Daily Education & Technology News for Schools 11/23/2010
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I met Brad Edwards and asked him to share his program with us. This short film contest method is very effective! I love the Oscar cake on this website!
"You asked if I would share my Short Short films program I adopted from Dr. Tim Tyson:
http://fc.sad68.org/oscars/
We're starting the third year next month, culminating in May at the Oscars Night." -
http://simplebooklet.com/index.php#wpKey=gcjkGiKIbmk8wboFdbe7t8#featured=1
A simple book editor. From the creators:
"simplebooklet is a tool that lets anyone create little flipbooks. It's all WYSIWYG publishing, and it makes it very easy to publish your completed project across a number of channels (email, printer, social network, twitter, and more). " -
Student Center | Action Against Hunger
As many of us in North America plan to eat a bit this week - it is good to think of this program that asks youth to become activists against hunger.
"The student contest titled Meanings of Hunger asks students, no older than 18 years to get involved in exploring an aspect of hunger that interests them. The contest is simple but has room for a lot of creativity: students use the definition of hunger as inspiration to explore an aspect of hunger that interests them. Possible projects range from a poem or essay about hunger to a diorama of a refugee camp in Darfur. You can get more details online: http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/students
The contest is open until December 3rd, 2010 and will be judged on clarity of information, creativity and connection to topic. While everyone can participate, the 3 highest-scoring submissions will be profiled on the ACF website and will receive a Student Activist package." -
Games & Activities - Education - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Build your own space mission game from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Cal Tech. There are tons of very cool games and tools on this website. If you're teaching about astronomy, space, or planets to any age, you should take a look.
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WordStash :: Vocabulary Learning, Dictionary Exploring, Mind Expanding
A website vocabulary building tool. There are so many ways to study vocabulary online.
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Consoles in the Classroom - cleveland.com
Shane Sullivan's blog about video games in the classroom called "Consoles in the Classroom." Thought that those of you who are interested in this hot topic may want to take a peek.
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I'm impressed with this glog sample and am now testing the glogster premium service.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
