Archive for November, 2008

Have your say and give your colleagues inspiration!

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

What software do you find most beneficial for your students to use? Click here for a link to a short survey.
Zoomerang provides a free online survey tool which can survey up to 100 people. Very easy to use and publish. The survey will remain active for 10 days. To see it working, complete this survey and then [...]

Pics4Learning: free image library for teachers and students

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection.
Browse by topic, look at the most popular photos or do a search for specific images. [...]

Math Connection Project

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Introduction to the second year of the Math Connection Project: a Mathematical Problem Solving Workshop between international and public schools around the world. Find the website at http://mathconnections.wikispaces.com/. This collaborative project is designed to provide a place for students and teachers to share their experiences with Mathematics and discover the connection of mathematics study to their own [...]

The Louvre Museum: Visual Arts online

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Since October 2008, The Louvre website (http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp) features a new host: Dominique-Vivant Denon. The first director of the museum has been brought back to life as an animated character! He has a multitude of stories to tell about the museum and its contents, together with anecdotes from his travels, and he’ll help both children and [...]