Friday, April 24, 2009

Consider the possibilities. . .

Video
Math
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2uVoDxZpaQ Pi Song

Science
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F10EyGwd57M How much sugar is there in a can of soda?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_p-dn3Qp7c Bill Nye – the Science Guy: Vivian Cupcake – Hot Treats

EAL
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-videos/stories-from-morocco – this site also has a follow-up quiz

Webquest
“an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that students interact with comes from resources on the Internet”

http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=150447 - An introduction to webquests

http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/examples.html - Page of example webquests

http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/wq/texans/indianII.htm - Example (Native Americans of Texas)

Wiki
Wiki-wiki is the Hawaiian word for quick.
Wiki websites are designed to enable users to make additions or edit any page of the site. They CAN be collaborative (used by groups of people) and allow many people to contribute but it’s not necessary.
http://pbwiki.com/ pb wiki (this is a good wiki server to use;-)
http://boardingpass.pbwiki.com/ A SDIS Year 10 Term 2 (2009) project
http://bear-den.wikispaces.com/ Mr. Klingman's Wiki Space
http://codeblue.wikispaces.com/ 6th Grade CodeBlue
http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis Lots of examples

Screen Capture Software
Cam Studio -is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)

http://camstudio.org/ - This is installed on every computer in Rm 12. Also this is freeware and you can download it free on your home computer
You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program
Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions?
You can create video tutorials for school or college class

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