I Know That is a great educational site for grades 1-8. The sound and animation quality is excellent and the interactive activities are engaging and well-done.
I've spent hours on this site and haven't found everything yet, but what I have found has been great.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Educational Games
Here are some of the online educational games we looked at in Neville.
English Language Arts
Math
English Language Arts
- BallHogs
- PBS Games (Some of these require Shockwave)
- Power Proofreading
- Top 100 Games
- FunBrain reading - Madlibs
- Hangman
Math
- Larry Lemonade
- I know that interactive movies (Requires Shockwave)
- Arcade games on FunBrain (little educational value, but develops hand-eye coordination, mouse use, and keyboard use
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Neville School
I used the following links in Neville school. We were talking about online safety and Net Smarts.
- Educational Games at the Media Awareness Network
- NetSmartz Music from the NetSmartzKids
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Blogging Links
Here are some valuable links for using Blogs in education. I used this list in the blogging workshop I held in Vanguard.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Wikipedia
I love Wikipedia.
According to Wikipedia, "Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based free content encyclopedia project." Think of a huge encyclopedia on the Net that anyone can edit when they see errors or ommisions, and you're thinking about Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is a perfect example of what many people call New Media, because anyone can contribute to the articles. This scares a lot of people. How can you trust the articles? How do you know they're accurate?
Well, it turns out that Wikipedia is fairly accurate on most topics that aren't controversial, such as science or history. When a topic is controversial, discussions take place about the authenticity of the information. Think of it as an online encyclopedia where the writers have open debate about accuracy.
If you haven't seen Wikipedia, I recommend you take a look at it. It's a great resource for general information and it works well as a starting point for the discussion of New Media.
According to Wikipedia, "Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based free content encyclopedia project." Think of a huge encyclopedia on the Net that anyone can edit when they see errors or ommisions, and you're thinking about Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is a perfect example of what many people call New Media, because anyone can contribute to the articles. This scares a lot of people. How can you trust the articles? How do you know they're accurate?
Well, it turns out that Wikipedia is fairly accurate on most topics that aren't controversial, such as science or history. When a topic is controversial, discussions take place about the authenticity of the information. Think of it as an online encyclopedia where the writers have open debate about accuracy.
If you haven't seen Wikipedia, I recommend you take a look at it. It's a great resource for general information and it works well as a starting point for the discussion of New Media.
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