I spent some time playing with QuikMaps this morning. This is a mashup using Google maps that lets you add markers and text and so forth, like Wayfaring Wayfarer did (or does, I haven’t been back to Wayfarer in forever). … Continue reading →
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about copyright lately, in the context of video production, and it struck me that maybe a lot of other people are doing the same thing. I break the law all the time. For … Continue reading →
Librivox “acoustical liberation of books in the public domain” All volunteer, free content, open source project. With a pretty good selection so far! Like to read aloud? Volunteer! Continue reading →
Download: Posted by mclemson at TeacherTube.com. I’ve written before about the history classes that have been using Civilization III. Finally here’s my video short about the program. Continue reading →
I have been getting the final project together for the course I am taking at the Marlboro College Graduate Center: MAT604 Designing Educational Web-Based Materials II and one of the elements is a screencast. I used Camtasia to make it … Continue reading →
So I was browsing around at Furl early this morning. I clicked on “Most Popular” and ran across a pretty cool thing called skrbl. This is an online, interactive whiteboard that you can share (or not). I tried it out. … Continue reading →
The three history classes using Firaxis Civilization III (see my post on Civilization III earlier this week) gave their final presentations this week, the last one a couple of hours ago. Some students chose to give a sort of tour … Continue reading →
Quizlet is a pretty interesting thing. The first interesting thing about it is that it was programmed by a 15 year old (now 17) Andrew Sutherland. Now I’m not saying that 15 year olds can’t do most anything people over, … Continue reading →
During the last two trimesters at Kimball Union Academy history teacher Lyn Lord has been using Firaxis Civilization III in her World History classes. When I first installed it in the lab I must admit that I could see the … Continue reading →
I’ve been using Remember the Milk for about a week now and I like it quite a bit. Remember the Milk is an online To Do list. Now you you might think (as I did) that an online list makes … Continue reading →
