Great websites and tech happenings to check out
Over the last month here’s a number of valuable sites worth exploring in more depth.
Literacy: Adolescent Literacy, literacy resources for parents, teachers, and students. Including classroom strategies list and research articles.
College/Career: Interactive 3D and maps-based college search site at Egiate.com
College/Career: Google offers scholarships for minority and special needs students.
Science: University of Utah has developed an interactive website for learning and teaching genetics with animations and simulations.
Science: The journey of Darwin online.
Social Studies: Interactive website on the Lincoln Memorial.
Social Studies: You can now find and read full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts at Google Scholar. Link
Teaching: Outline your classroom floorplan with Classroom Architect. For those who don’t use Easy Grade Pro.
Teaching: Good video created by the Art Institute of Chicago preparing students for a museum visit. Link (YouTube)
Research: 100 Google Tricks that will save you time in School
Research: Search images and see their interrelatedness to each with Google Swirl.
Learning: WatchKnow — Videos for Kids to Learn from – Scouring the web for the best of YouTube and other video sites
Learning: Word Ahead — Vocabulary Videos. Another way to learn vocabulary.
Learning: A list of 20 virtual field trips for students.
Technology: Why is the My Computer Running so slow? This question comes up all the time from computer users. Here’s a list of popular software to help clean up your computer and get it running smoothly again.
Technology: Google OS – the next big thing from Google. Good video for beginners to understand operating systems, browsers, and the future of computing.
Technology: The three easiest ways to blog. Posterous.com, Tumblr.com and now TypePad Micro. And a review of all three.
Creativity: Guide to Tapping into the World of Comics
Reference: World Clock – a clock that tells what’s happening over the passage of time.
Art: Artnatomy: Anatonical basis of facial expression learning tool.
For Fun: Autocompleteme.com shows the bizarre searches of Google users.