Science simulators

• Phet phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new  

• Virtual Bouyancy www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/buoy_exp/buoyancy.html

• Roller Coaster http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/

• Windward: Outsmart the Weather in a Race around the World  www.ciconline.org/windward 

• Commercial Fishing www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/climate_change/anim/toc/index.htm
• SimSci Simulation Software http://software.invensys.com/simsci/  

• Wetland Exploration  net.unl.edu/wonderwise/16urban/kidsactivity/index2.htm

• Virtual Microscope www.udel.edu/Biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html

• Cost one- Explore Learning www.explorelearning.com

Educational podcasts

Do you want to get smarter?
Who doesn't!
Julie DeNeen presents on the informED blog "50 Educational Podcasts"

Check them out !

Free cultural & educational media

Open Culture suggests a "free cultural & educational media on the web". On the menu :

• Audio Books
• Online Courses
• Certificate Courses/MOOCs
• Movies
• Languages
• K-12 Resources
• eBook

Over a million images!

December 2013 the British Library announced the following:

We have released over a million images onto Flickr Commons for anyone to use, remix and repurpose. These images were taken from the pages of 17th, 18th and 19th century books digitised by Microsoft who then generously gifted the scanned images to us, allowing us to release them back into the Public Domain. The images themselves cover a startling mix of subjects: There are maps, geological diagrams, beautiful illustrations, comical satire, illuminated and decorative letters, colourful illustrations, landscapes, wall-paintings and so much more that even we are not aware of.

Let's have a look!

ICT tools

Electronic Village Online 2014 gives a list of ICT tools that could be used in education:

Tag cloud generator (wordle): http://www.wordle.net/
Photostory3: http://microsoft-photo-story.en.softonic.com/
Exelearning: http://www.exelearning.it/mindmapping generator: http://popplet.com/
Timeline generator: http://www.dipity.com/
Poster generator: http://www.glogster.com/
Geolocalisation tool: http://www.communitywalk.com/
Sticky notes generator: http://en.linoit.com/
A  voice-based elearning tool: http://www.voxopop.com/
Slide-show generator: http://slide.ly/?tid=1620

Thanks to EVO 2014 we can be more creative in our classrooms!

Top 100 tools for learning

Would you like to know about  the "Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013"?

The 7th Annual earning Tools Survey gives us the results for 2013 and the following website allows us to compare those relults with those of 2012.

Enjoy reading the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013
 

Shamaa (arabic)

Are you searching for an online database that documents educational research carried out in Arab countries in all fields of education?
If yes the Arab Educational Information Network (Shamaa) is the answer.

Proprofs

Proprofs allows you to build and test Knowledge for businesses, educators, and students. You can create a quiz, a training, a survey... Enjoy Proprofs www.proprofs.com

ICTs for persons with disabilities

UNESCO publishes a global report entiteled "Opening new avenues for empowerment: ICTs to access information and knowledge for persons with disabilities". The introduction of this report could be accessed by clicking here.

To read the report click here

Enjoy reading!

New version of OpenEMIS

UNESCO launched a new version of OpenEMIS, a generic and open source Education Management information System (EMIS) software package issued without conditions or restrictions for use by countries.

To access the resource click here ttp://www.openemis.org/

Digital Culture

The Unviersity of Edimbourg suggested a course (between January 28 and March 3, 2013) on Elearning  and Digital Culture (EDC MOOC). To access it click here.

Enjoy reading!                                                 

iLearn Website

Do you want to explor how the iPod Touch can be used to enhance effective teaching and learning?

This website gives you the answer, click here.

Mindmap

The following websites allow you to text your mindmap.

• To enjoy Text 2 Mindmap click here
• To enjoy Mindmup click here 
•  To enjoy Minsmeister click here 

Learning Design for a 21st Century Curriculum

Learning Design for a 21st Century Curriculum A Massive Open Online Course 10th January to 13th March 2013 http://www.olds.ac.uk/ The bigger picture: What's the purpose

The conversation prism

Do you know the conversation prism?

Visit it by clicking here.

Enjoy!

A new dudle

Do you need to create a poll ? Whether it's a  poll to schedule an event or a poll to vote for the coffee you like most here is the solution.

Technische Universitat Dresden has created a dudle for this purpose.

To access the dudle click here.

Special Educational Needs

Did you know that 1 in every 5 children is considered to have special educational needs (SEN)?

It is either because of greater difficulty in learning or because they have a disability (Hall, 2010)

For details about SEN you can visit the following websites:

• Special Educational Needs
• Asperger's syndrome

Hall David, (2010). The ICT handbook for primary teachers, A guide for students and professionals, A David Fulton Book, Routledge, 242 pages.

Software for children with learning difficulties

HelpKidzLearn suggests a collection of software for young children and those with learning difficulties to play online.

The software is split into five sections:

• Early Years
• Games and Quizzes
• Stories and Songs
• Creative Play 
• Find Out About (HelpKidzLearn, 2012 )

Click her to access the website.

Have  fun!