Thursday, November 17, 2011

Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 17, 2011

http://www.markbrumley.com/2011/07/02/5-free-web-2-0-brainstorming-tools/ - not really brainstorming, these are mind mapping - for an example brainstorm tool, see http://www.promato.com/brainstorm/ - Brainstorm Bungy
http://blog.simplek12.com/education/21-signs-you%E2%80%99re-a-21st-century-principal/ - tough criteria for checking if you're a 21st century administrator!
http://show.mappingworlds.com/ - very cool - countries animate to show statistics
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/maths/echalk/rotation/rotation.html - neat interactive triangle/protractor site - Idea: Let's lay our real protractors down on our iPads!  That's augmented virtuality!
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/element.asp - chemistry week - online radio of the Royal Chemistry Society - love those BBC accents! But- isn't there more to chemistry than just the #$f% Periodic Table!
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/accessing-your-zotero-library-on-an-ipad-with-mendeley/33021 - Zotero on iPad - document management and sharing
http://wildcatwebsafety.wikispaces.com/ - web safety site by kids - interesting...
http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/GP4/PracCongTri.htm - triangle proofs - no wonder kids hate math... IMHO: this might have turned Euclid on, but not today's young thinkers.  (I actually enjoyed geometry proofs, but I'm a bit geeky...)
http://www.talkingpyramids.com/make-a-paper-model-of-the-great-pyramid/ - clever, but I think they really ought to do it full size!

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