled by GPS (Global Positioning System) allows our devices to know where we are in the world, what/who is nearby, and what information is available about places.
We see many ways people use maps for personal use and are interested in knowing more about that and your ideas on how mapping tools might also be used for learning.