Archive for August, 2007

Google Earth 4.2 – now with Google Sky

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Google Earth http://earth.google.com/
Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.

Fly to your house. Just type in an address, press Search, and you’ll zoom right in.
Search for schools, parks, restaurants, and hotels. Get driving directions.
Tilt and rotate the view [...]

Google Notebook – a great Web 2.0 tool

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

http://www.google.com/notebook

Integrating Mathematics and ICT – some suggested activities

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

1. Charts and Graphs – Mathematics K-6 Data
DS2.1 gathers and organises data, displays data using tables and graphs and interprets results
i. Excel activity: Students learn to create a table to organise collected data, using a computer program e.g. spreadsheets
ii. Excel activity: With a partner, plan an activity which would give students an opportunity to learn [...]

Introductory thinking ….

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Thank you to http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html … which one do you vote for .. and why??

Position
Tool
No. of
mentions
Description
Cost

1
Firefox

57

Firefox
Web browser

Free

2
del.icio.us

41

del.icio.us
Social bookmarking tool

Free

3
Skype

35

Skype
Instant messaging, VoIP call tool

Free

4
Google Search

34

Google Search
Web search tool

Free

5=
Wordpress

28

Wordpress
Blogging tool

Free

 
Gmail

28

GMail/Googlemail
Web-based email

Free

7=
PowerPoint

27

PowerPoint
Presentation software

£

 
Google Reader

27

Google Reader
RSS/Feed reader

Free

9
Blogger

25

Blogger
Blogging tool

Free

10
Bloglines

19

Bloglines
RSS/Feed reader

Free