... most schools in the U.S. are not adequately
preparing kids for success in the twenty- first century (e.g., Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2006 ) . Learning in school is still heavily geared toward the acquisition of content within a teacher-centered model, with instruction too often abstract and decontextualized and thus not suitable for this age of complexity and interconnectedness.
A video for kids discussing life on earth looked at in numbers, e.g., how many of each species, the heaviest biomass by species, by individual organism, etc. A new series.
This is a great way to display images from a google Presentation on a website, e.g., a google Site. go to: library.uwcsea.edu.sg to see how we are using this.
list of the GooGle Docs which Tom Barrett has set up for people to add "interestinG ways to" ..... [fil in the blank], e.G., use web conferencinG in class, use wallwisher in class, use audio in the classroom....
a good example of prime numbers in nature -- and why they are important, e.g., for a kind of cicada which has a 13-year cycle... "Because 13 and 17 are both indivisible this gives the cicadas an evolutionary advantage as primes are helpful in avoiding other animals with periodic behaviour. Suppose for example that a predator appears every six years in the forest. Then a cicada with an eight or nine-year life cycle will coincide with the predator much more often than a cicada with a seven-year prime life cycle.
These insects are tapping into the code of mathematics for their survival. The cicadas unwittingly discovered the primes using evolutionary tactics but humans have understood that these numbers not just the key to survival but are the very building blocks of the code of mathematics."
60 second summary videos of major books kids would study at school (e.g. Romeo & Juliet, 1984, Pride & Prejudice).
great idea for tech integration: could do 60 second summaries of a chapter, a whole book, or of a character.
Would be good to show kids too, but had some rather inappropriate ads on some of the ones I saw, which is a shame.
Great photos for use for educational presentations, inc iPad pics and close ups of dictionary definitions for educational words, e.G. Teach, learninG etc etc.
