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International School of Central Switzerland

The Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts - 0 views

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shared by International School of Central Switzerland on 24 Jul 09 - Cached
  • International School of Central Switzerland on 24 Jul 09
     
    Welcome to the Web Japan Virtual Museum which brings all the beauty of Japan's traditional culture to your screen. We hope that you enjoy your visit.
International School of Central Switzerland

Eternal Egypt - Home - 2 views

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egypt history interactive education maps virtual culture iwb

shared by International School of Central Switzerland on 11 Oct 09 - Cached
  • International School of Central Switzerland on 11 Oct 09
     
    Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more. There are many ways to begin your journey through Eternal Egypt. The guided tour is a quick way to experience the best that the site has to offer. You can also begin with one of the cultural highlights below, or make your own discoveries using one of the many other ways to explore. There are many ways to explore the artifacts, characters, and places that together comprise the wonder that is Eternal Egypt.
International School of Central Switzerland

Green Map System | Green Maps connect communities with green living resources worldwide - 0 views

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shared by International School of Central Switzerland on 15 Aug 09 - Cached
  • International School of Central Switzerland on 15 Aug 09
     
    With unique global icons and adaptable tools, Green Map System has engaged communities worldwide in mapping green living, nature and cultural resources since 1995. Green Maps chart a sustainable future!
International School of Central Switzerland

Map Puzzles: Learn U.S. and World Geography - 0 views

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shared by International School of Central Switzerland on 25 Sep 09 - Cached
  • International School of Central Switzerland on 25 Sep 09
     
    Learn United States and World geography with Maps that Teach. Free interactive maps to learn continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments. Free Online Map Puzzles, no downloading, no installation - PC or Mac!
K Epps

UVic's Language Teaching Clipart Library - 0 views

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Graphics ICT clipart esl iwb resources vocabulary

shared by K Epps on 03 Apr 09 - Cached
  • K Epps on 03 Apr 09
     
    This library consists of about 3000 images which we hope will be useful in the teaching of basic vocabulary in a variety of languages. The characters and objects depicted are as culturally neutral as we could make them. This is not a huge resource of graphics; its purpose is to provide a set of those graphics most basic and useful for low-level language-teaching, and at the same time, to make them as easily searchable as possible. The 3000 images consist of 1500 pairs. One member of each pair has a transparent background just big enough to fit the image, the other has a white background 110 by 110 pixels. For example, compare these two images:
K Epps

TasteSpotting - 0 views

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shared by K Epps on 22 Dec 08 - Cached
  • K Epps on 22 Dec 08
     
    Good site for the Healthy Living UI
  • K Epps on 22 Dec 08
     
    allows users to browse by pictures instead of by keywords for their favorite food items. Each food item has been submitted buy the users themselves but are reviewed by the team at Tastespotting to be sure it falls within the submission guidelines.
International School of Central Switzerland

Lascaux - 2 views

www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml

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shared by International School of Central Switzerland on 26 Jan 10 - Cached
Craig Nansen

Whiteboards: Learning From Great Britain | Scholastic.com - 6 views

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IWBs SMART_boards_why

shared by Craig Nansen on 24 Mar 10 - Cached
  • "The interactive whiteboard is very good at saving information, bringing it back up, and re-annotating it,"
  • Teachers have begun actively exchanging lessons, as well. St. Matthew teachers make active use of the online 21st Century Science site created by the local education authority in London. "People cherry-pick and share best practices," Cregan explains. "Basically, somebody else has written a lesson and they just tweak it and they're ready to go."
  • Barker has also seen growth in the use of devices such as digital cameras and interactive response systems, which allow students to click answers to questions and—with some whiteboards—text longer responses that can be kept private or projected publicly.
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  • The most effective professional development, suggests researcher Judith Kleine Staarman, has focused on getting teachers to go beyond the basics. "IWBs only really make sense if you start thinking about the teaching and learning you want to do in the classroom."
  • you need to figure out how to use thinking time and conversation
  • "We also realized that we had to be subject-specific,"
  • Research conducted in England
  • found that IWBs were proving most effective in the primary grades, so much so that after two years of whiteboard use, student achievement in math, science, and English accelerated by as much as six months or more.
  • "Another difference between what England did and what we did was our ongoing professional development," Coleman says, adding that instructional technology facilitators meet one-on-one with classroom teachers to adapt lessons to the SMART Board, plan new lessons, and co-teach. "During the first year of using the IWB, each teacher receives 10 to 25 hours of differentiated professional development, determined by what kind of learner that teacher is."
  • the deployment took place in three phases, moving from early adopters to the most reluctant users. "By the time we got to the last group," Tarver explains, "they had seen so many good things going on around the campus that they weren't reluctant anymore."
  • Tarver also says that subject area coordinators have sought to embed the new whiteboards into classroom culture by including them in the district's curriculum framework, which identifies resources and timely opportunities for using the IWBs with particular lessons.
  • the kind of collaborative engagement promoted by IWBs fulfill state standards, and that one year after their implementation, average student scores on the state's Academic Performance Index rose from 800 to 827. Science teachers, meanwhile, have created a bank of 100 lessons using the SMART Board, and math teachers another 75.
  • Fishtrom says getting teachers to think pedagogically about IWBs is front and center in their professional development. He points to one recent history exercise in which students marked up a split screen of pre- and post-World War I maps of Europe, discussed what had changed, and saved the document for future review. "It's very rare that I walk by a classroom and the boards are not being used for a good reason."
  • encouraging results for regular use of the interactive whiteboard in the elementary grades.
  • 7.5: Months of additional progress for low-attaining boys in science
  • 5: Months of additional progress for high-attaining boys in math
  • 2.5: Months of additional progress for girls of average attainment in math
  • 2.5: Months of additional progress for low-attaining boys in writing
  • 2–3: The number of children working at an interactive whiteboard at one time in classrooms where all children made significant and measurable gains
  • 18: The number of months after installation of an IWB in which the majority of teachers had become highly competent users
  • 100%: Kids who are enthusiastic about interactive whiteboards
  • Whiteboards: Learning From Great Britain
  • The U.K. pioneered the importance of teacher buy-in, effective planning, and curriculum integration.
  • Craig Nansen on 24 Mar 10
     
    Spurred on by an ambitious government program and hundreds of millions of dollars in funding since 2003, more than three quarters of British schools have installed IWBs and amassed plenty of experience in how-and how not-to use them.
International School of Central Switzerland

MyMiniCity - 0 views

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game community education web2.0 city collaboration culture

shared by International School of Central Switzerland on 23 Jul 09 - Cached
  • International School of Central Switzerland on 23 Jul 09
     
    My Mini City is a city simulator that introduces users to real-life challenges facing city development and planning including unemployment, sanitation, overpopulation, and natural disaster. My Mini City does not require users to download or update any software, it is a completely web-based application - could be used by the whole class or a group at the IWB
  • International School of Central Switzerland on 23 Jul 09
     
    My Mini City is a city simulator that introduces users to real-life challenges facing city development and planning including unemployment, sanitation, overpopulation, and natural disaster. My Mini City does not require users to download or update any software, it is a completely web-based application
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