31 March 2013

The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter

The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter



Twenty-First Century Skills Checklist for Students

Twenty-First Century Skills Checklist for Students


Flipboard

Flipboard

Create your own online magazine!
Very easy to use!

Learn on the GO

Learn on the GO

This is a free online learning.  Have a look because it is absolutely AWESOME!!!
Look at the computer classes!!!



Socrative

Socrative


 Socrative and makes clickers all but redundant.
All that is required is that students have smartphones and access to the internet.
As with so many of these apps, I cannot believe that Socrative is free.
Quizzes come in multiple formats, and are dead easy to set up.
Socrative works across all ‘phones and platforms, and provides the teacher with live feedback as students complete quizzes.
Results are emailed quickly and easily.


50 Lessons Chess Teaches You About Life

Living Strategically: 50 Lessons Chess Teaches You About Life



A game a day

A Game a Day

GAMEADAY.COM is an award-winning game and puzzle site that's fun for kids of all ages.
The site looks rather simple, but don't let that fool you.
The complexity's been saved for the thousands of word, trivia, memory, spelling, and other games here.
The challenges are doled out in daily doses of one per each of the two levels.
But if you're on a roll, click on a previous or future day of the month and keep playing!


25 Things Successful Educators Do Differently

25 Things Successful Educators Do Differently









50 Ways to Bring Laughter Into Any Lesson

Comedy in the Classroom:
50 Ways to Bring Laughter Into Any Lesson




18 March 2013

The known universe video

 The known universe  


Have a look at this six minute YouTube video the known universe that starts with
Earth's biggest mountains in the Himalaya and zooms out from there.
Very cool!! 


 

Magnifying the Universe

Magnifying the Universe

Magnifying the Universe is an interactive infographic that allows you to see the size of atoms,
animals, buildings, mountains, planets, stars, and galaxies in relation to other objects in the universe.

It is really mind - blowing!!


The Scale of the Universe

The Scale of the Universe


This features a huge selection of objects in the universe that are arranged according to size and scale.
You can zoom-in on the image to objects as small as neutrinos and quarks or as large as planets,
constellations, and galaxies.
When you click on an object in The Scale of the Universe 2 a small window of
information about that object pops up.

This is incredible!!


Coggle IT

Coggle.it



Create online mindmaps that you can share with other people.
Very easy to use!!


16 March 2013

Timemaps

Timemaps


This is a very cool site to look at time lines in history and what happened.
The TimeMap of World History combines history maps, timelines, and written historical
narrative to create a complete guide to world history


Maths 24

Maths 24


Use the 4 numbers to  create a total of 24.Very cool!!





Croak.It

Croak.It

This is a superb online recording tool where you can make a 30 second audio
recoding at the touch of a button. Just share the short link to share your message.
There are apps for mobile devices and a bookmarklet for quick access.
It's a wonderful way to give homework/instructions and for students to ask
questions when away from class.


15 March 2013

Tinker Cad

Tinker Cad


Tinkercad allows you to build 3D models within your web browser.
Tinkercad provides pre-made pieces that you can assemble to build a model.
You can also select a model from the public gallery and edit it in your Tinkercad account.
If you create a free Tinkercad account you can save your work online.



The video below provides a great introduction to Tinkercad


Autodesk 123D

Autodesk 123D

123D Design from Autodesk allows you to create models by dragging pieces together
online then sending them to 123D Make where your models can be printed.
From those print-outs your students can construct their models.
Both 123D Design and 123D Make can be used online,
on iPads, and on Mac and Windows desktops.


Check out the online video


Air Typer

Air Typer


Air Typer - Type the words or letter that appear on the balloons to make them disappear.
When the "Zapper" meter is full you can press space bar to make all the balloons on the screen disappear. 


Spider Typer

Spider Typer



Berry the hairy spider needs your help escaping from the chameleons in this free typing game.
Type the letter or word you see on the chameleons to destroy them and move Berry up towards the finish line.
There are three different levels of difficulty on this free typing game making it great for kids of all skill levels.


Key man

Key man



A fantastic PAC-MAN style flash game that practises typing skills. 
Use the continually changing letter keys to move around the maze.


Alphabet shoot

Alphabet shoot


A great typing game where player must shoot letters to complete the level.
The nice thing about this is that this is also a little science behind it ..


Letter bubbles


Letter bubbles


This is a fabulous, fun typing game where users must pop bubbles by typing the letters.
Steady typing scores more points and earn power-ups for typing well.
You can make a free account to save your progress or just play.


12 March 2013

Teaching Videos

Teaching Videos


A collection of cross curricular videos for teachers to use in class.
The videos are sourced from many sites, including YouTube, Teacher.tv and many more.
This is really good!!


Comic Animation

Comic Animation


This is so AWESOME!!!!
Create a little comic animation.
Really easy to use, no signups or anything!!

 

See my quick one I made