Instructional Technology Resources » Web 2.0

Awesome Educational Games

Kim Estes — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:54:33 +0000

This site, brought to my attention by Shane Archer at BHS, is an INCREDIBLE resource for teachers. Provided by Sheppard Software, the site offers games at levels from beginner to expert in:

Geography
Vocabulary
Chemistry
Animals
Math
Science
Health
History

And so much more! There is something here for EVERYONE - K through 12! Doubt it? Try an expert level game and see if you get stumped!

Visit this site now….and thank Shane!!!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

270 To Win - Predict The 2008 Elections

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:13:32 +0000

A great site for students in Governement and Economics, or anyone interested in politics and the 2008 election, 270towin offers you the opportunity to predict how you think the 2008 elections will unfold. You click on states to mark them as a Democratic or Republican win. You can also look at past election results, state voting histories, and more! Then, save your prediction and see how close you get in 2008!

http://www.270towin.com/

A Timeline for Scientists

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:06:09 +0000

From DNAI, this interactive timeline is fun to use with photos, video, and lots of information on the progression of study about DNA. A must have site for Science teachers!

http://www.dnai.org/timeline/index.html

Create Your Own Timeline!

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:02:58 +0000

Students become historians as they use this interactive tool provided by ReadWriteThink to create their own timelines. Easy to use and applicable to all content areas. Students can create time lines for literature, science, mathematics, social studies, fine arts, music, health and medical discoveries, sports evolution, and even one about themselves or their family!

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

Evolution of Black History

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:59:14 +0000

Scholastic brings you this incredible, interactive timeline of the Evolution of Black History. A must have resource!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/timeline/game.htm

What Was His Name?

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:50:09 +0000

Want to learn more about the historical figures of Britain? This interactive, alphabetical list of the famous - and infamous - will give you an inside look at the people who made history! Brought to you by our friends at the BBC!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/

Interactive Time Lines

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:41:02 +0000

Part of the expansive BBC site, the Interactive Timelines bring audio, video, and Web 2.0 Flash integration to the classroom. The site boasts six active time lines that will engage and amaze your students (and your peers, parents, etc.).

You can explore:

British History - Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline.
Ages of English - From a West Saxon dialect to a global phenomenon, from runes to rap, the development of English follows a fascinating trail.
Ages of Treasure - Explore artefacts from the Palaeolithic to the Norman Conquest
Kings and Queens Through Time - A timeline of dynasties and key events in England
Prime Ministers and Politics - Three hundred years of high ideals and low cunning

And the particularly harrowing

Genocide Under the Nazis - This timeline takes you through all 12 years of Nazi rule. But it deliberately deprives you of the benefit of hindsight or a view of the future, ensuring you experience events in the sequence they happened to those who lived through them.

You don’t want to miss this site. Visit it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/

Interact with History

Kim Estes — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:34:29 +0000

The BBC brings you phenomenal resources for exploring history.

This section of the extensive site - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/ brings you scores of interactive history activites.

You’ll find games, galleries, timelines, virtual tours, audio and vidoe clips…and much more.

This is a MUST SEE site for all teachers!

Eduism brings 3-D to the White Board

Kim Estes — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:03:41 +0000

What is the Edusim?

The Edusim is an educational 3D interactive virtual environment platform (Metaverse) built on Croquet with resource packs being developed for the K-12 classroom by the Greenbush Education Service Center.

The goal of the Edusim project is to provide a safe 3D interactive environment for classroom activities (interactive white boards, modeling, machinima, and MORE).

The Edusim on an interactive whiteboard surface is an extremely powerful way to engage your students. Students can connect to the interactive whiteboard from the Edusim running on their desktop computers, or by connecting several interactive whiteboards together using the Edusim and the school network to create a collaborative 3D interactive environment where students from multiple classrooms can connect and collaborate virtually!

Here’s an example…

It’s NOT Grey’s Anatomy

Kim Estes — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:38:29 +0000

The University of Michigan Medical School offers several virtual tools for studying GROSS Anatomy. An amazing resource for biology, anatomy and physiology, and health teachers. Be sure to check them out.

http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/

University of Illinois Virtual Microscope

Kim Estes — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:36:47 +0000

The Virtual Microscope

The Virtual Microscope is a NASA-funded project that provides simulated scientific instrumentation for students and researchers worldwide as part of NASA’s Virtual Laboratory initiative. This site serves as home base for the Imaging Technology Group’s contributions to that project—namely virtual microscopes and the multi-dimensional, high-resolution image datasets they view. Currently we provide 90 samples totaling over 62 gigapixels of image data. The Virtual Microscope, which is available for free download supports functionality from electron, light, and scanning probe microscopes, datasets for these instruments, training materials to learn more about microscopy, and other related tools.

Download it at http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/