31 July 2013

30 July 2013

The virtual School

The virtual School



The Virtual School' want to create 3600 free videos for secondary education in 
Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Maths, English and ICT literacy within the next 2-3 years.  
There are already 300 videos on various topics.



29 July 2013

24 July 2013

Record MP3

Record MP3


Record MP3 is a free tool for recording audio messages. 
To record a message using Record MP3 just grant the 
Flash recorder access to your computer, click record, and start talking. 
When your recording is complete you will get a link that you 
can post online or email to anyone you want to hear your recording.

23 July 2013

Countdown Timer

Countdown Timer


A useful countdown timer which you can set from 10 second up to 6 hours. 
Great for tests and getting your class tidy on time.
I really like the visual clock so that you can see how much time is left!!

Tagul

Tagul


A word cloud site where you can make your words into great pieces of art. 
Add your words and play with the settings until it looks just right. 
Easy to use!!

22 July 2013

Electric Circuits

Intro to Electric Circuits


This is really fantastic.
It is a really good introduction to electrical circuits and how they work.

19 July 2013

Photo Peach

Photo Peach


This multimedia application allows users to create some amazing
still picture slideshows with awesome affects. There is even a quiz
feature that teachers might be interested in.
Very nice!

Science Electromagnets

Science Electromagnets 


This is really nice for younger learners.
It is a game that can be played by changing the amount of coils to 
see if you can pick up the correct amount of paperclips!!



Story Maker

Story Maker



This site is from the Carnegie Library and it actually helps students make the book. 
It gives them a choice of characters, settings etc that they can put together in an 
infinite number of ways to make individual books.and it even helps with the sentences.

Perfect for Foundation Phase!

16 July 2013

Youblisher

Youblisher 



Youblisher is such a cool site.

It is a way to create online books, magazines, catalogs, business reports, 
or presentations. All you do is upload a document that you have created, 
and it creates a flipable or turnable book from the document.

14 July 2013

iTALC

iTALC



iTALC is a free classroom management software which enables teachers to
view and control computers in their labs and interact with students.
It supports Linux and Windows and it even can be used
in mixed environments transparently.

AWESOME!!!!

13 July 2013

ABCya Word Cloud

ABCya Word Cloud



ABCya.com word clouds for kids! A word cloud is a graphical representation
of word frequency. Type or paste text into the box below and press the arrow button
to view the word cloud generated. The appearance of a word cloud can be altered
using the graphical buttons above the cloud. It is also easy to save and/or print the
cloud by simply pressing a button.

Very Cool!!

11 July 2013

Cloud Convert

Cloud Convert


CloudConvert is a free, online file format conversion service that lets you
easily convert files from different formats. Simply select, or drag and drop,
your files, select options (email when done, send to Dropbox, send to Google Drive
and off you go. As it's name implies, everything is done in the cloud with no
software to download. It also works in mobile browsers so you can convert files
on the go to be able to view them on your mobile device.


10 July 2013

West Virginia PBL Project Data Base

West Virginia PBL Project Data Base


This is a wonderful site where teachers can search through the subjects of
reading, language arts, math, science, social studies, dance, visual arts, theater, and music.
You can select from grade two all the way through grade twelve.
These are PBL projects made by teachers for teachers!

Very Cool!!

Alice programming

Alice programming



Alice is a freeware object-oriented educational programming language 
with an integrated development environment (IDE). 
Alice uses a drag and drop environment to create computer animations 
using 3D models.


09 July 2013

Stickies

Stickies


Skinable desktop notes to remind one of important things to do.
Once on screen, stickies will remain where placed until closed, even through reboots.
Very cool!


08 July 2013

math play ground

mathplayground


This is really cool!!
It is basically a game area for maths.
Very addictive!!


Inkscape

Inkscape

 

 Inkscape is an open-source graphics editor for Windows computers.
It features a very comprehensible user interface that makes it easy to
edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps, etc.
This free software includes many of the features found in CorelDraw and Illustrator.
Very nice!!

My Science Box

My Science Box


At My Science Box you’ll find complete, scaffolded lesson plans to 
teach a 4-6 week middle school science unit through activities, projects, and field trips.
You can also find lesson plans, etc
Very AWESOME!!