The future. Not a time or a place. Simply put, the future stands for innovation in mathematics teaching. Problem-solving, communication, reasoning, connections.
The Website is a newspaper clipping generator. Students type in their "news story" on the computer, create a name for the newspaper, create a headline, and add a date. They type in their news story (it can be a brief, couple of paragraphs) - click the generator button, and an authentic image of a newspaper page appears with their news story.
Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart's content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames.
Tikatok™ is where kids channel their imagination into stories - and publish those stories into
books for you to share and treasure with friends and family.
This site shows the day/night contrast for the world. Could be used
for exploring trig functions. You can set the time and date to see
how the daylight changes
Illuminations is designed to:
* Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.
* Provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
Illuminations is part of the prestigious Verizon Thinkfinity program.
Here is a great interactive site that walks students though what it would be like to be a C.S.I. lab technician. It is based on the CSI tv show. Students learn about the science behind different lab tests and then use virtual tools to evaluate evidence.
Swivel's mission is to make data useful.
* Explore and compare data, graphs and maps.
* Share insights via email, blog or data downloads.
* Upload the data you care about.
If you're curious about data, Swivel is the place for you.
This site aims to provide a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons license for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of 'casting' that exists on the 'net.
As we are pioneers in cyberspace, cybersafety is a concern that is being refined and evaluated all the time - trying to balance transparency with privacy, allowing students some freedom, yet protecting them and ensuring their safety at all times.
K-12 Certified Instructional Technology Specialist working as an Instructional Technology Coach at Wissahickon School District.
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