Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 7, 2012

http://appinventor.mit.edu/ - MIT program to simplify creating mobile apps
http://www.teachengineering.org/engrdesignprocess.php - using an engineering design process with your students - a different approach to solving problems
goo.gl/pC0az - Teachingbooks.net plays young award winning authors reading their works
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/ - Scholastic.com StudyJams - learn and test on math and science - elem and middle
goo.gl/EIBfa - New Scientist TV video on hidden equations - famous equations that govern our lives - upper grades
http://www.pil-network.com/resources/tools - microsoft partners in learning - all the tools in one place - good resource
http://www.mathtv.com/videos_by_topic - videos about math, different students and teachers explain a concept or problem, in playlists - interesting approach: a variety of teachers for a given problem
http://www.historyworld.net/ - History website - timelines, quizzes, etc
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/sf.swf - Kids "write" a sci-fi story - younger
http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm - storystarter - over 2000 story starters for kids - generates first lines
http://www.techlearning.com/article/52260 - 21st Cent Student Handbook: Teaching Today's Web-Centric Kids - short, interesting article
http://www.safeshare.tv/ - generate a safe link to a YouTube video - good idea!
http://edtechzone.blogspot.com/2012/03/screencast-o-matic.html - blog about ScreenCast-O-Matic - screen recorder - good for assignment feedback - free hosting for 15min videos - publish to YouTube, Google Docs, etc

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