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This month
An Approach to Calculus
by knann
Useful site to supplement your text and classroom work. Short clear explanations and interactive exercises to check your understanding.
Topics in Trigonometry
by knann
Useful site to supplement your text and classroom work. Short clear explanations and interactive exercises to check your understanding.
Topics in Precalculus
by knann
Useful site to supplement your text and classroom work. Short clear explanations and interactive exercises to check your understanding.
Sponsorised links
June 2008
Hypertextopia
by knann
& 1 other
(via)
Hypertextopia is a space where you can read and write stories for the internet. On the surface, it looks like a mind-map, but it embeds a word-processor, and allows you to publish your stories like a blog.
It's designed to facilitate the writing of axial hypertexts by making a distinction between the fragments (essential elements) and the shards (minor, but enriching elements) of a story. You write in Hypertextopia by dragging the fragment arrow (the large one) or the shard arrow (the small one) and dropping them onto other fragments and shards, or onto empty space.
Wordle: using word clouds in a lesson
by knann
Nice example of how to use wordle in the classroom as a pre-reading strategy.
HippoCampus - Homework and Study Help
by knann
Online interactive courses to supplement AP and A/B science. math, and history. Great resource for students and teachers!
Digital Storytelling- Part VI VoiceThread
by knann
Great explanation of using Voice Thread with students
Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds
by knann
& 8 others
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
April 2008
Algebra and Precalculus Resources
by knann
(via)
Resources on algebra and pre - calculus
( with an emphasis on web-based interactives)
Graphs of Functions and Algebra - Interactive Tutorials
by knann
(via)
Free tutorials using java applets to explore, interactively, important topics in precalculus such as quadratic, rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, polynomial, absolute value functions and their graphs. Equations of lines, circles, ellipses, hyperbolas and parabolas are also explored interactively. Graph shifting, scaling and reflection are also included. The definition and properties of inverse functions are thoroughly investigated. A graphical approach to 2 by 2 systems of equations is included.
Pencil - a traditional 2D animation software
by knann
(via)
Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source.
Periodic Table Printmaking Project
by knann
& 2 others
Ninety-six printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination. The end result is a periodic table of elements intended to promote both science and the arts.
FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts
by knann
& 14 others
FontStruct is a free font-building tool brought to you by the world's leading font retailer FontShop.
FontStruct lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes, which are arranged in a grid pattern, like tiles or bricks.
Once you're done building, FontStruct generates high-quality TrueType fonts, ready to use in any Mac or Windows application.
You can keep your creations to yourself, but we encourage users to share their "FontStructions". Explore the Gallery of fonts made by other FontStruct users and download them or even copy them and make your own variations.
March 2008
Read The Words
by knann
& 5 others
, 1 comment
Upload Adobe PDF
Upload MS Word
Upload HTML File
Write Text Content
Cut and Past Text
Input Website Address
Input RSS Feeds URL
Step 2 - Select a Reader
Listen to our Reader’s samples
Choose 1 of 14 Different Readers
Our Readers Speak English, Spanish, and French
Each Reader has a Unique Voice and Some Have Accents
Control your Reader’s Speed
Play with your Reader’s Pitch
It takes our readers approx 1 minute to generate a 1 hr long recording
Step 3 - Sit Back and Listen
Listen to your reading online
Download your reading to your ipod or other mp3 player
Broadcast your reading as a podcast and share it
Post your reading in your Website or Blog
Save yourself Time
Turn the readers of your blog into listeners
Allow your readers to listen while they multi-task and download your blog
Roxer - The easiest way to make a web page
by knann
& 2 others
(via)
Click.Drag.Done
Live editing: Simply visit your web page and make changes on the spot.
No programming:Create web pages that look exactly how you want them to, without the hassle of HTML.
All works in your web browser. Nothing to install. We even host it
Algebra 2 and PreCalc Mathcasts
by knann
(via)
Students solve problems using the Smartboard and Screencasting software. Students narrate and demonstrate how to solve various problems.
February 2008
Interactives: Geometry 3D Shapes
by knann
This website offers motivational and interactive class activities to learn more about 3D shapes. It also shows how to calculate surface area and volume, as well as other mathematical properties about the 3D shapes. Specific topics include surface area and volume, platonic solids, Euler's Theorem, and several others. The Test Your Skills link provides an interactive quiz complete with photos, illustrations, and animations. The About This Interactive link provides standards, goals, lesson ideas, and more.
Cell Biology Animations
by knann
& 3 others
What happens when a biologist with a passion for art creates a website? This fabulous animation site shows the artistic side of biological processes along with a few surprises. View animations that demonstrate amino acids and proteins, cell anatomy, evolution time line, Krebs cycle, and photosynthesis, to name a few. Some animations are very simplistic but artfully done.
Biology Teaching Home Page - Biology Basic Concept Great Challenge
by knann
whole class multiple choice challenges for Biology
January 2008
Resource: Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices
by knann
Teaching Foreign Languages K–12 is a video library illustrating effective instruction and assessment strategies for teaching foreign languages
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish
by knann
Destinos teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students in everyday situations with native speakers and introduces the cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Understanding of Spanish and appreciation of many Hispanic cultures increase as students become absorbed in the mysterious and entertaining story. Closed captioning in Spanish can be used as a teaching and literacy resource. The series is also appropriate for teacher professional development.
